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Online game EVE sees virtual EBank robbed by CEO
Online game EVE sees virtual EBank robbed by CEO
The CEO of a virtual gaming bank within the space trading game EVE Online, has run off with 200bn of virtual credits trading them in for real world cash of £3115 (US$5100) through the black market.
July 7, 2009
BT assists Metropolitan Police in security enquiries
BT assists Metropolitan Police in security enquiries
UK telecoms giant BT has secured a prestigious deal to provide officers and staff at London's Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) with new identity and access management services
July 6, 2009
Data leakage webinar coming up
Data leakage webinar coming up
Data leakage - one of the IT security hot topics of the moment - is on the agenda of a joint Cyber-Ark/Websense webinar being broadcast live at 3pm today, and available via the Infosecurity web site on a recorded basis after that time.
July 2, 2009
Weekly Brief - June 30 2009
Weekly Brief - June 30 2009
Danny Bradbury explores some of the more interesting stories in the security field from the last week.
June 30, 2009
Java delays approval of Oracle’s Sun takeover
Java delays approval of Oracle’s Sun takeover
The US Department of Justice (DoJ) wants more time to consider Oracle's $7.4bn Sun deal before giving its approval.
June 30, 2009
Pirate Bay web streaming service - could it be legal?
Pirate Bay web streaming service - could it be legal?
The Pirate Bay - arguably one of the highest profile file-sharing indexing portals in the world - has hit the headlines with plans to launch a video streaming/sharing website ostensibly similar to Russian sites such as Movieberry.com
June 30, 2009
Sanford's mistress: my Hotmail account was hacked.
Sanford's mistress: my Hotmail account was hacked.
The Argentinian woman at the centre of the Mark Sanford scandal has said that her Hotmail account was hacked.
June 30, 2009
Iceman pleads guilty in Carders Market card data theft case
Iceman pleads guilty in Carders Market card data theft case
Max Butler - aka Max Vision and Iceman - has pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud in connection with the theft of almost two million credit and debit card details, as well as an astonishing $86 million of allegedly fraudulent purchases.
June 30, 2009
Interoute offers free desktop internet security barometer
Interoute offers free desktop internet security barometer
Interoute, the internet backbone carrier, has released a free 'internet barometer' desktop application that displays the state of the global internet, as well as potential threats to the net's IP-based infrastructure.
June 29, 2009
Turning the spotlight on IT’s dirty little secret: Securing the common point of failure in IT risk controls
Turning the spotlight on IT’s dirty little secret: Securing the common point of failure in IT risk controls
Check out BrookCourt's whitepaper on how the rise of identity and access management has revolutionised how the enterprise defines a key domain of IT risk control.
June 29, 2009
Spammers use Michael Jackson's death to harvest email addresses
Spammers use Michael Jackson's death to harvest email addresses
Spammers are using the death of music legend Michael Jackson to harvest unsuspecting computer users' email addresses for future spam campaigns.
June 26, 2009
Google launches Anti-Malvertising.com site
Google launches Anti-Malvertising.com site
Google have launched Anti-Malvertising.com to assist its advertisers in spotting potential providers of malicious advertisements. Finjan, specialising in secure web gateway products and unified web security for the enterprise market,have welcomed this launch.
June 24, 2009