IANA and ICANN succumb to NetDevilz
The websites of two of the net’s most critical oversight organizations were hijacked by Turkish hackers who sent visitors to rogue pages that challenged the overseers’ authority.…
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‘Nugache was mine’
The author of a Trojan that broke new ground by incorporating peer-to-peer technology into botnet design has agreed to plead guilty to secretly infecting thousands of victims’ machines so that he could steal their personal data and launch attacks on websites.…
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Passwords are so passé
A group of software and online payment companies are teaming up to find a better way than passwords to protect, and prove, your identity online.…
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One in four Nigerian spams sent to Blighty
The United Kingdom is the most popular destination for 419 scams - emails which promise huge riches in exchange for up-front arrangement fees.…
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Babyus corpus
A seven-month-old child has been held in prison alongside his hacker parents in India.…
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Red tape failing to stanch losses
Widespread information security breach laws in the US have failed to do much to reduce identity theft. The finding, by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, comes as calls are growing in Europe to enact laws that would oblige organisations to notify customers in cases where their personal details become exposed.…
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So let’s get critical, critical
Microsoft’s monthly security update next Tuesday will see seven fixes including a critical update for Internet Explorer.…
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Time to crack some key
After discovering a new and improved virus that encrypts important files on infected machines, researchers from Kaspersky are calling on fellow security professionals to lend a hand in cracking the massive key needed to liberate the ensnared data.…
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Grand Theft ActiveX
A customer support application that comes bundled with HP PCs have been found to harbour multiple security vulnerabilities.…
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Parse the sick bag
The discovery of a trio of security bugs means that users of the popular Trillian instant messaging client need to update their software.…
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