Wednesday, September 30, 2009

XSS Worm on Reddit.com

Reddit (reddit.com) is a social news website, and it's much better than Digg or Slashdot.

However, it got hit  by a XSS worm that was spreading via comments on the site.

Read more about this at: http://www.securityfocus.com/blogs/2318

Effectively Protecting Your Customers' Data

Contact center staff are on the data security front lines. Properly trained they can thwart intrusion. Unfortunately contact centers too frequently have environments that foster data loss and theft. Employees are typically low-paid and have minimal or no benefits, are often poorly supervised, rushed to meet metrics, and face enormous stress.

Today's organizations depend and thrive on data for marketing, customer service and staff management, and like anything that is valuable, criminals have been seeking it to commit ID theft, blackmail or other crimes. 

The 2009 Identity Fraud Survey Report by Javelin Strategy and Research reports that the number of identity fraud victims has increased 22 percent to 9.9 million adults in the U.S., while the total annual fraud amount increased by seven percent to $48 billion over the past year. The reasons include profitability, safety and simplicity, explains Greg Young, research vice president, Gartner.

Read more about this article at: http://www.enterprise-security-today.com/story.xhtml?story_id=131004IMXRIW

Microsoft Security Essentials Available for Download

Microsoft has released its Security Essentials antivirus software as a free download to protect against malware, viruses and spyware. Microsoft said its goal is to remove cost barriers that leave PCs unprotected. The free Microsoft Security Essentials could result in wiping out software from competitors, including Arbor Networks, Symantec and McAfee.
After introducing its antivirus software to 75,000 beta testers in June as Microsoft Security Essentials Beta, Microsoft has made its Security Essentials antivirus software available as a free download.
Click on the below link to download MS Secuirty Essential :>