http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/sql-injection-attacks-continue-with-a-stealthy-tool-from-china We reported that SQL injection attacks were spreading, and now it appears that China is the source of many of these attacks. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/sql-injection-attacks-continue-with-a-stealthy-tool-from-china Fri, 14 Nov 2008 06:58:09 -0600 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/microsoft-patches-smb-relay-attack Well, it was a long 7 years in the making. I guess that this patch was better late than never? Nothing that a little layered security would not resolve for the network protection. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/microsoft-patches-smb-relay-attack Fri, 14 Nov 2008 06:55:52 -0600 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/avg-anti-virus-scanner-marks-a-windows-os-file-as-a-virus While many of the security field might consider Windows as a Virus (especially when we enjoy the benefits of Linux), some people were seriously annoyed when this OS file was removed from their PC. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/avg-anti-virus-scanner-marks-a-windows-os-file-as-a-virus Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:13:32 -0600 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/email-spam-malware--money Researchers follow the money in the discovery of how much money is made in Spam, and why the Spammers do it. What would you do for approximately $9,000.00 per day? http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/email-spam-malware--money Sun, 09 Nov 2008 10:21:02 -0600 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/a-view-inside-the-botnet-networks-will-astound-you It is 2008 and we are getting information of the first effects of Bot networks to infiltrate personal computers to steal your banking information. Coreflood is a botnet network which has been around since 2001. You may have heard about botnet networks sending SPAM, while coreflood has been found to take money from your bank accounts. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/a-view-inside-the-botnet-networks-will-astound-you Sun, 09 Nov 2008 09:59:40 -0600 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/2000-to-10000-web-servers-attacked-in-broad-web-attack Kapersky labs reported that Hackers have launched a massive Web hacking campaign, putting malicious links on as many as 10,000 servers. The attackers are most likely using compromised accounts on the Web sites or launching what's known as a SQL injection attack, where hackers trick the Web site's software into inadvertently running malicious commands. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/2000-to-10000-web-servers-attacked-in-broad-web-attack Sat, 08 Nov 2008 19:49:39 -0600 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/this-viral-infection-is-three-years-old-and-not-considered-a-threat Most Anti-Virus software vendors do not consider this infection a threat. It Infects the Mast Boot Record of PCs, even as it turns three years old! http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/this-viral-infection-is-three-years-old-and-not-considered-a-threat Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:05:45 -0600 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/now-you-can-copy-keys-up-to-200-meters-away Could someone please give the researchers at UCSD something to do with their time? Somehow, working on projects to make us all feel a little less secure seem to be counter productive. Don't you think? http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/now-you-can-copy-keys-up-to-200-meters-away Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:26:51 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/another-one-for-the-if-you-find-the-issues-dont-let-us-know-department Student Charged With Three Felonies For Finding Security Flaw — and Reporting it http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/another-one-for-the-if-you-find-the-issues-dont-let-us-know-department Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:49:03 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/alarm-raised-on-teenage-hackers---bbc It comes as no surprise that teenagers are becoming more active on the Internet in hacking. Time to unplug the internet at home, or install comprehensive monitoring and controls. How about a game of Kickball instead? http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/alarm-raised-on-teenage-hackers---bbc Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:58:26 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/twitter-is-becoming-a-haven-for-terrorist-activites Sadly this open networking tool appears to be being used for other things than Professional Networking. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/twitter-is-becoming-a-haven-for-terrorist-activites Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:55:22 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/researchers-find-rfid-passports-can-be-copied If it not enough that you can be subject to identity fraud on the internet, now you can be copied with your Passports as well. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/researchers-find-rfid-passports-can-be-copied Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:13:07 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/spam-flooding-continues-even-after-arrests Even though Authorities have arrested one of the largest spammers in Melbourne, the level of spam continues to be at about 90% level of email. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/spam-flooding-continues-even-after-arrests Fri, 24 Oct 2008 05:51:06 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/if-you-use-the-internet-or-drink-coffee-in-china-be-prepared-to-smile So much for freedom in China, now they are tracking you, just in case you were to say something against the government. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/if-you-use-the-internet-or-drink-coffee-in-china-be-prepared-to-smile Mon, 20 Oct 2008 05:55:30 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/the-fbi-dark-market-sting-nets-56 The Dark Market sting operations were HQd in the Pittsburgh area, Idid check with Agent J. Keith Mularski before posting this article. