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Infosecurity - New Flashback trojan variant uses novel delivery to infect Macs
www.infosecurity-magazine.com | 4 hours 6 minutes ago
A new Flashback trojan variant uses Java vulnerabilities to infect Macs with limited user intervention, according to Intego.

Mobile hack attacks to increase with SDR adoption - Security Park news
www.securitypark.co.uk | 9 hours 8 minutes ago
Security Park news: Mobile hack attacks to increase with SDR adoption

Technology News: Exploits & Vulnerabilities: Cracking Open Google Wallet
www.technewsworld.com | 9 hours 8 minutes ago
Mobile shopping received a setback last week when security researchers discovered flaws in Google Wallet that could potentially expose its PIN to enterprising hackers. When Google introduced its wallet, it bragged that it was secure because transaction information was stored in a "secure element"

Security Flaws Move Google To Suspend Prepaid Credit Cards | NewsFactor Network
www.newsfactor.com | 13 hours 46 minutes ago
Are credit cards in smartphone-based wallets safe? Google has insisted they are, but the company is now suspending prepaid credit cards in its mobile wallet because of security issues.

zvelo Researcher Discovers Google Wallet PIN Security Vulnerability | SYS-CON MEDIA
www.sys-con.com | Feb 8, 2012
SYS-CON Media, NJ, The world's leading i-technology media company on breaking technology news.

PHPDeveloper.org: PHPClasses.org: Another Serious Security Bug on PHP 5.3.9
www.phpdeveloper.org | Feb 6, 2012
On the PHPClasses.org blog there's <a href="http://www.phpclasses.org/blog/post/175-Another-Serious-Security-Bug-on-PHP-539.html">a new post</a> detailing an issue that came up in the PHP 5.3.9 release that caused a large security issue (PHP 5.3.10 has, however, <a

Oracle Critical Patch Update Announcement - January 2012 - Open Technologies News Report
newsreport.open-tech.com | Jan 26, 2012
Oracle's January 2012 Critical Patch Update provides fixes for 78 new security vulnerabilities affecting a wide range of Oracle products families, Eric Maurice posts. These included Oracle...

Enhancing Endpoint Security for Windows Desktops (Part 2)
www.windowsecurity.com | Jan 25, 2012
In this article the author will discuss how least privilege can help protect the computer from local user attacks, as well as how data leak protection can help protect the corporate assets from being sent inappropriately across the Internet.

Microsoft: there is no Xbox.com security loophole - Edge Magazine
www.edge-online.com | Jan 16, 2012
< div class= " field field-type-text field-field-article-strapline " > < div class= " field-items " > < div class= " field-item odd " > Microsoft has strenuously denied claims that lax security on the Xbox.com website is to blame for the recent spate of Xbox Live account thefts. & quot;The online

E-Commerce News: Security: RIM PlayBook Takes Security Body Blow
www.ecommercetimes.com | Jan 14, 2012
News has emerged of a vulnerability in the way RIM's Playbook connects to corporate emails. Essentially, the flaw allows hackers to tap into the Bluetooth connection that links the PlayBook and the BlackBerry smartphone while they are in a Bridge session, which is currently the only way that a user