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Criminal gangs have acquired login details for more than 200,000 websites. Two separate incidents — both resulting in data breaches — have left the personal information of 17,500 Ohio State University students, faculty members and staff compromised. Security experts are warning of socially engineered threats targeting users this holiday season. The automatic update features in many software applications are proving to be vulnerable to attack. Hackers are taking notice. You should, too. Tim Callan, vice president of SSL product marketing at VeriSign, has claimed that there is too much dependency on people's knowledge when it comes to security. The Public Key Infrastructure solves many security problems, but also introduces risks that require careful management. A significant proportion of hard disks analysed in an ongoing study contained sensitive data about businesses and individuals. With IT budgets being squeezed many companies will be forced to think about improving the security of their legacy systems, Benjamin Jun, told at the RSA Conference Europe 2008. Routers from major vendors have been identified as susceptible to a vulnerability known as SNMP injection. Microsoft on Tuesday pushed out 11 patches for 20 vulnerabilities. The amount of web-based malware blocked by IT security firm ScanSafe has jumped by 278 per cent in the first six months of this year. Nearly nine out of 10 corporate data breaches could have been prevented had reasonable security measures been in place, according to a report issued today by Verizon Business. In a move some say could compromise the privacy of hospital patients, Google has announced it will begin a pilot test of an online health service that will store the medical records of several thousand Cleveland Clinic medical center patients. Cisco late Wednesday patched seven severe vulnerabilities in its widely used internet telephony software that could permit device compromise or system shutdown. A Miami man pleaded guilty this week for his involvement in the wireless-enabled data heists at TJX and a number of other well-known retailers. Computers in the United States launched the most cyberattacks in 2008, according to a security firm. Business news magazine BusinessWeek has become the latest victim of the rising phenomenon of SQL injection attacks. A new tool makes it easier for malware spreaders to create bogus YouTube pages. Kaspersky Lab has patented a method of antivirus scanning that assesses files according to when and how they first appeared on the computer. The annual Global Security Week awareness-raising initiative kicked off this week promising to coordinate, encourage and publicise a variety of security-related activities and events across the globe.