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/the-fbi-dark-market-sting-nets-56 Mon, 20 Oct 2008 05:52:11 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/news-to-you--us-is-the-most-desired-network-to-hack The FBI Warns of Sweeping Global Threat To US Cybersecurity. Maybe this is a little late to the table, as we have been tracking this information for a number of years. Do you know how many times a day your network is probed? http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/news-to-you--us-is-the-most-desired-network-to-hack Fri, 17 Oct 2008 08:29:22 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/encrypted-data-is-not-exempt-from-the-courts Criminals with encrypted data can no longer hide their crimes in an encrypted format with the excuse it may incriminate themselves. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/encrypted-data-is-not-exempt-from-the-courts Fri, 17 Oct 2008 07:20:47 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/your-email-messages-are-being-recorded In the UK, a counter-terrorism act, "The Communications Bill (2008)" has every Email and Website that you visit being recorded into a centralized database. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/your-email-messages-are-being-recorded Fri, 17 Oct 2008 07:17:20 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/beware-of-skype-messages Some of you already use the Skype communications tool, while you are comfortable with sending messages, what would you do with a pop-up message which wants you to update your computer? http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/beware-of-skype-messages Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:09:28 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/hacker-writes-a-book-on-his-escapades This reformed hacker writes about his criminal activities which brought down Yahoo some 8 years ago. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/hacker-writes-a-book-on-his-escapades Tue, 14 Oct 2008 09:51:31 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/coming-to-a-store-near-you So you go to the grocery store, or to your local discount retailer. Do you know where your credit card information is going? Would you like your local retailer to send your card information to Pakistan? This was reported in the Wall Street Journal, about the activites in Europe. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/coming-to-a-store-near-you Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:35:09 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/social-engineers-visit-from-china If you have a domain name, you may receive an email from a seemingly legitimate company looking to protect your business interested in China and Asia. Yeah Right, like that will happen. Click read more for more of this social engineering ploy. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/social-engineers-visit-from-china Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:14:52 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/spam-wars-obama-ahead-in-spammer-wars Just when you think that you're almost through with the politics, the Spammers decide it's time to smear their names in your Spam mail. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/spam-wars-obama-ahead-in-spammer-wars Thu, 09 Oct 2008 07:43:05 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/two-europeans-indicted-in-us-for-2003-ddos-attacks Ok, it has taken 5 years to indite these hackers for attacks made 5 years ago. While I happy that they will be held accountable for their actions, it is important to remember that these events are occurring every day, and not enough of them are publicized. Good security is far more effective and costs less than attempting to prosecute the bad guys, and losing business. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/two-europeans-indicted-in-us-for-2003-ddos-attacks Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:01:01 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/microsofts-programming-challenge-is-interrupted-with-web-site-hacked-and-defaced Microsoft recently followed up their latest Tech-Ed event in Australia with a programming / developer competition which had hackers compromise their computers and deface the websites. It appears that little was developed to support the competition, but the IT Wire website will not soon let Microsoft forget the embarassment. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/microsofts-programming-challenge-is-interrupted-with-web-site-hacked-and-defaced Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:26:26 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/brazil-adopts-electronic-voting-systems-using-linux Electronic voting systems are generally news worthy when they have been compromised (like Windows based systems), or can been shown to be buggy. Here's an example of Linux providing the solution to support electronic voting for the Country of Brazil. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/brazil-adopts-electronic-voting-systems-using-linux Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:14:52 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/new-denial-of-service-attack-destroys-the-machines Dark Reading is presenting information on a Serious DOS Attack that destroys everything in its path. This means, that even after the attack is over, there is nothing that come back on-line. This is serious. The tools that destroys everything in it's path may be called sockstress, but there is no plan to release it anytime soon. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/new-denial-of-service-attack-destroys-the-machines Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:42:34 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/googles-captcha-now-broken Wow those Indians seem to be working hard. So when is Captcha going to be dropped as a security tool? Your guess is as good as mine. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/googles-captcha-now-broken Fri, 03 Oct 2008 08:32:25 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/rfid-passports-are-easily-duplicated Where's Elvis? Today's article suggest that his Passport was alive and well in a Dutch Airport. So if you're lonesome tonight .... a clone may be in your future. