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CanSecWest: lasers and electronic sniffing take over from Van Eck
CanSecWest: lasers and electronic sniffing take over from Van Eck
If you're an IT security professional with a long memory, you'll recall a BBC TV demonstration of the Van Eck phenomenon - the process of eavesdropping on a CRT monitor at a distance of several metres using low-cost electronics in the mid-1980s following the publishing of a paper on the subject.
March 23, 2009
Grey Goose 2 ties Kremlin more closely to Georgia cyber-attacks
Grey Goose 2 ties Kremlin more closely to Georgia cyber-attacks
The follow-up to the Grey Goose cyberwar document has more closely linked Russia to the cyberwar against Georgia. The Kremlin's FSB tried to cloak its operations by mimicking the activities of loosely-connected criminal group the Russian Business Network, claims the explosive report, released today.
March 20, 2009
Russians hack Diebold ATM software
Russians hack Diebold ATM software
The act of ATM Card skimming and shoulder surfing - used by criminals the world over to create cloned cards from users of bank cash machines - has entered a new dimension.
March 19, 2009
Expert calls for cyberspace "Monroe doctrine"
Expert calls for cyberspace "Monroe doctrine"
A mixture of private sector and congressional witnesses slammed the US for a lack of cohesion in its cyber security stance this week, calling for better leadership in the defense of the country's
March 12, 2009
Google Docs leaks out private data
Google Docs leaks out private data
The security rating of cloud computing has taken a battering with news that users of Google's online word processing service - Google Docs - may have shared their data with unauthorised users.
March 10, 2009
New version of L0phtCrack to be unveiled next week
New version of L0phtCrack to be unveiled next week
Seasoned penetration testers and security experts will recall that L0phtCrack, a seriously heavy-duty password testing utility, was quietly withdrawn by Symantec in 2006, after the IT security vendor reportedly became worried about export regulations of the high-tech software from the United States.
March 3, 2009
Google: crack our native client and win $8,192 (£6,000)
Google: crack our native client and win $8,192 (£6,000)
Google is challenging the cracking community to rip apart its ActiveX alternative called Google Native Client.
March 2, 2009
Council staff breach security of National ID database
Council staff breach security of National ID database
The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) have admitted that 33 public sector workers across 30 local authorities have accessed the Customer Information System (CIS) “without business justification”.
Feb. 26, 2009
European Union to investigate internet telephony eavesdropping
European Union to investigate internet telephony eavesdropping
Against a backdrop of the increasing use of internet telephony (aka voice over IP) by criminals as a way of avoiding wiretaps, the European Union has thrown its weight behind research into how to monitor internet telephony calls on a cost-effective basis.
Feb. 23, 2009
Facebook moves to save face on T&Cs
Facebook moves to save face on T&Cs
Social networking giant Facebook has back-tracked on a controversial decision to retain users' information, even when they close their accounts.
Feb. 20, 2009
Kaspersky site hack expands to BitDefender and F-Secure
Kaspersky site hack expands to BitDefender and F-Secure
Romanian hackers are reported to be targeting the web sites of several IT security vendors.
Feb. 17, 2009
Arrests made in Heartland breach
Arrests made in Heartland breach
Timothy J. Johns, Jeremy A. Frazier and Tony Acreus, all in their early twenties, were arrested while using stolen credit card numbers to make purchases in Leon County, Tallahassee.
Feb. 17, 2009