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London college students design safer, more secure ATMs
London college students design safer, more secure ATMs
A group of students at the Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London are developing designs for safer and more secure ATMs.
June 17, 2011
LulzSec hacktivist group posts 62,000 email ID/password combos to the web and Twitter
LulzSec hacktivist group posts 62,000 email ID/password combos to the web and Twitter
The LulzSec hacktivist group continued its trail of e-destruction late yesterday, posting a large file of electronic trophies - the email ID/password combos of 62,000 user credentials - the web and linking the list via Twitter.
June 17, 2011
WebGL graphics technology creates browser and system risks, Microsoft warns
WebGL graphics technology creates browser and system risks, Microsoft warns
Microsoft is warning users that WebGL graphics technology poses security risks, based on work by Context Information Security and its own security research team.
June 17, 2011
52% of PC users run AV software when their PC runs slow
52% of PC users run AV software when their PC runs slow
Research just released by memory supplier Crucial claims that, when faced with a sluggish PC, 52% of users run their AV software, whilst 53% start compressing their files.
June 16, 2011
Cellcrypt releases encrypted voice telephony app for Android
Cellcrypt releases encrypted voice telephony app for Android
Cellcrypt has taken the wraps off an encrypted telephony app for Google Android smartphones and tablets. Compatible with the firm's existing Symbian and Blackberry apps, as well as its commercial systems, the app supports 2048-bit RSA encryption.
June 15, 2011
Core Security director slams ITsec professionals over recent breaches
Core Security director slams ITsec professionals over recent breaches
Mike Yaffe, director of enterprise marketing with Core Security, has launched what appears to be a thinly-veiled attack on the IT security professionals defending the systems that have been hacked in recent weeks and months by hacktivist groups such as Anonymous and LulzSec.
June 15, 2011
Eight NHS laptops - one with 8.6m patient records - go missing
Eight NHS laptops - one with 8.6m patient records - go missing
Reports are coming in that eight laptops - one containing the medical records of 8.63 million patients - went missing three weeks ago from an NHS storeroom at NHS North Central London Health Authority.
June 15, 2011
Infected Angry Birds apps discovered on Google Android Market
Infected Angry Birds apps discovered on Google Android Market
Despite a number of infected apps appearing on the official Android Market - the equivalent of the Apple iTunes store - earlier in the year, Google still appears to have an infected apps problem, with one US researcher having spotted infected bonus versions of Angry Birds early last week.
June 14, 2011
Security researcher reveals shady links of Russia's ChronoPay
Security researcher reveals shady links of Russia's ChronoPay
The reputation of the ChronoPay e-money service took a battering last year when security researcher Brian Krebs revealed the backers of the service had questionable links with cybercriminal sites.
June 14, 2011
Officials to review security after LulzSec hacks Senate website
Officials to review security after LulzSec hacks Senate website
US Senate officials have ordered a security review after hackers from LulzSecurity broke into the chamber's website over the weekend.
June 14, 2011
Skype protocol hack could have been prevented claims StarForce
Skype protocol hack could have been prevented claims StarForce
The widely reported cracking of the Skype protocol - a process that will eventually allow tech-savvy hackers to eavesdrop on Skype IP data streams, whether or not compact headers are used - could have been prevented, says StarForce Technologies, the Russian copy protection specialist.
June 13, 2011
Execs still worried about moving critical applications to virtual, cloud environments
Execs still worried about moving critical applications to virtual, cloud environments
C-level executives are concerned about moving business-critical applications into virtual and clouds environments due to the challenges of security, reliability, availability, and performance, according to a recent survey sponsored by Symantec.
June 13, 2011