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/rfid-passports-are-easily-duplicated Fri, 03 Oct 2008 08:30:24 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/tougher-credit-card-processing-regulations Finally after the TJ Max 45 Million account theft, the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council has made tougher regulations. If you have a Wireless Network in your facility, we can Secure it for you, because the Security included in the device, won't protect you (hint, hint). http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/tougher-credit-card-processing-regulations Fri, 03 Oct 2008 08:20:24 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/spammers-break-the-microsoft-captcha If you were hoping that the box with the characters was going to protect you from Spam, think again. We previously reported that the Spammers were paying for Captcha text codes .... looks like the fix is in. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/spammers-break-the-microsoft-captcha Fri, 03 Oct 2008 07:38:47 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/cross-site-request-forgeries-found-on-many-websites Unless you are looking for the issues, or you have implemented particular security to defend your Web Server, you may also be vulnerable to this serious security issue. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/cross-site-request-forgeries-found-on-many-websites Thu, 02 Oct 2008 07:39:09 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/korset-may-stop-infections-from-malware A new Kernel module which exists in Linux, may stop infections and malware before any virus scanner could. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/korset-may-stop-infections-from-malware Mon, 29 Sep 2008 07:10:10 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/congress-endores-open-source-for-the-military This is a big victory for open source. It seems that security and costs were all considerations. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/congress-endores-open-source-for-the-military Sat, 27 Sep 2008 06:35:32 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/is-your-surfing-monitored--have-you-opted-in AT&T and Verizon will start to require you opt-in to monitor your surfing habits. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/is-your-surfing-monitored--have-you-opted-in Sat, 27 Sep 2008 06:30:49 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/most-cyber-attacks-occur-from-us-ip-addresses One company reports that most of the Cyber Attacks that they tracked occurred from US IP Addresses. We do not agree on the percentages of the attacks, but acknowledge that the US is certainly not exempt. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/most-cyber-attacks-occur-from-us-ip-addresses Thu, 25 Sep 2008 06:27:37 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/if-a-popup-occurs-will-you-shoot-yourself-in-the-foot If a Pop-up would appear on your computer, what would you do? Would you allow the pop-up to install malware on your computer? http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/if-a-popup-occurs-will-you-shoot-yourself-in-the-foot Thu, 25 Sep 2008 06:20:34 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/pdf-exploits-targeting-your-files Since the PDF file format is widely used on multiple OS types, new Exploits enable attacks on your favorite file format. This file type may not be changed by the average user, but active Hackers have the means to make it a weapon in their arsenal. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/pdf-exploits-targeting-your-files Wed, 24 Sep 2008 06:41:48 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/coming-to-a-cell-phone-near-you-neopwn Recently release Neopwn runs on a Cell Phone, and can be used as an auditing tool, or a Cracker's Attack Platform. Are you ready for the attacks that occur within your organization? http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/coming-to-a-cell-phone-near-you-neopwn Mon, 22 Sep 2008 07:12:36 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/free-cracking-software-with-your-asus-recovery-cd Now you can become a Hacker/Cracker too! Just launch your ASUS Recovery CD, and viola` Free Hacking tools! http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/free-cracking-software-with-your-asus-recovery-cd Mon, 22 Sep 2008 06:55:30 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/govenor-palins-email-hacker-details-the-breakin-of-her-personal-email-account Once a college student, now a potential felon, the hacker of Govenor Pailn's Yahoo Email account tells about his methods. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/govenor-palins-email-hacker-details-the-breakin-of-her-personal-email-account Mon, 22 Sep 2008 06:27:00 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/mandriva-mini-is-ready-for-laptops Mandriva creates the Mandriva Mini distribution for your Laptop. Mandriva is a favored version of Linux, with a better User interface. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/mandriva-mini-is-ready-for-laptops Mon, 22 Sep 2008 06:17:34 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/10-percent-of-college-admissions-check-the-internet Remember those wild days that you (or your high school kids) posted on MySpace and Facebook? They may keep you (them) from getting into the college you want. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/10-percent-of-college-admissions-check-the-internet Mon, 22 Sep 2008 05:44:37 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/open-wifi-will-soon-be-illegal-in-india Who's using your Wifi? They may be accepting responsibility for terrorist acts (or they may be connecting to your internal Network). Does anyone really think that Wifi is secure? http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/open-wifi-will-soon-be-illegal-in-india Fri, 19 Sep 2008 07:18:22 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/new-york-issues-rfid-encoded-drivers-licenses Can you track me now? New York issues RFID Licenses, I'll bet that these people are unaware of the tracking capabilities of RFID. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/new-york-issues-rfid-encoded-drivers-licenses Fri, 19 Sep 2008 07:15:04 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/bavarian-police-seeking-skype-trojan-informant Bavarian Police use a Skype Trojan to eavesdrop on Skype communications. We reported the ability of Skype to be compromised and permit eavesdropping earlier this summer. