Security Fix Archive: From the Bunker
Farewell 2009, and The Washington Post
This will be the last post for the Security Fix blog. Dec. 31 marks my final day at The Washington Post Company. Over the last 15 years, I've reported hundreds of stories for washingtonpost.com and the paper edition. I have...
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December 24, 2009; 4:00 PM ET |
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Group IDs hotbeds of Conficker worm outbreaks
Internet service providers in Russia and Ukraine are home to some of the highest concentrations of customers whose machines are infected with the Conficker worm, new data suggests. The report comes from the Shadowserver Foundation, a nonprofit that tracks global...
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December 16, 2009; 8:00 AM ET |
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Security Fix author named 'cybercrime hero'
Networking equipment maker Cisco Systems Inc this week bestowed a generous honor on the Security Fix author. In its 2009 annual security report released Tuesday, Cisco names Yours Truly as a "cybercrime hero," citing an ongoing investigative series detailing the...
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Brian Krebs
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December 8, 2009; 8:00 AM ET |
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Nastygram: Bogus DHL e-mails harbor secret message
A recent spam run that tries to distribute malicious software disguised as a DHL package tracking number contains a poorly hidden message that insults the Security Fix author by name. According to an analysis by security firm Sophos, the...
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November 30, 2009; 8:00 PM ET |
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Alpha Software disclosure leads to confusion
A few days ago, Security Fix heard from a reader who received a breach notification so casual in tone that he asked me to verify whether it was for real. Sure enough, Burlington, Mass.-based database application company Alpha Software Inc....
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November 20, 2009; 1:15 PM ET |
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Brazilian Govt: Soot, not hackers, caused '07 blackouts
The Brazilian government is refuting a report aired on Sunday by the CBS news magazine 60 Minutes, which stated that power blackouts in the South American nation in 2005 and 2007 were caused by hackers. Meanwhile, a large swath of...
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November 11, 2009; 12:35 PM ET |
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