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- Tiny-traffic DoS attack spotlights Apache flaw -

Denial of Service without the flood

Security guru Robert "RSnake" Hansen has released a novel DoS attack tool that ...

- US net nanny ratchets Chinese censorware spat -

Stall the PC makers. Then sue

US software maker Solid Oak has beefed up efforts to prevent the distribution of ...

- Samsung demos OLED security card -

Powered by an RFID reader?

Samsung has demoed an electronic ID card with integrated low-power OLED.… ...

- MS names ship date for free security suite -

Free as in lunch

Microsoft is launching its free security suite next week - the 23rd of June to be precise.… ...

- Canadian bill forces personal data from ISPs sans warrant -

Requires police intercept hardware

Canada is considering legislation allowing the country's police and national ...

- January's Windows 7 hole still open -

Sort it out, Redmond

A security hole in Windows 7, highlighted by a blogger back in January, is still wide open ...

- Apple releases Java patches (finally) -

Better six months late than never

Apple has released security updates for Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server 10.4.11 and [...] malware on users' Macs, PCs, and Linux boxes.…

The power of collaboration within unified communications

- Google cloud told to encrypt itself -

R in RSA wants s in https

Updated A small army of security and privacy researchers has called on Google to [...] via its Gmail, Google Docs, and Google Calendar services.…

Offloading malware protection to the cloud

- BlockMaster SafeStick hardware-encrypted USB drive -

Tough enough?

Review It may make its money shelling shedloads of its security centric USB Flash drives to [...] with a high level of data protection built in.…

The power of collaboration within unified communications

- UK.gov to create central cybersecurity agency -

A job for Jim Hacker

Secret operations currently carried out by parts of the intelligence and security services ...

- Johnson shuffle returns ID cards to the table -

U-turn ahoy?

The fate of the UK's national ID card project is looking increasingly doubtful, although new Home ...

- Buggy 'smart meters' open door to power-grid botnet -

Grid-burrowing worm only the beginning

New electricity meters being rolled out to millions of homes and businesses [...] to demonstrate several attacks at a security conference next month.…

What is your recession sales strategy?

- Twitter profile hack pwns Mormons -

RT @whereisyourgodnow

Microblogging Mormons are up in arms after the Twitter account of the Church of Latter Day ...

- Indian politico's webmail hacked to punt lost-wallet scam -

PLEASE SEND $3,500. MOST GRACIOUS.

Fraudsters hacked into the webmail account of an Indian politician in a bid to ...

- Belarus media sites under attack by zombies -

Echoes of Russia-Georgia cyberwar reverberate in Minsk

The spectre of politically-motivated hacking attacks has ...

- Chrome update completes busy browser patch week -

Time for an industry patch day?

Google has pushed out an update designed to fix a pair of vulnerabilities ...

- Chinese firm hits back at cyberspy claims -

Huawei welcomes UK.gov backdoor probe

Exclusive Chinese networking giant Huawei is battling suggestions it could ...

- Firefox update squashes 9 security bugs, 4 critical -

Get yours today

Mozilla has released a new version of its Firefox browser that plugs nine security holes, four of ...

- Apple fans targeted by smut-punting malware -

Uh, it's a booby trap

VXers are targeting Mac fans via a pair of new malware-themed attacks, one of which is on ...

- Security holes poked in Chinese compulsory PC filter plan -

Green Dam it all

Plans to mandate the use of a particular brand of censorware software in China pose a grave ...

- Symantec, McAfee cough up $750,000 on auto-renewals -

'Hide the ball' suspended

Symantec and McAfee have agreed to pay $375,000 apiece to settle charges they charged ...

- Crypto attack puts digital sig hash on collision course -

SHA-1, your time is near

Cryptographers have found new chinks in a widely-used digital-signature algorithm that [...] and carry out dozens of other online authentication functions.…

What is your recession sales strategy?

- T-Mobile downplays hacking fears -

'No evidence customer data compromised'

T-Mobile USA is fighting suggestions its systems were breached by hackers [...] has uncovered no evidence of a wider compromise.…

Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing

- Amazon, Apple dish up $300,000 to 'musical crims' -

Better than busking for a living

A gang of cyber fraudsters were arrested this morning after allegedly making tens ...

- StrongWebmail holds up hands to hack, plots further challenge -

Er... best of three, chaps?