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/bavarian-police-seeking-skype-trojan-informant Fri, 19 Sep 2008 07:11:08 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/hackers-get-gov.-palins-yahoo-email-account Well, we have said it many times before. these free email services are not safe, nor secure. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/hackers-get-gov.-palins-yahoo-email-account Fri, 19 Sep 2008 07:04:32 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/ie-8-phones-home-to-microsoft Apparently the IE version 8 web browser reports your activity back to Microsoft. That's OK, because you want Microsoft to know everything you see, right? http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/ie-8-phones-home-to-microsoft Wed, 17 Sep 2008 19:23:54 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/business-week-websites-infect-their-readers "The website of popular magazine BusinessWeek has been attacked via SQL injection in an attempt to infect its readership with malware. Hundreds of pages in a section of BusinessWeek's website which offers information about where MBA students might find future employers have been affected." http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/business-week-websites-infect-their-readers Wed, 17 Sep 2008 19:19:41 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/china-wants-their-cake-and-to-eat-it-too The Chinese government wants assistance from the UN to track IP Addresses on the Internet. This is an oxymoron, as most of the attacks on internet web servers have come from China, and are virtually untraceable! http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/china-wants-their-cake-and-to-eat-it-too Mon, 15 Sep 2008 09:33:53 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/most-companies-admit-their-data-is-at-risk More that 25% of companies surveyed indicate that they recently had a breach (out of 1387 professionals surveyed). Healthcare and other sensitive information is also significantly at risk. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/most-companies-admit-their-data-is-at-risk Sun, 14 Sep 2008 07:56:46 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/greek-hackers-cerns-large-hadron-collider Greek Hackers were only one network away from disaster at CERN. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/greek-hackers-cerns-large-hadron-collider Sat, 13 Sep 2008 06:42:22 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/now-any-wifi-router-can-be-identifited-by-mac-address Apparently SkyHook Wireless has been wardriving the US for years and has developed a database of WiFi Routers across the country. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/now-any-wifi-router-can-be-identifited-by-mac-address Sat, 13 Sep 2008 06:08:09 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/new-ban-on-terrorist-training-videos YouTube is finally going to ban the Terrorist training videos. Thanks Guys, what took you so long? http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/new-ban-on-terrorist-training-videos Sat, 13 Sep 2008 05:46:14 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/bluetooth-devices-are-no-longer-safe The Blue Tooth technology was originally intended to extend no more than the 328 feet maximum range. But what happens when a hacker can reach your device from over a mile away? http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/bluetooth-devices-are-no-longer-safe Thu, 11 Sep 2008 09:37:48 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/citect-controller-vulnerable-heres-another-scada-network-issue SCADA networks, the ones used to control industrial process control systems (like utilities and steel mills), the code exploits the supervisory controls. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/citect-controller-vulnerable-heres-another-scada-network-issue Thu, 11 Sep 2008 06:53:37 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/cookie-monster-this-ones-not-from-sesame-street The Cookie Monster is a tool available for PCs, MAc, and Linux boxes that can assist an adversery by permitting them to steal the 'Cookies' in the HTTP traffic flow. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/cookie-monster-this-ones-not-from-sesame-street Thu, 11 Sep 2008 06:47:26 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/https-secure-web-pages-get-their-cookies-hijacked Adversaries able to position themselves in between you and a website is able to inject arbitrary http-based content elements for domains that do not set the 'Encrypted Sessions Only' property of their cookies, and thus cause your client to transmit these cookies via clear text, intercept them, and impersonate you. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/https-secure-web-pages-get-their-cookies-hijacked Thu, 11 Sep 2008 06:43:02 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/video-shows-easy-hacking-of-voting-machines Even with a paper audit trail the voting machines can be easily hacked to change the votes. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/video-shows-easy-hacking-of-voting-machines Thu, 11 Sep 2008 06:27:24 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/criminals-can-remote-wipe-cell-phones Unfotunately the Criminals are already ahead of Law Enforcement, now it looks like they are able to cover their trails. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/criminals-can-remote-wipe-cell-phones Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:08:47 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/5-terms-of-service-that-never-die So you think that using the Free Service sites cost you nothing? Consider that anything that you post to other sites are no longer your possessions. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/5-terms-of-service-that-never-die Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:01:40 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/zombie-botnet-network-infections-on-the-rise The number of infected PCs has quadrupled in the last 3 months. