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PC-pwning infection hits 30,000 legit websites
[ Date: 05.29.09 ]
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And counting
A nasty infection that attempts to install a potent malware cocktail on the machines of end users has spread to about 30,000 websites run by businesses, government agencies and other organizations, researchers warned Friday.…Whitepaper - Creating portals with Office Sharepoint: put an end to the information free for all
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Turkish hackers breach US Army servers, says report
[ Date: 05.29.09 ]
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SQL injection strikes again
US government investigators are probing breaches of two sensitive Army webservers by suspected Turkish hackers, according to a report by InformationWeek.…Whitepaper - Creating portals with Office Sharepoint: put an end to the information free for all
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Obama fights cyber threats with new White House post
[ Date: 05.29.09 ]
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Barack's brush with cyber espionage
US President Barack Obama will create a new White House post that's responsible for protecting the country's critical computer networks, a step he said was crucial to confronting one of the biggest national security challenges.…Video - Business Intelligence for mid-sized businesses
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Massive ID fraud and cheque scam busted in NYC
[ Date: 05.29.09 ]
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Impersonation scheme sees 18 bank workers pinched
A corporate identity theft ring that exploited the identities of local corporations, religious institutions, hospitals and even schools to run a cheque fraud scam has been busted in New York.…
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EU backs advanced network tech to boost resilience
[ Date: 05.29.09 ]
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IPv6 and DNSSec to bolster backbone
An EU security agency is calling for greater use of advanced networking technologies - specifically IPv6, DNSSec and MPLS - to improve the resilience of communication networks.…
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Judge throws the book at phishing fraudster
[ Date: 05.28.09 ]
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100 months of solitude
A fraudster has been sentenced to eight and a half years in prison after copping to a series of phishing scams that affected 7,000 victims and netted an estimated $700,000 in illicit income.…
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Critical Windows vulnerability under attack, Microsoft warns
[ Date: 05.28.09 ]
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Drive-by web exploits possible
Microsoft has warned of a critical security bug in older versions of its Windows operating system that is already being exploited in the wild to remotely execute malware on vulnerable machines.…
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Hiding secret messages in internet traffic: a new how-to
[ Date: 05.28.09 ]
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Covert messages exploit TCP
Researchers have demonstrated a new way to hide secret messages in internet traffic that can elude even vigilant network operators.…
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RIM warns over PDF peril
[ Date: 05.28.09 ]
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BlackBerry squash potential
Research In Motion (RIM) has warned of a vulnerability in how BlackBerry servers handle malformed PDF files that potentially leaves the door open to hacking attacks.…
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Lost laptop exposes thousands of pension records
[ Date: 05.28.09 ]
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Quest to free all world's imprisoned data continues
Exclusive A lost laptop containing the personal data of 109,000 Pensions Trust members has sparked the latest in a growing list of information security breach alerts.…
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Dutch cat skinner publishes critics' personal details
[ Date: 05.28.09 ]
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Kitty handbag artist tracks hatemailers across cyberspace
The Dutch "artist" who in 2004 turned her pussy into a handbag under the performance art title "My dearest cat Pinkeltje (2004)" has published personal details of those who emailed her expressing their disgust.…
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Microsoft fortifies Windows 7 kernel with overrun buster
[ Date: 05.27.09 ]
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Safe unlinking coming to a PC near you
Microsoft engineers have fortified the latest version of Windows with a feature designed to make it significantly harder for attackers to exploit bugs that may be lurking deep inside the operating system.…
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Fraud guardian uses 'unfair business practices', Judge rules
[ Date: 05.27.09 ]
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LifeLock encroaches on Experian operation
Fraud-prevention service LifeLock engages in unfair business practices because it violates parts of a federal law governing the safeguarding of consumer credit reports, a federal judge has ruled.…
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Seminal password tool rises from Symantec ashes
[ Date: 05.27.09 ]
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L0phtcrack returns
More than three years after Symantec unceremoniously pulled the plug on L0phtcrack, the seminal tool for auditing and cracking passwords is back with a set of new capabilities.…
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BNP DDoS 'mega-assault' not actually mega in the least
[ Date: 05.27.09 ]
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It was eight, no ten really big lads that jumped me
A supposedly massive denial of service attack against the British National Party website has been exposed as a gross exaggeration.…
