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Epsilon hack: 50 companies hit by data breach
Epsilon hack: 50 companies hit by data breach
With the dust now settling on the Epsilon marketing database breach, it seems that around 50 companies have been directly affected by the hack, raising fears that so-called spear phishing attacks may be the result.
April 5, 2011
Lizamoon hits thousands of websites, but claims few victims
Lizamoon hits thousands of websites, but claims few victims
The Lizamoon mass SQL injection attack in which rogue code was injected into thousands of legitimate sites to lure users to malicious sites has claimed few victims.
April 5, 2011
Pandora supplies documents for federal probe into mobile app data sharing
Pandora supplies documents for federal probe into mobile app data sharing
Internet radio company Pandora Media has been asked for documents related to a federal grand jury probe into information sharing by smartphone applications that run on Apple and Android mobile platforms.
April 5, 2011
Lack of data loss prevention will cause businesses to fail, warns Ovum
Lack of data loss prevention will cause businesses to fail, warns Ovum
Low enterprise adoption of data loss prevention (DLP) technology will cause businesses to fail, the research firm cautions.
April 5, 2011
Avast Software reports almost 750,000 alleged pirates of single license key
Avast Software reports almost 750,000 alleged pirates of single license key
Avast Software has revealed that just under 750,000 pirates are using the pay-for security software license details of an Arizona bar association with more than 1,500 legal professionals on its books.
April 4, 2011
Spammers targeting Kroger customers in the US
Spammers targeting Kroger customers in the US
Reports show that the email customer list of Kroger, one of the major supermarket chains in the US, has fallen into the hands of hackers, who are said to be spamming the list with large volumes of unwanted messages.
April 4, 2011
iPhone/iPad 4.3.1 untethered jailbreak arrives
iPhone/iPad 4.3.1 untethered jailbreak arrives
Cellcos selling network locked iPhones and iPads have woken up this morning to news that the famous iPhone Dev Team have released an 'untethered' jailbreak for iOS 4.3.1, the latest version of the operating system for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.
April 4, 2011
Epsilon e-mail data breach has knock-on effect for several brands
Epsilon e-mail data breach has knock-on effect for several brands
US-based direct marketing firm Epsilon admits that some customer details have been stolen by hackers, which security experts say may have serious knock-on effects.
April 4, 2011
RSA hackers exploited Adobe Flash vulnerability
RSA hackers exploited Adobe Flash vulnerability
The breach of RSA’s SecureID two-factor authentication product was accomplished through a vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player, the company has revealed.
April 4, 2011
Chinese RSA attack domains designed to taunt US government
Chinese RSA attack domains designed to taunt US government
The silence from RSA over the hack of its servers a couple of weeks ago has been close to deafening, but now it seems that the rumours surrounding the attack are starting to gel. According to one security researcher, the domain names used for the RSA attack were clearly designed to taunt the current US administration.
April 1, 2011
Android trojan publicly ridicules downloaders
Android trojan publicly ridicules downloaders
Google Android users are being warned about a 'free' version of the popular Walk and Text app, a piece of software that allows users to view what is in front of them whilst they are texting.
April 1, 2011
Google reportedly developing facial recognition smartphone technology
Google reportedly developing facial recognition smartphone technology
Google is reportedly developing an app that uses facial recognition to overlay existing apps and offer auto-identification of users on the internet.
April 1, 2011