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/zombie-botnet-network-infections-on-the-rise Thu, 04 Sep 2008 05:48:44 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/gustav-scammers-set-up-shop numerous domains with the word 'gustav', 'charity', 'hurircane' and 'relief' have been registered. Some of these domains are already on sale on eBay. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/gustav-scammers-set-up-shop Wed, 03 Sep 2008 05:38:44 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/who-is-taking-money-from-your-bank-account The moral of this story is that you should check your bank statement EVERY Month, or you too can lose a lot of money. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/who-is-taking-money-from-your-bank-account Mon, 01 Sep 2008 08:34:36 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/mythbusters-show-hushed-on-credit-card-security Mythbusters co-host Adam Savage recounts how credit card companies lawyered up to make sure the Discovery channel never, ever airs a segment on the flaws in RFID security. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/mythbusters-show-hushed-on-credit-card-security Mon, 01 Sep 2008 08:19:15 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/tracking-the-terrorists-online The German magazine Spiegel reports two small US companies that monitor terrorist networks online — IntelCenter and SITE Intelgroup. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/tracking-the-terrorists-online Mon, 01 Sep 2008 08:11:24 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/device-can-grab-all-of-your-cell-phone-data CNET reports on the Cellular Seizure Investigation (CSI) Stick, developed for law enforcement but available to the public http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/device-can-grab-all-of-your-cell-phone-data Mon, 01 Sep 2008 08:07:28 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/india-hires-people-to-solve-captcha India is hiring people to break the CAPTCHA in there own country. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/india-hires-people-to-solve-captcha Mon, 01 Sep 2008 07:57:16 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/another-virus-infects-the-space-station This is not the first infection by viruses on computers at the Space Station. NASA downplayed the news, calling the virus mainly a "nuisance" that was on non-critical space station laptops used for things like e-mail and nutritional experiments. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/another-virus-infects-the-space-station Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:26:59 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/the-internets-biggest-security-hole Dating back more than 10 years ago, Peiter 'Mudge' Zatko, noted computer security expert and former member of the L0pht hacking group, who testified to Congress in 1998 that he could bring down the internet in 30 minutes using a similar BGP attack, and disclosed privately to government agents how BGP could also be exploited to eavesdrop. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/the-internets-biggest-security-hole Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:13:15 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/uk-bank-computer-bought-on-ebay BBC News story about a man in Oxford who paid $140 for a computer on eBay, and was shocked to find on it bank records of several million customers of the Royal Bank of Scotland, its subsidiary Natwest, and one other bank. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/uk-bank-computer-bought-on-ebay Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:44:00 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/sharing-the-responsibility Should companies that have security break-ins share the responsibility of the break-ins themselves? http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/sharing-the-responsibility Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:17:04 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/best-western-loses-8-million-customer-records Best Western has lost the customer information of every client they had in the past 12 months. This includes credit cards, employment records .... the company said that they took the computer offline. Is this the typical better late than never? http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/best-western-loses-8-million-customer-records Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:15:22 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/another-cmu-invention-for-security CMU has developed a Browser add-on for users of the popular Mozilla Firefox browser. So why are you still using IE? http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/another-cmu-invention-for-security Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:25:26 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/fastest-internet-in-the-us The East Coast of the US boasts the fastest internet connections in the country. Just remember that the faster the connection the more potential for connections that can reach your Home or Office. Are you protected? http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/fastest-internet-in-the-us Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:09:34 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/using-the-courts-to-stop-spam Social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace try to use the courts to stop spammers. So what happens when the spammers do not show up for court? http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/using-the-courts-to-stop-spam Mon, 25 Aug 2008 07:06:41 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/judge-lifts-the-gag-order-from-mit-trio The Federal Judge let a 10-day gag order expire yesterday, permitting the MIT researchers disclose the vulnerabilities of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/judge-lifts-the-gag-order-from-mit-trio Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:35:31 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/cisco-ios-rootkit-demonstrated The recent Black Hat conference demonstrated that the original Da IOS Rootkit (DIK) could transform from a two hour processing time, to 45 infections per second. