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New GCHQ Territorial (Spook) Army
New GCHQ Territorial (Spook) Army
The UK’s Territorial Army is a paid force of part-time volunteers that make up around 25% of the army’s manpower. It is considered an essential part of the UK’s defense force. Now GCHQ is thinking of using the same principle to bolster the UK’s cyber defense.
Oct. 12, 2012
First annual report of cyber incidents in the EU
First annual report of cyber incidents in the EU
The European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) has published its first Annual Incidents Report from data supplied in conformance with Article 13a of the EU’s telecom reform directive.
Oct. 11, 2012
Teen hacker earns $60K for full Google Chrome exploit
Teen hacker earns $60K for full Google Chrome exploit
A teenage hacker with the handle 'Pinkie Pie' has nabbed a $60,000 prize from Google, for launching a full Chrome exploit for the second time.
Oct. 11, 2012
RSA Europe 2012: Anonymous responds to Corman’s comments
RSA Europe 2012: Anonymous responds to Corman’s comments
“Anonymous has very few hackers, it has very few activists… It is very misleading to call the groups hacktivists. The common attribute is angst. The talented ones are either quitting or starting to do things that are more clandestine.”
Oct. 11, 2012
SMBs more vulnerable to data breaches than larger brethren
SMBs more vulnerable to data breaches than larger brethren
Contrary to conventional wisdom, hackers don’t just target large enterprises with vast amounts of data to steal. Small- and medium-sized businesses are just as attractive of targets, and in some cases are more so.
Oct. 11, 2012
RSA Europe 2012: UK’s ID Assurance Programme puts verification choice into user’s hands
RSA Europe 2012: UK’s ID Assurance Programme puts verification choice into user’s hands
At this week’s RSA Europe Conference in London, representatives from the UK Government outlined details of a pan-government model for identity assurance that engages the services of third-party ID verification providers
Oct. 10, 2012
Lenovo IdeaPad Y580 [Review, Specification, Price & Performance]
Lenovo IdeaPad Y580 [Review, Specification, Price & Performance]
The Lenovo IdeaPad Y580 is an excellent laptop that completely replaces your desktop PC. With its large screen, a full-sized keyboard and a built in Blu-ray
Oct. 10, 2012
Bad Bad Piggies – beware of fakes
Bad Bad Piggies – beware of fakes
No slouches in spotting an opportunity, the bad guys have already focused on Rovio’s new Angry Birds spin-off, Bad Piggies. Be careful what you install – it might be a real pig.
Oct. 9, 2012
RSA Europe 2012: Replace perimeter-based security with intelligence-based security, says Art Coviello
RSA Europe 2012: Replace perimeter-based security with intelligence-based security, says Art Coviello
Art Coviello, executive vice president , EMC Corporation and executive chairman, RSA, opened RSA 2012 with a very clear message in his keynote: perimeter-based security strategies need to be replaced with intelligence-based strategies.
Oct. 9, 2012
RSA Europe 2012: DDoS Attacks Used as Diversion Technique
RSA Europe 2012: DDoS Attacks Used as Diversion Technique
DDoS attacks are being used as a component in the newly emerged multi-flank attacks, Symantec’s deSouza told his audience at RSA Europe 2012 in London, 09 October 2012.
Oct. 9, 2012
Android adware, Zitmo botnets and Romanian hackers, oh my!
Android adware, Zitmo botnets and Romanian hackers, oh my!
We're not in Kansas anymore: The third quarter of 2012 saw a marked increase in Android adware, while new evidence surfaced suggesting that the Zeus-in-the-Mobile (Zitmo) banking trojan is evolving into a botnet. And, Romanian hackers are continuing to perform large-scale scanning for web vulnerabilities, according to the quarterly threat assessment from Fortinet.
Oct. 9, 2012
Microsoft will reject ‘weak’ digital certificates from tomorrow
Microsoft will reject ‘weak’ digital certificates from tomorrow
A weak digital certificate is defined as one signed with an RSA key of less than 1024 bits. Since it is now generally accepted that keys of a lesser length can be brute-forced with modern computing power, Microsoft is upping the ante by forcing a move to a stronger key length.
Oct. 8, 2012