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Copyrighting pornography; are unsecured WiFi owners to blame?
Copyrighting pornography; are unsecured WiFi owners to blame?
Two US lawsuits, both involving producers of adult content, raise interesting questions: is the owner of an unsecured WiFi responsible for all downloaded material, and can you copyright pornography?
Feb. 8, 2012
Cybersecurity hiring declined in fourth quarter, after record third quarter
Cybersecurity hiring declined in fourth quarter, after record third quarter
The volume of cybersecurity job ads declined in the fourth quarter in the US, compared to a four-year high in the third-quarter of 2011, according to a survey by WANTED Analytics.
Feb. 8, 2012
Anonymous hacks police website in response to Occupy Boston crackdown
Anonymous hacks police website in response to Occupy Boston crackdown
The hacktivist group Anonymous apparently gained control over the Boston Police Department's community policing website in retaliation for the police crackdown on the Occupy Boston protests.
Feb. 8, 2012
Rooting out rootkits: Security software won't help, says Symantec
Rooting out rootkits: Security software won't help, says Symantec
Rootkits are on the rise and traditional security software will not protect you, warns a Symantec white paper.
Feb. 7, 2012
Adobe Flash sandbox comes to Firefox on Windows
Adobe Flash sandbox comes to Firefox on Windows
Adobe has announced the release of a beta version of a Protected Mode (sandboxed) Flash Player for Firefox running on Windows Vista and Windows 7.
Feb. 7, 2012
Australia's central bank to bolster its DDoS attack protection
Australia's central bank to bolster its DDoS attack protection
Australia’s central bank is seeking help from information security providers to beef up its protection against distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks.
Feb. 7, 2012
QuickBooks scam leads victims down a BlackHole
QuickBooks scam leads victims down a BlackHole
Spammers are targeting QuickBooks users in a tax-related scam that links to a BlackHole exploit kit.
Feb. 7, 2012
Adobe addresses PDF security problem
Adobe addresses PDF security problem
Hackers target the most widely used file formats; and there is none more widely used than PDF. A new paper from Adobe discusses the problems and solutions to PDF security.
Feb. 6, 2012
Insecure email the culprit of hacked FBI-Scotland Yard call?
Insecure email the culprit of hacked FBI-Scotland Yard call?
The Anonymous hacktivist group was apparently able to listen in on a conference call between the FBI and Scotland Yard by hacking into a participant’s email account and obtaining the conference call number and access code, according to security analysts.
Feb. 6, 2012
Google unveils service to bounce malware from the Android Market
Google unveils service to bounce malware from the Android Market
In response to Android’s growing reputation of being a “malware cesspool”, Google has unveiled the Bouncer automated application scanning service to root out malware on the Android Market.
Feb. 6, 2012
Security researchers break satellite phone encryption
Security researchers break satellite phone encryption
Academics Benedikt Driessen and Ralf Hund from Ruhr University Bochum have reverse-engineered and cracked the GMR-1 and GMR-2 voice ciphers used by many satellite networks.
Feb. 3, 2012
Number of patient record data breaches nearly doubled last year
Number of patient record data breaches nearly doubled last year
The total number of patient records compromised in the US increased by 97% in 2011 compared with 2010, according to a report released this week by the Redspin consulting firm.
Feb. 3, 2012