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/cisco-ios-rootkit-demonstrated Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:53:23 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/if-you-find-it-do-not-tell Recently researchers discovered significant vulnerabilities in the Boston subway system. Even though they contacted the owners of the system, court orders kept them from discussing the vulnerabilities. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/if-you-find-it-do-not-tell Sun, 17 Aug 2008 12:29:50 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/uk-govt-launches-complete-internet-snooping--storage-of-data Some employers have fired employees based on the sites that they have visited, so what comes next? Big Brother is watching! http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/uk-govt-launches-complete-internet-snooping--storage-of-data Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:56:12 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/internet-monitoring-gets-supersized The Military is spending an additional $4.4 Million to expand the attack detection and monitoring capabilities. Given the fact that Russia and Georgia are now employing Cyber Warfare to attack each other, I am not surprised. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/internet-monitoring-gets-supersized Wed, 13 Aug 2008 07:58:12 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/google-reuses-cookies-for-user-tracking The House of Energy and Commerce Committee is trying to require that the consumer be informed about targeted advertising. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/google-reuses-cookies-for-user-tracking Wed, 13 Aug 2008 07:53:58 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/whats-old-is-new-in-sql-injection-attacks Recent activities are targeting MSSQL and Sybase driven web sites, to inject a Javascript fragment to introduce a New Malware from the trusted site. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/whats-old-is-new-in-sql-injection-attacks Wed, 13 Aug 2008 07:35:04 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/shrinky-dinks-threaten-national-security I did not understand this the first time I saw it, but basically the use of plastic can be shaped to form the key and gain access to the most secure locks. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/shrinky-dinks-threaten-national-security Mon, 11 Aug 2008 08:43:46 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/defcon-scan-reveals-more-than-1/3-wireless-points-are-unsecure You may remember we published our own article in December of 2007. In an unofficial announcement, the Black Hat conference revealed that 1/3 of the Wireless networks in Las Vegas are unsecure. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/defcon-scan-reveals-more-than-1/3-wireless-points-are-unsecure Mon, 11 Aug 2008 08:39:16 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/a-replacement-for-passwords Better security is always the solution for resolving security issues. However, replacing the password system might also assist you as well. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/a-replacement-for-passwords Mon, 11 Aug 2008 08:25:50 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/eff-warns-that-email-privacy-is-in-jeopardy The Electronic Freedom Foundation (EFF) warns that the unauthorized access of Email may not be a violation of privacy any longer. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/eff-warns-that-email-privacy-is-in-jeopardy Sun, 10 Aug 2008 08:52:19 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/dns-servers-still-susceptible-to-cache-poisoning BIND still susceptible to DNS cache poisoning, even after applying the recent patches. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/dns-servers-still-susceptible-to-cache-poisoning Sun, 10 Aug 2008 08:48:41 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/us-warns-visitors-to-olympics-on-chinese-cyber-spying Chinese Cyber Spying experts can activate your Cell Phones, Laptops, and other electronics devices without your knowledge. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/us-warns-visitors-to-olympics-on-chinese-cyber-spying Sat, 09 Aug 2008 08:06:27 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/vistas-security-rendered-completely-useless If you were hoping for better security from Microsoft Vista, think again. Black hat specialists render the new security ineffective. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/vistas-security-rendered-completely-useless Sat, 09 Aug 2008 07:44:21 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/students-learn-to-write-viruses There is more than one way to defeat a virus scanner, but teaching students to craft malware does not appeal to our sense of security. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/students-learn-to-write-viruses Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:28:55 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/-faux-cnn-spam-blitz-delivers-malicious-flash Thousands of infected websites deliver fake Adobe Flash Player software to infect you. SpamZapper and CleanContent users remain protected. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/-faux-cnn-spam-blitz-delivers-malicious-flash Thu, 07 Aug 2008 08:43:43 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/drive-by-hackers-steal-millions-of-cards Hackers install keystroke loggers and other tools to steal credit card information from 40 million credit cards. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/drive-by-hackers-steal-millions-of-cards Wed, 06 Aug 2008 06:09:52 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/strong-password A strong password is one not based on Dictionary words. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/strong-password Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:02:31 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/is-hushmail-still-safe Hushmail, an alleged encrypted email service is not private. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/is-hushmail-still-safe Tue, 05 Aug 2008 06:07:28 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/yahoo-blocks-venerable-email-list-over-false-positives Yahoo blocks opt-in mailing list due to false positives. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/yahoo-blocks-venerable-email-list-over-false-positives Tue, 05 Aug 2008 06:05:03 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/eff-releases-tool-to-test-isp-interference The Electionic Freedom Foundation has released a tool that will test if your ISP is interfering with your Internet connection. