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Sunday, March 11, 2007

EBay: More cooperation needed on cybersecurity  (Phishing)


EBay: More cooperation needed on cybersecurity 
( InfoWorld ) - Banks, online merchants, and technology vendors must work together to prevent security problems like phishing attacks and data breaches, eBay President and CEO Meg Whitman said Thursday. Whitman called on large e-mail service providers, such as Yahoo and Microsoft, to reject e-mails supposedly coming from eBay or subsidiary PayPal that do not include domain key signing ...

Exploit Prevention Labs Promotes Chris Weltzien to President 
Exploit Prevention Labs , a leading developer of safe surfing software for protection against web-based exploits, today announced the promotion of Chris Weltzien to president.

Better Business Bureau Warns of Phishing Scam Using Their Name 
The Better Business Bureau is warning businesses across the U.S. and Canada of a scam which uses the BBB name and a false BBB e-mail address.

IT Confidential: Is Anyone Doing Anything About Identity Theft? 
I never knew my personal data was so valuable. Take my Social Security number or my PIN--wait, don't! Here are a few modest proposals for curbing ID theft.

Internet Defense Technologies Launches Total Mail Defense 
BURBANK, Calif.----Internet Defense Technologies , a provider of Internet security solutions, announced the availability of its Total Mail Defense, an anti-spam tool that identifies and screens out unwanted email.

Core Security Technologies Uncovers Vulnerability in Widely-Used Open Source Encryption Software 
BOSTON----Core Security Technologies, provider of CORE IMPACT, the first-to-market penetration testing product for assessing specific information security risks, today issued an advisory disclosing a flaw in the GNU Privacy Guard , an OpenPGP-compliant cryptographic software system and part of the Free Software Foundation's GNU software project, and third-party email applications that rely on it ...