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DHS gets California company to hack game consoles
DHS gets California company to hack game consoles
In a project that started from law enforcement agencies' request to the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which was then farmed out to the US Navy, Obscure Technologies of California has been awarded a contract to find ways of hacking game consoles.
April 11, 2012
Smartphones are still firmly 'enterprise-unready'
Smartphones are still firmly 'enterprise-unready'
Research from by Altimeter Group, Bloor Research and Trend Micro shows that the ‘consumer marketing’ legacy of many smartphones makes them ill-equipped to meet enterprise security demands.
April 11, 2012
What an Englishman does in bed
What an Englishman does in bed
Companies that monitor the end point behavior of their remote workers will have to start monitoring their (internet) behavior in bed. That at least is the inference to be drawn from a new street survey conducted by Infosecurity Europe.
April 10, 2012
Real-time data mining comes to Twitter
Real-time data mining comes to Twitter
Twitter is usually described as a micro-blogging social network. To many who monitor its ‘trending topics’ it is also an early warning news service, frequently pointing users to breaking news before the traditional news media reports it.
April 10, 2012
Utah increases estimate of Medicaid data breach 10-fold
Utah increases estimate of Medicaid data breach 10-fold
The Utah Department of Health (UDOH) is now admitting that social security numbers of up to 280,000 individuals were stolen from the Department of Technology Services server, a 10-fold increase from the original estimate.
April 10, 2012
Google fixes SSL certificate bug in Chrome browser
Google fixes SSL certificate bug in Chrome browser
Google has released an update for Chrome that fixes a problem with the SSL certificate when users attempt to connect to sites over HTTPS.
April 10, 2012
Anonymous attacks high-tech trade groups over support for CISPA
Anonymous attacks high-tech trade groups over support for CISPA
Anonymous claimed credit for launching distributed denial-of-service attacks (DDoS) against a number of high-tech trade groups in retaliation for their support of the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA).
April 10, 2012
Adobe plugs security holes in Reader and Acrobat, adds free e-signature to Reader
Adobe plugs security holes in Reader and Acrobat, adds free e-signature to Reader
Adobe has shipped updates for Reader and Acrobat that fix four security holes that could cause the application to crash and allow an attacker to take control of an affected system.
April 10, 2012
Fake AT&T bills being used to deliver malware
Fake AT&T bills being used to deliver malware
Cybercriminals are sending spam to AT&T Wireless customers with huge bills in order to trick recipients into clicking on a link to malicious websites, according to Commtouch.
April 9, 2012
Evolve or perish: Darkshell DDoS is adapting
Evolve or perish: Darkshell DDoS is adapting
New variants of Darkshell, a distributed denial of service (DDoS) botnet targeting Chinese websites, have been detected by McAfee Labs.
April 6, 2012
Anonymous UK plans to attack the Home Office
Anonymous UK plans to attack the Home Office
The UK faction of Anonymous has announced a campaign against the Home Office in protest against extradition arrangements with the US, and the European Arrest Warrant (EAW). It is timed for 9:00pm on Saturday.
April 5, 2012
ABB won't patch industrial control system flaw
ABB won't patch industrial control system flaw
Swiss industrial conglomerate ABB does not plan to patch an arbitrary code execution vulnerability in components of itsWebWare Server application, used in various industrial systems, because it is a legacy product nearing the end of its lifecycle.
April 5, 2012