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/eff-releases-tool-to-test-isp-interference Sun, 03 Aug 2008 10:21:21 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/apple-clients-still-vulnerable-after-patching Back to the drawing board. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/apple-clients-still-vulnerable-after-patching Sat, 02 Aug 2008 13:09:35 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/photos-will-steal-your-online-identity InfoWorld reports that a New Hybrid File type will steal your personal information when you upload your photos. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/photos-will-steal-your-online-identity Sat, 02 Aug 2008 13:05:44 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/apple-patches-bind-vulnerability Apple releases the Security update to patch against the Kaminsky vulnerability. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/apple-patches-bind-vulnerability Sat, 02 Aug 2008 12:59:31 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/dual-boot-not-trusted-vista-sp1 If you were thinking of running a Dual Booted OS with Vista, Microsoft has other plans. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/dual-boot-not-trusted-vista-sp1 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 06:55:17 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/dns-attack-writer-now-a-victim The writer of the DNS attack tool exploiting DNS servers has been compromised by the very exploit that he created. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/dns-attack-writer-now-a-victim Fri, 01 Aug 2008 06:48:20 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/pentagon-and-nasa-hacker-loses Hacker loses extradiction appeal for his trial in the UK. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/pentagon-and-nasa-hacker-loses Fri, 01 Aug 2008 06:37:40 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/oracle-zero-day-exploit Oracle has posted a workaround for a buffer overflow exploit. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/oracle-zero-day-exploit Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:28:53 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/skype-back-doors Skype can listen in on your phone calls. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/skype-back-doors Sun, 27 Jul 2008 09:02:33 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/comcast-is-reading-your-blogs Comcast is reading your blogs to which complain about their service. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/comcast-is-reading-your-blogs Sun, 27 Jul 2008 08:45:33 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/predictive--blacklists-may-block-content Researchers are attempting to produce predictive blacklists for blocking attacks. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/predictive--blacklists-may-block-content Sat, 26 Jul 2008 09:03:20 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/isps-monitoring-internet-traffic It is hard enough to keep your privacy while on-line, but now ISPs are watching what you are watching. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/isps-monitoring-internet-traffic Sat, 26 Jul 2008 07:27:24 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/dns-still-needs-patched We have already completed our patching, have you? http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/dns-still-needs-patched Sat, 26 Jul 2008 07:06:35 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/most-bank-websites-are-insecure More than 75% of visited websites are insecure. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/most-bank-websites-are-insecure Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:09:02 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/dns-exploit-code-released Exploit code to attack DNS Servers has been publically released. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/dns-exploit-code-released Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:28:03 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/google-blogger-hosts-2-of-malware A single blogger on Google is identified as hosting 2% of the Malware on the internet. More reasons to jump on the free sites! http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/google-blogger-hosts-2-of-malware Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:22:34 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/windows-xp-just-a-dream Microsoft Windows XP was to discontinue new sales of Windows XP. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/headlines/news/windows-xp-just-a-dream Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:32:59 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/news/news/abs-dns-servers-patched ABS reports that the vulnerability has been patched. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/news/news/abs-dns-servers-patched Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:39:45 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/news/news/dns-server-vulnerability ISC reported this month that a serious vulnerability was reported with dns servers .... http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/news/news/dns-server-vulnerability Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:37:20 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/news/news/ssl-access-for-webmail2 ABS has added a secure connection to Webmail. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/news/news/ssl-access-for-webmail2 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:28:57 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/news/news/webgui-cms-layout We are now using our WebGui CMS. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/news/news/webgui-cms-layout Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:58:16 -0500 http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/news/news/new-domain-name-added We have regustered the ABS-CompTech.net domain name to compliment our existing ABS-CompTech.com domain as well. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com/home/news/news/new-domain-name-added Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:51:03 -0500