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Anonymous continues its attack on government websites knocking the CIA offline

Susan Wilson — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 13:00:00 +0000

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Trendnet net admits home security cams can be viewed by all

John Lister — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:49:23 +0000

American firm Trendnet produces a range of home security cameras that let users check activity in their property while away, via an Internet connection. The problem — which the company has only just admitted — is [...] Related posts:

Messaging and e-mail giants unite against phishing

John Lister — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:00:58 +0000

15 major Internet firms have launched a joint project to make it harder to get “phishing” e-mails through to recipients. The plan involves the firms labeling their messages in a way that is much harder for scammers to emulate.

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Amazon’s Zappos deals with hacking fallout

John Lister — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:53:16 +0000

An Amazon footwear subsidiary has reported an estimated 24 million customers are affected by a security breach. But while it’s only the sloppy password brigade who’ll suffer among the public, it’s Zappos itself that’s getting the most hassle.

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Android 2.x: It’s what you want to develop for in 2012

Ronald O Carlson — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 03:51:16 +0000

Google’s mobile operating system gets a lot of grief for fragmentation. For better, worse and whatever comes after that, the platform is actually standardizing and rapidly so. In fact, a 55 percent and increasing share of active devices are running a version of Android that Google released two Christmases ago.

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Anonymous may have debuted new tactics

John Lister — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 12:42:08 +0000

“Hacktivist” group Anonymous may have crossed the line from disruptive protest to outright fraud. But as always it’s hard to verify claims or associate individual actions with the “movement” as a whole.

The group is claiming to have stolen thousands of credit card numbers [...] Related posts:

Computer password hall of shame

Ronald O Carlson — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 05:03:33 +0000

The big black hole of personal computer security can usually be found right between the user’s ears. From phishing (miracle weight loss, cheap Viagra, anyone?) to the subject of this wake up call, passwords, it’s people like you and me making bad, bad and easily avoidable choices.

Think of a high-profile computer security [...] Related posts:

As its star rises, HTML5 security called into question

Ronald O Carlson — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 11:43:30 +0000

Any computer can be hacked, it’s simply a matter of time, motivation and, increasingly less, skill. If you want to exploit Adobe Flash, the source of much hacker inspiration, there are ready made exploit kits available for download. With Apple, Microsoft, Google, Facebook and, yes, even Adobe turning to HTML5, the question of [...] Related posts:

HP denies printers can be remotely set on fire

John Lister — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:59:41 +0000

Researchers at Columbia University say hackers could seize control of a printer and cause it to catch fire. But they’ve been unable to prove the claims with a demo, and manufacturers HP suggest it’s unlikely such attacks could be carried out.

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Mystery grows over ‘water pump cyber attack’

John Lister — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 13:02:36 +0000

The FBI and Department of Homeland Security say they have no evidence that an online attack caused an Illinois water pump to fail. They contradicted a previous state report leaked to a security firm owner.

Joe Weiss of Applied Control Solutions — who [...] Related posts: