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Microsoft preps critical security updates

By Aharon Etengoff Friday, 06 November 2009 16:30

Tuesday patch blitzkrieg

Australian atheists targeted by hackers

By Emma Woollacott Tuesday, 20 October 2009 23:57

Atheist websites in Australia have been hit by distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks.

Gmail, Yahoo, AOL, others also hit in Hotmail phishing attack

By Andrew Thomas Monday, 05 October 2009 23:52

Phishing attack hits email users

It has emerged that yesterday’s news of 10,000 Hotmail accounts being hacked was merely the tip of the iceberg and 20,000 AOL, Yahoo, Comcast, Earthlink and Gmail accounts have also been compromised.

Hotmail passwords get leaked online

By the writing staff Monday, 05 October 2009 07:26

Web site neowin.net reported that thousands of Hotmail accounts were posted online a few days ago.

Bank forces suspension of Gmail user's account

By Emma Woollacott Wednesday, 30 September 2009 01:00

A Gmail user had his email service suspended because a bank sent him other people's account details by mistake.

AT&T invests in Intel snooping technology

By Nigel Constantine Friday, 18 September 2009 00:32

The telco investigated for snooping on customers for the government in the wake of the September 11 attacks has decided to take advantage of a “call for help” feature on Intel's vPro technology.

Scammers exploit Swayzee death

By Emma Woollacott Wednesday, 16 September 2009 00:20

We saw it with Michael Jackson, we saw it with Farrah Fawcett - a celebrity death is bonanza time for spammers. And Patrick Swayzee is no exception, with scareware alerts appearing within hours of his death.

Hacked flight sim firm fingers suspect

By Emma Woollacott Wednesday, 09 September 2009 01:07

The US publisher of a flight simulator site which was hacked in May says it has tracked down the perpetrator and provided evidence to the British police.

ATM fraud increases

By Emma Woollacott Monday, 07 September 2009 04:05

ATM fraud in Europe is rising fast, with criminals using increasingly sophisticated methods of attack.

Help crack Nazi Enigma messages

By the writing staff Wednesday, 02 September 2009 22:10

Although it might be a little late, a network project has started to try and crack a couple of World War Two Enigma messages.

Geronimo! Hackers attack Apache website

By Emma Woollacott Monday, 31 August 2009 00:34

The web site of open source organisation The Apache Group was taken down on Friday after being hacked.

Japanese break wi-fi security in 60 seconds

By Andrew Thomas Friday, 28 August 2009 00:13

Japanese scientists took just sixty seconds to break the WPA encryption used in wireless routers. The previous record stood at 15 minutes.

IBM: Malicious web links up by 508 percent

By Aharon Etengoff Wednesday, 26 August 2009 10:07

A report published by IBM's X-Force says there has been a staggering 508 percent increase in the number of malicious Web links. X-Force Director Kris Lamb told TG Daily that web client, server, and content threats have converged to create an 'untenable risk landscape.'

Police hacker informer stole 130 million credit card details

By the writing staff Monday, 17 August 2009 21:39

A US hacker who once informed on the criminal underworld for the secret service has been working with Russian criminals to carry out a series of digital burglaries, prosecutors say.

Firefox security problem affects OS X, Windows, Linux

By the writing staff Friday, 14 August 2009 03:36

A site claims that there is a "fundamental problem" with Firefox updates using the OS X operating system.

US government opens $9m cyber security center

By Emma Woollacott Saturday, 31 October 2009 08:01

The US government is promising a more coordinated approach to cyber attacks, with the creation of a new $9 million cyber security center.

Adobe sneaks out mega security patch

By Andrew Thomas Wednesday, 14 October 2009 00:41

A good day to bury bad news

While bloggers tut-tut at Microsoft’s record 34 vulnerabilities, patched yesterday in 13 updates, Adobe has sneaked out fixes for a staggering 29 flaws in just two products.

Government anti-leak document leaked

By Nigel Constantine Monday, 05 October 2009 23:31

There is more embarrassment for the UK Ministry of Defence after a document about how to avoid leaks of documents was leaked onto the internet.

Filtering system fights DoS attacks more efficiently

By Emma Woollacott Wednesday, 30 September 2009 22:42

Auburn University in Alabama has developed a new way of filtering out denial of service attacks on computer networks, including cloud computing systems, which it says could significantly improve security on government, commercial, and educational systems.

Digital ants seek out security threats

By Emma Woollacott Monday, 28 September 2009 06:04

There's a sort of logic to it: security experts are fighting worms using a strategy modeled on the behaviour of ants.

Microsoft sues over "malvertising"

By Nigel Constantine Thursday, 17 September 2009 23:33

Software giant Microsoft is suing the writers of scareware code of the type that hit the New York Times over the weekend.

Captchas show machines just don't have warped minds

By Emma Woollacott Wednesday, 09 September 2009 23:23

Those annoying little Captcha images look set to be around a while longer, following a study examining whether they really do prevent automated network attacks.

FCC forms cyber security group

By Aharon Etengoff Tuesday, 08 September 2009 08:34

A slew of recent hacking attacks has prompted the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to form a cyber security working group. The group is expected to assess the FCC's current cyber security expertise, identify vulnerabilities and submit recommendations to address any deficiencies.

Parents blamed for children cyber sex threats

By C Shanti Sunday, 06 September 2009 22:26

The policeman in charge of child protection on the internet in the UK has warned that parents are failing to protect children from sexual deviants.

Snow Leopard security debate is much ado about nothing

By Aharon Etengoff Monday, 31 August 2009 08:57

The Snow Leopard security debate can best be described as a raging tempest in a teacup. Indeed, the majority of mainstream platforms - including Microsoft Windows - are inherently insecure.

Nefarious Donbot spews URL-shortened spam

By Aharon Etengoff Friday, 28 August 2009 06:14

A report published by Symantec's MessageLabs indicates that shortened-URL spam continues to be a popular medium for criminal elements attempting to sell drugs online. According to Matt Sergeant, spammers are taking advantage of the heightened interest in health-related issues such as swine flu to disseminate large volumes of spam using the powerful Donbot botnet.

Social media users invite burglars in

By Emma Woollacott Wednesday, 26 August 2009 23:58

Twitter amounts to 'internet shopping for burglars', according to a UK insurance agency.

Jessica Biel friskier than Brad Pitt, Obama

By C Shanti Tuesday, 25 August 2009 03:20

Anti-virus software firm McAfee has a fresh bit of nonsense to proffer to the world today.

Hapless Twitter hijacked by insidious botnet

By Aharon Etengoff Friday, 14 August 2009 12:01

An insidious botnet has breached Twitter's cyber defenses and is exploiting the social networking site to further its command-and-control operations. According to Symantec, 'obfuscated' Twitter status messages are being used to send out new download links to malware software known as "Downloader.Sninfs."