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Social networking friend bulk-buying practices revealed
Social networking friend bulk-buying practices revealed
It seems that the pervasively popular nature of social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter are not all they might seem, as a security researcher has revealed how easy - and cheap - it is to use third party companies to gain large followings on the services.
July 19, 2011
Boston hospital admits to data breach affecting more than 2,000 patients
Boston hospital admits to data breach affecting more than 2,000 patients
Beth Israel Deaconness Medical Center (BIDMC) in Boston is notifying more 2,000 patients that personal information was stolen from a hospital computer due to a security lapse by a computer service vendor.
July 19, 2011
FBI charges 16 in connection with cyber attacks
FBI charges 16 in connection with cyber attacks
The FBI announced the arrest of 16 people, at least 14 of whom were allegedly part of the ‘Anonymous’ hacker group. The charges relate to the recent cyber attacks on PayPal and AT&T.
July 19, 2011
UK counter-terror report confirms extremists are early adopters of technology
UK counter-terror report confirms extremists are early adopters of technology
The latest report on the UK's Counter Terror strategy says that extremist groups such as al-Qaeda are early adopters of technology in their bid to wage war on governments and their citizens.
July 18, 2011
Hackers infiltrate German police and customs service computers
Hackers infiltrate German police and customs service computers
Hackers were able to infiltrate computers at the German federal police and customs service and remain there for months without being detected, according to a German newspaper.
July 18, 2011
Symantec researcher warns on Apple MobileMe/iDisk phish
Symantec researcher warns on Apple MobileMe/iDisk phish
A Symantec researcher is reporting a large phish taking place surrounding Apple's new iDisk cloud service, with recipients being routed to a rogue MobileMe/iDisk login page - located on a free web hosting service - in a bid to extract their login credentials.
July 15, 2011
Signify moves 2FA onto Android smartphones and tablets
Signify moves 2FA onto Android smartphones and tablets
Signify has enabled its software token two-factor authentication (2FA) service as an Android app, making the company one of the first to extend 2FA to the Google smartphone platform. The Android app joins similar apps available for the BlackBerry, iPhone and iPad platforms.
July 15, 2011
EU seeks public comment on personal data breach notification rules
EU seeks public comment on personal data breach notification rules
The European Commission has opened a public consultation on expanding, standardizing, and clarifying personal data breach notification requirements for European businesses.
July 15, 2011
PCI DSS broadens appeal beyond credit card data security
PCI DSS broadens appeal beyond credit card data security
The PCI Data Security Standard (DSS), originally developed to protect credit card data, can be used to vet cloud providers for data security practices, as well as provide a template for compliance with information security laws, noted Sean Bruton, senior director of client services and security with managed hosting services provider NeoSpire.
July 15, 2011
NASA hacker refuses to pay compensation to US government
NASA hacker refuses to pay compensation to US government
A former Romanian hacker, after graduating in law in his home country, is reported to have refused to pay $240,000 compensation to the US government for hacking the servers of NASA, the US Navy and the Department of Energy back in 2005/2006.
July 14, 2011
Cloud-based secure browsing service for Firefox goes free
Cloud-based secure browsing service for Firefox goes free
The development team behind the Cocoon service - a cloud-based extension to Mozilla Firefox that stores all cookies and internet session attributes securely in the cloud - have announced the service is now free of charge.
July 14, 2011
Avast claims 60% of Adobe Reader users are running vulnerable versions of their software
Avast claims 60% of Adobe Reader users are running vulnerable versions of their software
Research carried out by Avast has revealed that 60% of users of Adobe Reader are using an outdated and vulnerable version of the popular Adobe application.
July 14, 2011