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Junk email volumes hit high
[ Date: 05.27.09 ]
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Spam volume increases despite swine flu
Nine in ten emails in circulation are spam, according to the latest stats from email security services outfit MessageLabs.…
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BNP pleads for cash after reported DDoS assault
[ Date: 05.27.09 ]
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'Largest cyber-assault in history'
Updated The website of the British National Party is back online following a reported distributed denial of service attack over the weekend.…
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Water utility auditor resigns, transfers $9m offshore
[ Date: 05.26.09 ]
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In that order
California and federal officials are searching for a former employee of a large water utility who is suspected of trying to transfer more than $9m to an offshore account after quitting the company.…
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Obama to invent cybersecurity czar
[ Date: 05.26.09 ]
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Announcement expected this week
President Obama is expected to announce late this week his decision to create a senior White House official responsible for protecting the nation's government-run and private computer networks from attack, according to a published report.…Video - Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0
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US military shows off hack-by-numbers battlefield gadget
[ Date: 05.22.09 ]
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Cyber warfare made easier
As the US military strives to boost its ability to wage cyber warfare, it's looking for ways to make it easier for non-expert soldiers on the front lines to wreak havoc on enemy networks.…Video - Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0
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Dodgy McAfee update slaps viral warning on Spotify
[ Date: 05.22.09 ]
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Was someone listening to Phil Collins again?
Security software from McAfee wrongly identified the Spotify application as a virus, following a misfiring update published on Thursday.…
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FBI and US Marshals laid low by mystery virus
[ Date: 05.22.09 ]
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Tommy Lee Jones' paperwork delayed
A mystery viral infection forced the FBI and US Marshals Service to pull the plug on parts of their respective computer networks on Thursday, AP reports.…
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E-trade scammer pleads guilty to Office Space scam
[ Date: 05.22.09 ]
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We're not going to white-collar resort prison. No, no, no
A Californian man who raked in $50,000 after opening thousands of bogus accounts with online brokers, sometimes in the name of cartoon characters, has pleaded guilty to fraud.…
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DDoS attack chokes Chinese net surfing
[ Date: 05.21.09 ]
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Five-province traffic jam
Millions of internet users in China had trouble accessing websites earlier this week after an attack on a domain registrar in that country touched off a network traffic jam.…Whitepaper - Creating portals with Office Sharepoint: put an end to the information free for all
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Microsoft IIS vuln played no role in server breach, uni says
[ Date: 05.21.09 ]
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No in-the-wild attacks reported
Network administrators at Ball State University have retracted their claims that a campus website was brought down by a zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft's Internet Information Services webserver.…Whitepaper - Creating portals with Office Sharepoint: put an end to the information free for all
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Scrubbed geo-location data not so anonymous after all
[ Date: 05.21.09 ]
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Your commute = your fingerprint
Anonymized data collected from GPS-enabled devices may not be as anonymous as you think, according to researchers who show that knowing someone's general home and work locations can be enough to identify an individual uniquely.…
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Twitter typosquatting site preys on gullible
[ Date: 05.21.09 ]
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Well, duh
Miscreants have launched an aggressive phishing attack that aims to dupe the unwary into handing over their login credentials for the microblogging service.…Video - Business Intelligence for mid-sized businesses
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Conficker: Hold the funeral, it's not dead yet
[ Date: 05.21.09 ]
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50,000 new Windows systems hit every day
Media coverage of the Conficker superworm has died down over recent weeks but variants of the worm are still infecting 50,000 new PCs a day.…
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BitDefender launches 'suck it and see' free anti-virus scanner
[ Date: 05.21.09 ]
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Cut-down software in consumer marketing push
Romanian anti-virus firm BitDefender has begun offering a free version of its anti-virus scanner software to consumers.…
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Undead deleted photos linger on social networking websites
[ Date: 05.21.09 ]
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We're coming to embarrass you, Barbara!
That embarrassing party shot of you and that hot dog may still come back to haunt you - photos posted on social networking websites can often be easily viewed even after users attempt to delete them, according to a study by security researchers at the University of Cambridge.…
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