StrongWebmail has conceded that a group of ethical hackers beat its systems to claim a ...

- Microsoft patches record number of security bugs -

Adobe crashes monster patch batch

Microsoft on Tuesday patched a record number of security vulnerabilities, ...

- Webhost denies poor passwords led to catastrophic hack -

VAServ contradicts purported attackers

The director of an internet service provider has denied public allegations [...] that wiped out data for more than 100,000 websites.…

Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work

- McAfee downplays service pack fail -

Virus update leaves PCs unbootable

A recent McAfee service pack led to systems being rendered unbootable, ...

- McKinnon launches second extradition challenge -

Belt and braces strategy

A judicial review of former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith's handling of the Gary McKinnon ...

- T-Mobile hack data is genuine -

How deep does the rabbit hole go?

T-Mobile has confirmed that files posted on a full disclosure mailing list are ...

- Millions opted into UK mobile phone directory -

Are you one of them?

A public mobile phone directory for the UK will launch later this month, loaded with millions ...

- ContactPoint offers tokens for access -

Restricted to three government departments, 100 local authorities

The Department for Children Schools and Families ...

- LxLabs boss found hanged after vuln wipes websites -

Shocking development in VAserv megahack affair

The boss of Indian software firm LxLabs was found dead in a ...

- Apple security is 'struggling,' researcher says -

Laments lack of 'formal security program'

A well-known security consultant says Apple is struggling to effectively [...] suggests executives improve by adopting a secure development lifecycle to design its growing roster of products.…

- Webhost hack wipes out data for 100,000 sites -

Vaserv suspects zero-day virtualization vuln

A large internet service provider said data for as many as 100,000 [...] in a widely-used virtualization application.…

The power of collaboration within unified communications

- DOS attacks threaten mobile network security -

Falling down

New types of denial of service attacks threatened the security of mobile data networks, a senior ...

- Last.fm phish strikes a bum note -

Crooks tune in to net unwary

Fraudsters have launched an attack which aims to trick Last.fm users into handing ...

- Twitter fights celeb imposters with Verified Account scheme -

Attempt to kybosh 'Kanye' and stymie 'Spector'

Twitter has detailed plans to clamp down on celebrity imposters ...

- Hackers claim T-Mobile scalp -

US division puts brown trousers on standby

Updated Hackers claim to have stolen all T-Mobile US's corporate ...

- German hacker-tool law snares...no-one -

Security researchers are put out

On August 10, 2007, a new section of the German Penal code went into effect. The [...] could be interpreted to make the creation or distribution of computer security software a criminal offense.…

- Adobe's quarterly patch cycle to commence Tuesday -

'Critical' fix for some, but not all

Adobe Software's new quarterly patch cycle will commence on Tuesday with an ...

- Pondlife scammers abuse Air France tragedy -

Carradine death also cheap fodder

Cybercrooks are once again taking advantage of current events to push ...

- Money mule cops plea in online brokerage hacking scam -

Hee haw

A New Hampshire man has agreed to pay almost $112,000 and face prison time after admitting he was a mule ...

- UK Communist website abused by Chinese hackers -

Moaist malware mayhem

Updated The website of the Communist Party Of Britain has been infected with malicious ...

- Hackers scalp StrongWebmail to claim cash prize -

$10,000 for successful schedule snoop

Ethical hackers are claiming a $10,000 prize for successfully breaking into ...

- MS warns of bumper patch batch -

Six critical updates locked and loaded

Microsoft is having an especially bulky Patch Tuesday, with the release of ...

- Judge backs Halifax in Chip and PIN clone case -

Phantom withdrawal verdict may go to appeal

Halifax, the UK retail bank, has scored a victory in a closely-watched ...

- US mega retailer settles spyware charges -

Sears promises to spy no more

One of the biggest US retailers has agreed to settle charges brought by federal ...

- US Federal Trade Commission shuts down ISP -

Provider accused of harboring malware, child porn

Federal authorities have shut down what they said was the worst [...] it actively participated in the distribution of child pornography, spam, malware, and other net-based menaces.…

- Twitter Trends exploited to promote scareware -

Malign micro-blogging madness

Hackers are manipulating a hot topics feature of Twitter to promote malware-infected [...] feature recalls the manipulation of Google search results using black-hat search engine optimisation techniques.…

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