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Current Security Issues
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Defense Department creates helpful online hub for social media
Although designed for the DoD community, the new Social Media Hub has helpful information for all Internet users.
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Stuxnet malware targets SCADA systems; Siemens distributes fix
Siemens is distributing a tool that removes the Stuxnet malware threatening many vital components of our national infrastructure.
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Watch Out–Facebook “OMG” Scam Thrives
The “OMG” (short for Oh, My God!) scam takes advantage of Facebook’s “like” feature to spread.
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Cash For Keys Scam
Kimberly Miller of The Palm Beach Post highlights recent rash of scammers using 'cash for keys' ads to prey on unsuspecting renters.
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Florida Division of Corporations Scam
Two entities target Florida businesses by appearing to conduct official business.
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Microsoft releases 4 updates to fix 5 vulnerabilities
Microsoft's "Patch Tuesday" for July was rather compact. There were four security updates that included fixes for five vulnerabilities. Of the four updates, three were rated "critical," Microsoft's highest threat ranking.
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Stranded friend scam continues to swindle consumers out of thousands of dollars
The FBI and its Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) report that a not-so-new scam continues to trick consumers into handing over large sums of money to hackers.
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How to stay safe while surfing a public hotspot
With Starbucks now offering free wi-fi to its customers, it's probably a good idea to refresh our memory on some of the best practices for using an unsecured, public wi-fi network.
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Criminals Exploit New Windows XP Zero-Day Attack
A recently discovered Windows XP flaw results in more than 10,000 malware, trojan, and virus attacks.
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Adobe pushes out emergency patch for Reader apps
Adobe Systems has pushed out an emergency update that patches at least 17 holes in its Reader and Acrobat applications, including two serious bugs that are being used by online criminals to install malware on end-users' machines.
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Trouble installing iOS 4? This may help
Are you still having trouble trying to upgrade your iPhone or iPod Touch to Apple's new iOS 4? If so, here's a workaround that could help.
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Destination Hotels card-processing system hacked
Hackers have broken into the payment processing system of Destination Hotels & Resorts, where guests who recently stayed at 21 of the resort's 30 hotels may have been victimized by the scheme, which appears to have compromised point-of-sale systems.
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Mozilla patches 9 Firefox bugs, adds plug-in crash protection
Mozilla has patched 9 Firefox vulnerabilities and has included crash protection for faulty plug-ins.
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Apple leaves iPad vulnerable after monster iPhone patch job
Apple recently patched a record 65 vulnerabilities in the iPhone, but the first-generation iPhone and iPod Touch, as well as the much newer iPad, may be vulnerable to some or all of the 65 bugs.
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FDLE Recognizes June as National Internet Safety Month
FDLE joins the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and SecureFlorida.org in recognizing June as National Internet Safety Month.
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Microsoft Issues 10 Security Updates
Microsoft rolls out ten security updates this month; three critical and seven important.
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June is National Internet Safety Month; Educate Yourself and Your Kids
School is out and you have more time with your kids--use this opportunity to teach them about Internet safety. The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children has tips and tools to help you.
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Botnets Target Websites With 'Posers'
Kelly Jackson Higgins of DarkReading explains that botnets are becoming better at fooling websites by appearing human to create fake accounts on legitimate websites.
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UPDATE: Discovery of a New Type of Phishing Attack
Aza Raskin, Creative Lead for Mozilla Firefox, published an example of a new tab based phishing attack, also known as tabnabbing or tabjacking.
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Facebook Rolls Out Simplified Privacy Controls
Today Facebook began a roll out of new simplified privacy controls.
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