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IBM Develops Audio Masking Technology To Protect Call Center Recordings

July 3, 2008
Using speech analytics, the technology identifies and masks credit card numbers and other sensitive information in audio recordings.

Sony Confirms Pulling PS3 Firmware Update

July 2, 2008
The company released firmware 2.40 Tuesday, and reports of problems started flowing in soon after on the official PlayStation 3 message board.

Sony PlayStation Site Hacked With 'Scareware'

July 2, 2008
The site runs a script that pretends to do an online security scan of your computer and presents a bogus warning message that your PC is infected with malware, researchers said.

California Expands Identity Theft Prosecution

July 2, 2008
State law now allows identity thieves to be tried in the victims' jurisdictions, rather than only in the places the crimes occur.

Microsoft Unveils New Internet Explorer Security Features

July 2, 2008
Coming to IE8 is a set of cross-site scripting defenses to defeat hackers looking to steal cookies and browser history, logging keystrokes, stealing credentials, or just evading phishing filters.

U.S. Army Seeks Help Watching The Internet

July 2, 2008
The job involves monitoring and analyzing Web pages, blogs, chat rooms, and the like for possible threats to U.S. interests and forces.

Older Versions Of Firefox, IE Put 45% Of All Internet Users At Risk

July 1, 2008
Firefox 2 is considered to be the most secure Web browser because 83.3% of its users worldwide are running the most current version.

Apple Mac OS X 10.5.4 Bolsters Performance, Security

June 30, 2008
Nine of the 25 vulnerabilities addressed affect the Tomcat 4.1.36, which comes bundled with Mac OS X v10.4.11 systems.

Microsoft Internet Explorer Vulnerability Warning Issued

June 30, 2008
The flaw focuses on IE's inline frames, often used for serving ads, which typically come from a different domain than content that appears on the same Web page.