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House Republican cybersecurity task force given until October to respond to administration
House Republican cybersecurity task force given until October to respond to administration
The House Republican leadership has tasked Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) to head a cybersecurity task force to analyze the Obama administration’s cybersecurity legislative proposal and to develop a Republican response by October.
June 28, 2011
Travelodge UK confirms no financial data has been breached
Travelodge UK confirms no financial data has been breached
Travelodge has confirmed that a
June 27, 2011
Eugene Kaspersky warns that the internet could become a war zone
Eugene Kaspersky warns that the internet could become a war zone
Building on a presentation he made at the Infosecurity Europe event in late April, Eugene Kaspersky, CEO of Kaspersky Lab, has warned of the danger that the internet could become a cyberconflict vehicle for governments to attack each other.
June 27, 2011
Trend Micro spots Android malware acting as SMS relay
Trend Micro spots Android malware acting as SMS relay
A Trend Micro security researcher claims to have discovered a new type of malware infection on the Google Android platform that acts as an SMS (text message) relay.
June 27, 2011
Dutch hackers release personal details on former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair
Dutch hackers release personal details on former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair
Hard on the heels of publicly slating - and declaring war - on the LulzSec hacktivist group, Teamp0ison, the Dutch hacking group, has posted a large volume of private emails and information about former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair.
June 27, 2011
SQL injection most dangerous threat, according to CWE/SANS list of top software flaws
SQL injection most dangerous threat, according to CWE/SANS list of top software flaws
SQL injection flaw is the most dangerous software vulnerability, according to the 2011 CWE/SANS Top 25 Most Dangerous Software Errors.
June 27, 2011
iOS 5 jailbreak may block pirate software says developer
iOS 5 jailbreak may block pirate software says developer
Users of the Installous software - an extensible code environment for jailbroken Apple iPhones - could be in for a shock if they are thinking of upgrading to a jailbroken version of iOS5, which is already doing the rounds of the iPhone cognoscenti.
June 24, 2011
ChronoPay co-founder allegedly linked to DDoS attacks
ChronoPay co-founder allegedly linked to DDoS attacks
The reputation of the Russian ChronoPay e-money service has taken a further battering after a security researcher linked the co-founder of the service - who has apparently fled from Russia - with a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack against a competitor.
June 24, 2011
EU mulls proposal to mandate data breach advisories by firms
EU mulls proposal to mandate data breach advisories by firms
The European Union (EU) is planning new legislation to mandate companies to publicly admit that they have suffered a data breach.
June 24, 2011
Antichat hacker forum data breach reveals weak passwords are endemic
Antichat hacker forum data breach reveals weak passwords are endemic
A rising volume of research has suggested of late that internet users make frequent re-use of passwords, as well as using relatively weak passwords that are easy to brute force hack. Now a security researcher claims his research suggests that - irony of ironies - hackers are equally slovenly when it comes to their own passphrases.
June 23, 2011
TeaMp0isoN declare war on LulzSec hactivists
TeaMp0isoN declare war on LulzSec hactivists
Hell hath no fury like a hacker scorned, it seems, as a Dutch hacking crew called TeaMp0ison has effectively declared a cyberwar between its members and the LulzSec hacktivist group.
June 23, 2011
Pirate TV operation offering illegal BSkyB subscriptions shut down
Pirate TV operation offering illegal BSkyB subscriptions shut down
Authorities in Cyprus have shut down a major pirate TV operation that offered illegal subscriptions to BSkyB, Nova and BFBS payTV subscription services.
June 23, 2011