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4 hrs ago | Wired News

4 Hackers Indicted in $9.5 Million Bank Card Attack

Four men have been indicted in Georgia on charges that they hacked into the Atlanta-based bank card processing company RBS WorldPay.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, World News, Estonia, Europe, Moldova, Prison, Social Security, Personal Finance

8 hrs ago | Wired News

First Ever iPhone Worm Rick Rolls Australia

The Rick Astley plan to take over the world has entered phase two. iPhone users in Australia were invaded in the last few days by a photo of the 1980s crooner and the words "ikee is never going to give you up," a reference to Astley's greatest hit, "Never Gonna Give You Up." The image, installed by what's purportedly the first worm to hit iPhones, ...

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13 hrs ago | Microsoft MVP Community

My take on the SSL Mitm Attacks a " part 1 a " the HTTPS attack

Alun Jones writes about security, cryptography, SSL, PKI, and pretty much anything else that bothers him enough.

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Related Topix: Cryptography, Science / Technology, Science, Computer Science, Life, Food, Pizza, Computers

Mon Nov 09, 2009

CNET News.com I Tech Blog

Apple plugs holes for domain spoofing, other attacks

Apple on Monday released a large security update for Mac OS X that fixes dozens of vulnerabilities and provides protection against potential attacks exploiting a weakness in the protocol used to verify that a domain is legitimate.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Apple

ComputerWorld

Jailbreaking puts iPhone owners at risk, says researcher

Jailbroken iPhones are much easier to hijack, a noted security researcher said today, and the proof is in the worm that has infected some Australian phones.

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Related Topix: iPhone, Science / Technology, Apple, Laptops/Notebooks

CIOL

Small firms more susceptible to cyber crime

CHICAGO, US: A couple years ago a crippling cyber attack on one of Nanette Lepore's haute couture boutiques served as a wakeup call for the fashion retailer to get serious about its online security .

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Related Topix: Prison, Science / Technology, US News, US Federal Bureau of Investigation, Small Business, Personal Finance

USAToday.com

PC users open doors to such worms as Conficker, Taterf

Easy-to-use tools to create self-spreading worms are readily available. Simply checking a box, labeled "autorun," activates code that corrupts USB ports, infecting any memory stick, camera or music player that is subsequently plugged into the port.

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Related Topix: PC, Cameras, Science / Technology

Mobile Marketing Magazine

iPhone Worm on the Loose in Australia

IT security and data protection company Sophos has warned iPhone users of the world's first iPhone virus that is spreading in the wild in Australia.

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Related Topix: iPhone, Science / Technology, Software

BBC

Watchdog rejects paper hack claim

Allegations of widespread phone-tapping at the News of the World have been rejected by the press watchdog.

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Sun Nov 08, 2009

Freerepublic.com

First iPhone [Jailbroken] worm discovered - ikee changes wallpaper to Rick Astley photo

Apple iPhone owners in Australia have reported that their smartphones have been infected by a worm that has changed their wallpaper to an image of 1980s pop crooner Rick Astley.

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Related Topix: iPhone, Science / Technology, Media Players, iPod

CRM Daily

U.S. Cyber Center Opens To Battle Computer Attacks

U.S. officials say government computer systems are probed or scanned millions of times a day, and face an increasing threat from hackers, cybercriminals looking to steal money or information, and nation-states aimed at espionage or the destruction of networks that run vital services.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Susan Collins, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican

Customer Interaction Solutions

WatchGuard Teams With AVG for Anti-Virus Protection

WatchGuard Technologies, a global leader of business security and connectivity solutions, today announced that it is teaming with AVG Technologies, a global leader of consumer and commercial internet security software and technology, to provide WatchGuard unified threat management customers with comprehensive and cutting-edge anti-virus protection.

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Related Topix: WatchGuard Technologies, Science / Technology, Software, Spyware, Product Management, PC, Computers

Sat Nov 07, 2009

TechTarget

Partner Engage 2009: Symantec unveils new programs, incentives for VARs

ORLANDO Enrique Salem wants Symantec Corp.'s VARs to know that not only is the security giant recommitting itself to the channel, but also that a key part of that effort will involve helping channel customers use technology to secure sensitive data.

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Related Topix: Symantec, Science / Technology, Software, Startups, Personal Finance, Retirement

Defense Tech

Data Centers Unprepared For A Cyber Attack

ALERT: DT contributor and Military.com editor Ward Carroll will be on KGO radio at 6:10 PST to discuss the latest details around the Fort Hood shootings.

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Guardian Unlimited

Internet provider is latest Twitter hack victim

Australian internet provider BigPond has become the latest internet company to be targeted by hackers on Twitter, after one of its accounts was hijacked as part of a phishing scam.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Social Software

Fri Nov 06, 2009

PR-inside.com

Fortinet's FortiMail Earns Platinum Certification for Virus...

Virus Bulletin staff tested FortiMail among 13 other anti-spam products for detection rates and the number of false positives.

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Related Topix: Startups, Fortinet, Science / Technology, Email Spam

Free Republic

Power Outages in Brazil Were Cyber Attacks

A series of power outages affecting millions of people in Brazil in 2005 and 2007 were the result of cyber attacks, 60 MINUTES has learned.

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Related Topix: South America, World News, Brazil, 60 Minutes, Entertainment, Television, Science / Technology, US News

WebWire

Symantec Unveils New Resources to Empower Partners to Grow Their Businesses in 2010

ORLANDO, Flor. - Partner Engage 2009 .- Symantec Corp. today reinforced its commitment to help partners succeed in 2010 and beyond, unveiling a variety of new resources at its annual partner conference, Symantec Partner Engage 2009.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Symantec, Software, Startups

IT Business

Microsoft's 'exploit prediction' track record sucks

Microsoft Corp.'s monthly predictions about whether hackers will create reliable exploit code for its bugs were right only about a quarter of the time in the first half of 2009, the company acknowledged Monday.

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Thu Nov 05, 2009

Vnunet

Has the Pirate Bay shutdown inspired militancy online?

The Swedish police network was taken down last week in a distributed denial of service attack.

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