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FCC Eyes Online Security Following Apple iPad ATT Breach, Google Street View Scandal
(Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Communications Commission said it would step up scrutiny of online security and privacy issues following recent security breaches involving Apple Inc’s iPad and Google Inc’s collection of private data by its Street View cars. The FCC announcement on Friday comes one day after the Federal Bureau of Investigation said it…
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Microsoft Windows XP Security Issue Revealed by Google Engineer
Microsoft has issued a security advisory, saying it is investigating reports of a vulnerability in Windows XP and the operating system’s Windows Help and Support Center Function. Microsoft says the vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user is lured to a web page or if a user clicks on a “specially crafted link”…
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FBI Probes Apple iPad Security Breach
(Reuters) – The Federal Bureau of Investigation has opened a probe into a security breach of Apple Inc’s iPad that exposed personal information of AT&T Inc customers, including those of several high-ranking government officials. The breach, first reported by the website Gawker, occurred when a group calling itself Goatse Security hacked into AT&T’s iPad subscriber…
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Apple iPad Data Breach Exposes More Than 100K User Accounts
(Reuters) – AT&T Inc said on Wednesday some users of Apple’s iPad have had personal information exposed via a network security flaw, two months after the tablet computer was launched and smashed sales expectations. The breach, first reported by the website Gawker, led to the exposure only of email addresses, AT&T said in a statement.…
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Adobe Readies Patch for Security Bug as Attacks Continue
In an advisory June 4, Adobe warned users that a vulnerability affecting Adobe Reader, Flash Player and Acrobat was actively being exploited by attackers. The bug exists in Flash Player 10.0.45.2 and earlier versions for Windows, Macintosh, Linux and Solaris as well as the authplay.dll component that ships with Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x for…
