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July 29, 2010
Vulnerabilities in IT security have once again been exposed - this time by a man who spent two years playing about with cash machines bought off the internet.
Barnaby Jack managed to hijack the computers inside the standalone version of the machines, which tend to be found outside supermarkets and ...
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July 28, 2010
A Canadian gambling website shut down amid problems with the privacy of users' personal details will not reopen yet, it has been confirmed.
The British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC) closed down PlayNow.com after it was revealed that users were able to access the personal information of others and gamble with ...
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July 28, 2010
Defacement continues to grow in popularity as a way for hacktivists to promote their cause and disrupt the websites of larger organisations. According to Zone-H, the IT sector data source, there were 280,595 cases of defacement between 1 January and 30 April 2010, a notable increase compared with 139,333 during ...
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July 28, 2010
Wednesday 28 July 2010, 6pm - 9pm
Lamb Tavern, Leadenhall Market, London (map)
What is RANT?
The Risk and Network Threat Forum (RANT) is an informal, yet informative
networking event specifically for
Security Managers, Directors and CISOs. It provides an opportunity to
discuss topical issues and to network with like-minded individuals....
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July 27, 2010
An Australian man has pleaded guilty to charges of releasing a computer virus to steal the bank details of people worldwide.
Anthony Scott Harrison, 20, was charged in August last year after the virus infected 3,000 systems in Australia and other countries.
Designed to capture banking and credit card information, ...
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July 26, 2010
The UK's first national competition to test people's cyber security skills has been launched in central London. Cyber Security Challenge - a national hunt for future professionals in the field - involves a series of online and face-to-face challenges.
Successful candidates are offered more than 30 prizes, including bursaries for ...
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July 23, 2010
Security software firm AVG Research has discovered over 1.2 million computers infected by malware controlled by cybercriminals, who use the 'Eleonore' exploit toolkit - a commercial attack software targeting compromised PCs.
The firm - which conducted a two-month study of 165 domains controlled by cybercriminals using the toolkit - said ...
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July 22, 2010
German engineering giant Siemens AG has said a program - dubbed Stuxnet - has been created by hackers to attack the industrial control systems built by the company.
The virus, targeting Siemens' Simatic WinCC - a software used to control water-processing plants, power grids and factories - takes advantage of ...
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July 21, 2010
Versions of the McAfee anti-virus software have been released for Mac users.
The new versions include SiteAdvisor, which is said to protect machines from malicious websites, and Secure Search, which protects users as they browse and shop online.
The firm said the package will include a two-way firewall which provides ...
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July 20, 2010
Microsoft's Internet Explorer Browser and Adobe Acrobat/Reader account for the majority of internet security threats, according to a study.
Vulnerabilities in the programs persist despite the companies issuing fixes because some users have yet to apply the patches, which go back as far as 2006, M86 Security's Security Labs Report: ...
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