APRIL 20, 2006

Cybercrime being taken over by organized "Web mobsters"
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,191375,00.html

Attacks on DNS servers in the United States and Germany
http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/cybercrime/story/
0,10801,110124,00.html

Internet fraud caused $182 million in losses in 2006
http://www.crime-research.org/news/10.04.2006/1932/

IBM announces SecureBlue CPU-level security architecture for mobile devices
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060411-6579.html

Online commerce sites are failing to encrypt financial transaction data
http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=03000000RGPC

APRIL 12, 2006

Department of Justice says 3.6 million Americans (over 3%) were identity theft victims in 2004: http://www.securityfocus.com/brief/177

Send your viruses, spyware, and other malware to Microsoft:
http://www.securitynewsportal.com/cgi-bin/cgi-script/csNews/csNews.cgi?database=JanEE%2edb&command=viewone&id=88&op=t

Businesses wary of mobile devices because of security worries:
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,125319,00.asp

Emergency patch for IE zero-day attack due by April 11th:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1942570,00.asp

45% of IT pros would use third-party patches if official ones aren't available:
http://www.scmagazine.com/us/news/article/551810/half+pros+use+unofficial+patches

APRIL 1, 2006

Patches/workarounds released for IE zero-day threats
http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11384

Beta testers: IE 7 feedback page for posting bug reports
http://www.securityfocus.com/brief/173

RAIDE: anti-rootkit tool available in beta
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1938948,00.asp

MetaFisher Trojan still exploiting WMF vulnerability to steal data
http://www.windowsitpro.com/Article/ArticleID/49789

Medicare/Medicaid computer security puts medical and personal data at risk
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,18594025^15331^^nbv^15306-15319,00.html

Threat report shows that phishing and Denial of Service (DoS) attacks are on the rise
http://www.it-observer.com/news/5907/phishing_denial_service_attacks_are_rise/

MARCH 20, 2006

"Down under" employees are considered a bigger threat than outsiders:
http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1629099118;fp;4;fpid;16

And here's proof that they're right to worry about internal threats:
http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;2055135135;fp;4;fpid;16

The Cost of Computer Crime (according to the FBI)
http://www.securitynewsportal.com/cgi-bin/cgi-script/csNews/csNews.cgi?database=JanEE%2edb&command=viewone&id=83&op=t

Microsoft to issue one critical patch on Tuesday
http://enterprisesecurity.symantec.com/content.cfm?articleid=6524

MARCH 14, 2006

Number of vulnerabilities increased over last year
http://www.scmagazine.com/uk/news/article/545041/?n=uk

 Backdoor in Vista? "Over my dead body"
http://www.securityfocus.com/brief/155

MARCH 6, 2006

 Government cybersecurity improving, but still not there yet
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2006/03/omb_modest_improvement_in_fede.html

Laptop theft puts 93,000 students' sensitive information at risk
http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,109208,00.html

MARCH 1, 2006

New virus spreads from desktops to Pocket PCs:
http://www.scmagazine.com/us/news/article/543718/first-desktoppocket-pc-virus-spotted/

Use of keyloggers for illegal purposes is on the rise:
http://www.securityfocus.com/brief/148

Phishers impersonate government agencies
http://www.fcw.com/article92433-02-24-06-Web