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Microsoft opens new malware research lab in Germany
Microsoft opens new malware research lab in Germany
The newest addition to the family of Microsoft Malware Protection Centers (MMPC) is operational, as the company announced the opening of its latest malware research facility in Munich.
July 26, 2011
Vickers abruptly resigns as director of US-CERT
Vickers abruptly resigns as director of US-CERT
Randy Vickers has abruptly resigned as director of the US Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) following high-profile attacks on US government sites over the last several months.
July 26, 2011
Almost half of UK employees would use proprietary data without permission
Almost half of UK employees would use proprietary data without permission
Almost half of UK employees who have access to their employer’s or client’s private data admitted they would feel comfortable doing something with that data without the employer’s or client’s permission, regardless if that access was intentional or accidental, according to a survey by identity management firm SailPoint and polling firm Harris Interactive.
July 26, 2011
Cold-calling virus scam costs New Zealanders dearly
Cold-calling virus scam costs New Zealanders dearly
The New Zealand Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) has revealed that a call-calling telephony scam may have affected around 30% of adults in the country, costing many of them around NZ$200 a time.
July 22, 2011
Sony insurer asks court to bow out of paying data breach claims
Sony insurer asks court to bow out of paying data breach claims
Zurich American Insurance Co., which is one of Sony’s insurers, is asking a New York state court to rule that the insurer does not have to pay Sony for class-action lawsuit claims related to its massive data breach.
July 22, 2011
Companies should go beyond PCI DSS compliance, says Layer 7
Companies should go beyond PCI DSS compliance, says Layer 7
Companies need to go beyond compliance with Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) to ensure credit card safety, according to Phil Walston, vice president of development and product management at Layer 7 Technologies.
July 22, 2011
Police swoop on hacktivists in the US, UK and Netherlands
Police swoop on hacktivists in the US, UK and Netherlands
Police and law enforcement officials have swooped on and arrested more than 20 people in the US, the UK and the Netherlands in connection with the spate of LulzSec and AntiSec hacktivist attacks in recent months.
July 21, 2011
Alleged Laval botnet creator arrested in Canada
Alleged Laval botnet creator arrested in Canada
The alleged author of the Laval botnet has been arrested by police in Canada. It is thought that the 24-year-old programmed the malware himself and then infected servers in Canada, the US and beyond, creating a vast network of zombie PCs.
July 21, 2011
Sophos reports virus author jailed for cartoon octopus malware
Sophos reports virus author jailed for cartoon octopus malware
Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant with Sophos, has reported that a 28-year-old Japanese virus writer has been given a 30 month prison sentence for authoring and disseminating a data-damaging virus.
July 21, 2011
India blocks file storage websites to combat online piracy after inking cybersecurity deal with US
India blocks file storage websites to combat online piracy after inking cybersecurity deal with US
India's telecoms authorities are blocking widely used file storage websites such as Megaupload, Rapidshare, Mediafire and Putlocker, according to reports on several user forums.
July 21, 2011
Oracle issues substantial critical patch update with 78 security fixes
Oracle issues substantial critical patch update with 78 security fixes
Oracle is fixing 78 security flaws across scores of its product in its latest critical patch update (CPU).
July 21, 2011
Former Harvard student charged with hacking into MIT network
Former Harvard student charged with hacking into MIT network
Federal prosecutors are charging a former Harvard University student with hacking into a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) computer network and stealing 4.8 million academic journal articles.
July 20, 2011