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McAfee targets small to medium-sized businesses with QuickStart service
McAfee targets small to medium-sized businesses with QuickStart service
McAfee has announced a service to help get SMBs up to speed with their security needs. Security Quickstart Services specifically targets small to medium-sized businesses, providing help with implementing, maintaining and optimizing security best practices.
Feb. 3, 2010
Researchers develop way to catch online gaming cheats
Researchers develop way to catch online gaming cheats
Researchers have formulated a way to identify cheating in online games in a discovery that could revolutionize the growing market for virtual gaming assets.
Feb. 3, 2010
Attack fools iPhone into trusting fake certificates
Attack fools iPhone into trusting fake certificates
An anonymous researcher has posted a proof-of-concept attack that fakes a trusted root certificate on the iPhone. Researchers have confirmed that the attack works, making it possible for anyone to create a web page that is deemed to be trusted by Apple.
Feb. 2, 2010
EFF launches web browser entropy tool
EFF launches web browser entropy tool
A new tool released by privacy advocacy group EFF is designed to help users find out how identifiable their web browsers are online.
Feb. 1, 2010
Disparities in how firms manage their physical and electronic records
Disparities in how firms manage their physical and electronic records
International research just published claims to show that a growing number of organisations are having to invest heavily in IT systems in order to comply with data management requirements.
Feb. 1, 2010
US House websites hacked after state of the union
US House websites hacked after state of the union
Websites for 49 members of the US House of Representatives were hacked shortly after President Obama’s State of the Union address last Wednesday night. The attacks appear to have been carried out by the Red Eye Crew according to researchers at security consultant Praetorian Security Group.
Feb. 1, 2010
iPhone cracker repeats exploit on Playstation 3
iPhone cracker repeats exploit on Playstation 3
George Hotz, the first iPhone cracker – and who reportedly spent more than 500 hours developing the first jailbreak application for the Apple's iPhone back in 2007 – has apparently cracked the Sony Playstation 3.
Jan. 29, 2010
PricewaterhouseCoopers loses personal records of Alaska public employees
PricewaterhouseCoopers loses personal records of Alaska public employees
PricewaterhouseCoopers has lost the personal records of 77 000 former and current public employees of the state of Alaska, it emerged this week.
Jan. 29, 2010
Facebook users plagued by rogue application
Facebook users plagued by rogue application
Facebook was plagued by security and privacy issues both real and imagined in the last week, as a real-life worm battled with an imaginary one in a competition to see which could petrify the service's users the most.
Jan. 29, 2010
All is not OK in Oklahoma: State tax website victim of hack
All is not OK in Oklahoma: State tax website victim of hack
The website of the Oklahoma Tax Commission was the apparent victim of a hack yesterday, one in which visitors to the website were prompted to accept an Adobe license agreement and download software. The hack could not come a worse time for the Commission, whose site is undoubtedly experiencing an uptick in visitors as tax season approaches.
Jan. 28, 2010
PlainsCapital bank sues customer in liability over account security
PlainsCapital bank sues customer in liability over account security
A legal case filed by a bank against a customer in the US promises to test the liability of customers in the event of security breaches. Dallas, Texas-based PlainsCapital bank is suing a business customer, Hillary Machinery, for not taking adequate measures to protect its banking details.
Jan. 28, 2010
Oil and gas companies hit hardest by cyberwarfare
Oil and gas companies hit hardest by cyberwarfare
The oil and gas sector has been the hardest hit by stealthy infiltration, according to a report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). The sector was hit by stealth attacks 17% more than the cross-sector average, with almost three oil companies in four having had hackers fly under their radar.
Jan. 28, 2010