Angela Moscaritolo

 
Angela Moscaritolo, senior reporter, SC Magazine
Senior Reporter Angela Moscaritolo writes daily IT security news and feature stories for SC Magazine's website and print edition. Prior to coming on board as a reporter at SC Magazine in September 2008, Angela worked at newspapers in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and New Jersey. She worked at The Northern Valley Suburbanite in New Jersey, The Dominion Post in West Virginia, and the Uniontown-Herald Standard in Pennsylvania. Reporting for newspapers, she primarily covered city government, school boards, and local breaking news. She is a West Virginia University Perely Isaac Reed School of Journalism graduate.
 

Recent Articles

Chrome 16 includes 15 vulnerability fixes

December 14, 2011

Google on Tuesday released Chrome 16, which includes fixes for 15 security vulnerabilities.
 

"Critical" Microsoft security bugs at lowest level since 2005

December 14, 2011

Microsoft officials credit more robust software security design with a diminished number of bugs garnering the tech giant's most severe rating.
 

Oracle updates Java, Adobe patches ColdFusion

December 13, 2011

An update from Oracle clears up, among other vulnerabilities, an issue that caused Java 6 Update 29 to break SSL connectivity. Meanwhile, Adobe offered a fix for its ColdFusion development platform.
 

Android users share their "rage" for free Windows Phone

December 13, 2011

Android users have taken to Twitter to air their grievances about their phones, prompted by an unusual offer from a Microsoft employee
 

Court tosses claims against Heartland Payment over breach

December 13, 2011

After more than two years of litigation, a U.S. District judge has dismissed nine of the 10 causes of action brought forth as part of a class-action lawsuit by nine banks.
 

Malicious apps discovered in Android Market

December 12, 2011

Rogue developers uploaded malicious versions of at least a dozen popular games to the Android Market.
 

Blue Coat acquired by equity firm for $1.3 billion

December 09, 2011

Thoma Bravo snared its fifth IT security company since 2009 in a high-priced deal to buy Blue Coat Systems, a company that recently found itself immersed in controversy.
 

Four charged with hacking Subway, other retailers

December 09, 2011

The defendants allegedly compromised the credit card data of 80,000 customers and made millions of dollars in unauthorized purchases.
 

Lockheed Martin hit, but not breached, with Adobe zero-day

December 08, 2011

Defense contractors appear to be the prime target of sophisticated malware that attempts to take advantage of an unpatched flaw in Adobe Reader and Acrobat software.
 

MIT researchers suggest power grid security oversight

December 06, 2011

While a number of entities have a stake in maintaining the cyber security of the U.S. electric grid, no single organization is currently responsible for overseeing protection across all aspects of grid operations.