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Google falls victim to human error
Google falls victim to human error
On Saturday, Google users were warned that all their search results were potentially harmful, due to a widespread result of human error.
Feb. 3, 2009
ISACA unveils new IT security business model
ISACA unveils new IT security business model
ISACA, the Information Systems Audit and Control Association, has developed a new business model for IT security.
Jan. 29, 2009
Hackers run up $207 000 phone bill for Canadian law firm
Hackers run up $207 000 phone bill for Canadian law firm
If you've had a high company phone bill recently, spare a thought for Martin & Hillyer, a law firm in Burlington, Ontario.
Jan. 29, 2009
£10 000 bounty placed on DDoS hackers
£10 000 bounty placed on DDoS hackers
Overclockers.co.uk (OCUK), an online computer hardware reseller firm, have announced they are placing a bounty of £10 000 on the heads of hackers behind a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack on their web site earlier in the month.
Jan. 23, 2009
Germany's train IT resources offline due to UPS failure
Germany's train IT resources offline due to UPS failure
Here's a lesson in IT contingency planning, courtesy of Deutsche Bahn, the German railway network company, whose IT systems - including station indicator boards, electronic ticketing, self-service counter tickets and Internet pages - all went off line on January 14 due to single UPS failing.
Jan. 23, 2009
Update: McKinnon Wins Permission for Judicial Review
Update: McKinnon Wins Permission for Judicial Review
'NASA hacker' Gary McKinnon has won permission from the High Court to apply for a judicial review against his extradition to the United States.
Jan. 23, 2009
Government aligns with IISP
Government aligns with IISP
The UK government’s Infosec Training Paths and Competencies (ITPC) scheme is to transfer to the Institute of Information Security Professionals (IISP) with effect from 1 April 2009.
Jan. 21, 2009
Update: Lifeline for McKinnon
Update: Lifeline for McKinnon
According to his lawyer, Karen Todner, Gary McKinnon, who may be facing extradition after confessing to hacking into US military computers, was told yesterday that the UK High Court would delay his hearing until the director for public prosecutions had considered the case following McKinnon's diagnosis with Asperger's syndrome; a procedure which is expected to take four weeks.
Jan. 21, 2009
One in Four Stalking Victims Targeted Online
One in Four Stalking Victims Targeted Online
Approximately one quarter of stalking or harassment cases in the US include an element of cyberstalking, according to a report from the Bureau of Justice statistics this week.
Jan. 16, 2009
Privacy Groups Sue FBI for Activist Raid
Privacy Groups Sue FBI for Activist Raid
The Electronic Frontier Foundation and the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California are suing the FBI over computer searches conducted at two activist organizations' offices.
Jan. 16, 2009
New Botnets on the Prowl
New Botnets on the Prowl
Two new botnets have emerged in the past few weeks, and at least one shows signs of being an upgrade to a previous botnet that wreaked havoc in the wild.
Jan. 16, 2009
Downadup Worm Continues to Spread
Downadup Worm Continues to Spread
More evidence has appeared of the spread of a network work based on the RPC vulnerability that was found in Microsoft Windows in October. The network worm Downadup has failed to gain much traction on the open internet, according to anti-virus firm F-Secure, but is getting into corporate networks on a consistent basis.
Jan. 12, 2009