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iPhone theft vigilante attacks wrong person
iPhone theft vigilante attacks wrong person
There have been several reports of iPhones being successfully tracked down by owners using the handset's on-phone GPS facility and suitable software, but now a cautionary tale comes from New Jersey, in which an apparently irate owner attacked the person he thought had stolen his phone - and was arrested for his trouble.
May 26, 2011
Cross-site scripting attack on Hotmail highlights personal e-mail risk to business
Cross-site scripting attack on Hotmail highlights personal e-mail risk to business
A vulnerability in the Hotmail site has enabled hackers to steal an unknown number of messages from users' accounts, according to security firm Trend Micro
May 26, 2011
Insider data breach costs Bank of America over $10 million, says Secret Service
Insider data breach costs Bank of America over $10 million, says Secret Service
The US Secret Service estimates that a data breach at Bank of America in California and other western states cost the bank at least $10 million.
May 26, 2011
Chrome OS not as secure as it looks, says Trend Micro
Chrome OS not as secure as it looks, says Trend Micro
Google's Chrome operating system (OS) is not as secure at it might look at first glance, says Rik Ferguson, director of security research at Trend Micro.
May 26, 2011
Kaspersky spots fake Virustotal site serving up Java worms
Kaspersky spots fake Virustotal site serving up Java worms
A South American researcher with Kaspersky Lab claims to have spotted a Java-driven injection technology that generates a fake Virustotal website for the unsuspecting.
May 25, 2011
New England works to coordinate government-industry response to cyber attacks
New England works to coordinate government-industry response to cyber attacks
Three New England states – Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island – have teamed to develop a coordinated government-industry plan for responding to network interruptions caused by cyberattacks or natural disasters.
May 25, 2011
CNN and "still-alive" Osama bin Laden luring Twitter users
CNN and "still-alive" Osama bin Laden luring Twitter users
It appears that, despite President Obama recently going on national TV in the US to tell everyone that Osama bin Laden is dead, Facebook users are being lured to a credential-stealing set of web pages by a tweet referencing a 'CNN report' that the head of al Qaeda is still alive.
May 24, 2011
BlackHole exploit kit now being offered for free
BlackHole exploit kit now being offered for free
Reports are coming in that the BlackHole exploit kit, a pivotal piece of malware in the same league as Zeus, has joined the infamous malware in being offered for free on darkware forums.
May 24, 2011
Sony's Greek web portal hacked as the misery continues
Sony's Greek web portal hacked as the misery continues
Hell hath no fury like an upset cracker, it seems, as the tidal wave of apparent supporters of George Hotz appear to be targeting Sony in an unprecedented hackathon.
May 24, 2011
More 64-bit malware spotted by Kaspersky Lab
More 64-bit malware spotted by Kaspersky Lab
The last 12 months have seen the volume of 64-bit Win7-equipped machines being sold rising steadily and it seems that cybercriminals have woken up to the trend, developing 64-bit malware.
May 24, 2011
Qakbot author is no crackpot, says Symantec
Qakbot author is no crackpot, says Symantec
Attacks of the W32.Qakbot worm, which was responsible for a data breach at a Massachusetts labor agency, are on the rise after the author
May 24, 2011
It's deja vu all over again: Sony's So-net admits to data breach
It's deja vu all over again: Sony's So-net admits to data breach
Sony’s So-net Entertainment admitted that its customer rewards site was hacked and that customers’ email accounts were compromised and redeemable gift points stolen.
May 23, 2011