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Former NSA official indicted for information theft
Former NSA official indicted for information theft
A former National Security Agency senior executive has been indicted for retaining classified information, obstructing justice and making false statements.
April 19, 2010
Porn sites top drive-by download list
Porn sites top drive-by download list
Porn sites are still the most likely online destinations to be compromised with malware, in spite of increasing attacks on legitimate non-porn websites, according to a report released by security company Commtouch this week.
April 19, 2010
Toshiba Research Europe announces breakthrough in ultra-secure computing
Toshiba Research Europe announces breakthrough in ultra-secure computing
Ultra-secure encryption of sensitive data sent by banks, hospitals and government organisations could be a reality within three to five years, says Toshiba Research Europe.
April 19, 2010
Daily Telegraph third-party website hacked and defaced
Daily Telegraph third-party website hacked and defaced
A Daily Telegraph third-party website is the latest high-profile site to be defaced by hackers apparently unhappy about the news organisation referring to Romanians as gypsies.
April 19, 2010
UK and France champion safe surfing
UK and France champion safe surfing
A report just released claims to show that the UK and French internet user community are leading the way when it comes to online security but are less bothered about data protection issues.
April 19, 2010
Researchers reveal Internet Explorer 8 XSS filtering flaw
Researchers reveal Internet Explorer 8 XSS filtering flaw
A pair of security researchers have identified a way to use security tools within Internet Explorer 8 to compromise a website. The attack uses cross-site scripting filters implemented in the latest version of the Microsoft browser to execute cross-site scripting attacks on sites that would normally be invulnerable to them.
April 18, 2010
Granular firewall environment needed for Facebook and Twitter
Granular firewall environment needed for Facebook and Twitter
One of the least-reported areas of IT security in recent times is the topic of firewalls but, according to Gabi Reish, head of network security with Check Point, the technology is now into its fifth generation, largely as a result of the rise of the internet.
April 15, 2010
Ministry of Defence: another day, another data loss
Ministry of Defence: another day, another data loss
Detailed figures just released by the Ministry of Defence show that the military arm of the government had a total of 347 data loss incidents in 2009, with 71 further losses of confidential information in January plus February of this year alone.
April 15, 2010
Internet Explorer exploitation was most significant cybercrime issue during March
Internet Explorer exploitation was most significant cybercrime issue during March
The latest monthly malware and vulnerability statistics released by Kaspersky Lab claims to show that the exploitation of vulnerability in Internet Explorer was the most significant cybercrime threat during the month of March.
April 15, 2010
Apache.org hit by XSS attack
Apache.org hit by XSS attack
The website for the open source Apache Web server at Apache.org was compromised this month by a targeted attack, said the Apache Software Foundation, which has provided a detailed blow-by-blow account of the hack.
April 15, 2010
Researcher releases malware hub forensics tool for Firefox
Researcher releases malware hub forensics tool for Firefox
A Websense researcher has released a forensics tool designed to identify malicious web content from within the Firefox browser. Called Fireshark, the plug-in was released on Wednesday at the Black Hat security conference by Stephan Chenette, a principal security researcher at Websense.
April 15, 2010
Feds lagging on FDCC, watchdog says
Feds lagging on FDCC, watchdog says
Federal agencies are lagging behind in the implementation of the Federal Desktop Core Configuration (FDCC) requirements, according to the US Government Accountability Office.
April 14, 2010