August, 2007:

• Attack on Monster.com affects 146,000 USAJobs.gov subscribers
• Judge dismisses graduates lawsuit over Ohio University data breach
• Unisys to develop database system for Canada's Port of Halifax
• SurfControl partners with Authentium
• Sun to use Synchronica technology
• TSCP opens membership
• Uniloc launches softANCHOR Technology Partner Program
• Bioscript partners with Donseed for workplace management solution
• Edentify partners with FNB Merchants
• Bank of the West uses RSA authenticator
• GreatSchools.net deploys Zeus software
• CompTIA opens Slovakia office
• Monster upgrades its security following data breach
• Microsoft plans Vista Service Pack 1, XP Service Pack 3 releases for first quarter 2008; betas due within weeks
• International web-use explosion fuels domain name growth
• Accused adware distributor Zango drops lawsuit against PC Tools
• Sophos: Scammers dropping PDF spam
• Rootkit redux: researchers find rootkit on another Sony product
• A side of bacn beats a serving of spam
• Laptop stolen from Connecticut state tax office; information of 106,000 at risk
• If we are living in a computer simulation, where are the bugs?
• Non-profit SCIPP International to provide certification programs for end-users
• How the IT department can prep for the courtroom
• Hot or not: Open Vulnerability Assessment Language
• MSN Messenger video-based exploit revealed
• University of Illinois students’ information distributed in mass email
• Personal records of 35,000 veterans stolen in burglary
• Storm worm shifts path to fake YouTube links
• Aug. 27, 2007: A monster (.com) of a data theft
• FTC files complaint against weight-loss pill spammer
• Stolen computer equipment at Connecticut school presents ID theft risk
• How much is an unlocked iPhone worth?
• Monster takes down 'pirate server with stolen user information
• Researchers ponder cause of Trend Micro port scanning
• Laptop to go: Thief makes off with NYC retirees’ info from Korean restaurant
• AOL phisher pleads guilty in ID theft scheme
• iDefense reveals several Trend Micro flaws
• VeriSign founder Jim Bidzos returns as chairman
• Razor burned: Thieves steal safe containing personal info of thousands of barbers, cosmetologists
• California state pension system exposes SSNs on brochures
• Attackers steal Monster.com user information
• Authorities hope arrest of Ukraine man leads to TJX orchestrator
• Report: Cybercrooks target American consumers more often
• New anti-malware textbook comes from right people
• Watch for Hurricane Dean scams and malware
• Compromised Ubuntu project servers taken offline
• Skype blames downtime on Patch Tuesday re-start, not hackers
• Storm Worm uses e-cards to push spam near all-time high
• Aug. 20, 2007: The legacy of the TJX data breach
• Compromised Ubuntu project servers taken offline
• Sourcefire acquires ClamAV
• Lawsuit filed against Certegy over data breach
• 46,000 job hunters victimized by malicious recruitment ads
• Arizona man sentenced in credit card theft ring
• McAfee warns of Yahoo Messenger Webcam bug
• Lawsuit filed against Certegy
• TJX reports plummeting profits, but sales up
• Citrix acquires XenSource in $500 million deal
• Stolen USB stick exposes PII of entire Idaho National Guard
• Personal information of 30,000 Sky Lakes Medical Center patients available online for month
• Beware the gadget bug
• Microsoft delivers nine Patch Tuesday fixes
• JavaScript hijacking - a new vulnerability
• Don't get out-smarted by smart devices
• Weighing the options for securing back-up data
• Global trends point to rise in messaging abuse
• FFIEC guidelines fall short of protecting the online consumer
• Post-TJX breach, corporations must protect data wherever it goes
• Sophos: 40 percent of Facebook users easily give up personal information
• TJX feeling effects of massive breach…sort of
• Double trouble: Pfizer suffers second breach in as many months as two laptops are stolen
• Pump-and-dump scam spikes spam by 445 percent
• Novell reaches the endpoint with Senforce acquisition
• Cancer not the only worry for 250 hospital patients in Alaska after laptop goes missing
• 'Critical Windows flaw revealed as nine Patch Tuesday fixes loom
• Planning for disasters
• Personal information of 747 Legacy Clinic Mount Hood (Mont.) patients stolen
• Aug. 13, 2007: Spam - why won't it just go away?
• 5,800 Loyola University (Chicago) students at risk for ID theft
• Political hackers strike again
• Lawsuit: Apple puts customers at risk for ID theft
• RSA acquires data-loss vendor Tablus
• Kaspersky: Anti-virus community now has upper hand on cybercriminals
• A new PDF spam outbreak
• Woman charged with stealing identities of 500 Alabama residents
• California software pirates fined, sentenced
• Symantec says spam attachments up, image spam down
• Merrill Lynch computer theft affects 33,000 employees, according to report
• Yale students, faculty at risk of identity theft after computer heist
• California decertifies four e-voting companies
• Cover story: Protecting credit card numbers has a positive impact on business
• Developers of Web 2.0 apps must build in security from the start
• Special section: IT security and the financial vertical
• FFIEC guidelines mandate financial services security upgrades
• The financial vertical: Five ways to protect data and IP
• The financial vertical: How institutions protect data - from unaware employees and outsiders
• Debt Exchange improves security with scanning service
• Robust web application security builds trust for DTCC
• Product section: Convergence and emergence
• Survey: Consumers have one-in-four chance of becoming cybercrime victim
• Update: University of Toledo professor charged with stealing own computer
• Stolen laptop compromises personal information of VeriSign employees
• IronPort on Excel spam
• Ajax: Open for risky business
• 'Pharmacy spam king given 30-year jail sentence
• What is Symantec's next move?
• News briefs
• Debate
• Company news
• 2 minutes on...U.S. lags in ISO 27001 compliance
• Me and my job
• Understand risk analysis
• Everyday information security
• Get familiar with the back door
• A holistic and proactive approach to preventing data theft
• SC Magazine Podcasts - Aug. 6, 2007: Interview with Jeff Moss, Black Hat founder and director
• VeriSign suffers data breach after July laptop theft
• Clark: Congress doesn’t ‘get’ cyber security
• Personal information of Kellogg Community Federal Credit Union customers stolen
• Aug. 6, 2007: Interview with Jeff Moss, Black Hat founder and director
• VoIP vulnerabilities unveiled at Black Hat
• Black Hat attendees pick mobile threats as the next hot security topic
• Online forum claims Certegy breach led to ID theft
• Accounting firm loses laptop stolen containing energy company’s employee data
• 8.5 million reasons to worry
• Attack of the penguin
• Job placement program accidentally releases names, Social Security numbers of clients
• Personal information of 20,000 Edmonton, Alberta, hospital patients on stolen computer
• The advent of Access Management 2.0
• LAN security and NAC checklist
• Unmanaged instant messaging creates headaches for companies attempting to comply with New Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
• Using international standards in your compliance program
• MessageLabs: 20 percent of image spam uses PDFs
• Personal information of University of Toledo students and staff at risk following computer thefts
• iPhone critical patch among dozens released by Apple
• Researchers spot ZIP spam spike
• IM threats run amok