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Energizer battery rechargers still haunted by trojan backdoor
Really does keep going and going
"It keeps going and going and going" may be the slogan coined for Energizer batteries, but the same holds true for a nasty trojan backdoor that mysteriously slipped into software used to monitor rechargeable versions of the product.…
Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work
Posted on 18 March 2010 | 3:40 am
Cybercrime's bulletproof hosting exposed
Zeus botnets' tangled web
Researchers at RSA have identified the network framework that endows some of the worlds most notorious botnets with always-on connections that are virtually immune from takedowns.…
Offloading malware protection to the cloud
Posted on 17 March 2010 | 7:38 pm
Vodafone Spain supplies pre-Mariposa'd smartphone (again)
Botnet-ready? Excellent
Vodafone Spain has again supplied a HTC Magic smartphone that came pre-infected with the Mariposa botnet client and other malware crud.…
The power of collaboration within unified communications
Posted on 17 March 2010 | 4:32 pm
Feds sue Russian for stock pump and dump hack
Hijacked accounts = easy money
The US Securities and Exchange Commission accused a Russian man of earning more than $255,000 in illegal stock sales by using hijacked brokerage accounts to artificially manipulate the price of shares in more than three dozen companies.…
The power of collaboration within unified communications
Posted on 16 March 2010 | 10:43 pm
Waledac botnet 'decimated' by MS takedown
Up to 90,000 zombies freed
Communications within the notorious Waledac botnet have been "effectively decimated," thanks to a novel takedown approach that combined court actions with a variety of technical measures, a Microsoft program manager said Tuesday.…
Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work
Posted on 16 March 2010 | 5:37 pm
Anti-virus suites still can't block Google China attack
Protection layer flunks independent tests
Analysis The vast majority of consumer anti-virus products are still failing to block the Operation Aurora exploits used in the high profile attack against Google and other blue-chip firms last December, according to independent tests.…
Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing
Posted on 16 March 2010 | 12:52 pm
Reality star Pratt shuns showbiz to be cybercrime superhero
A right tool for the job
A star from the The Hills reality show has announced his supposed intention to take a break from his lucrative TV career in order to fight cybercrime.…
Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing
Posted on 16 March 2010 | 10:23 am
Microsoft pushes temporary security fix to IE laggards
For those too stubborn to upgrade
Microsoft has released automated workarounds designed to immunize users against a critical vulnerability in earlier versions of Internet Explorer, which criminals are already exploiting online.…
The power of collaboration within unified communications
Posted on 15 March 2010 | 8:40 pm
Facebook users warned over stalk-my-profile scam
Crap snoop app escapes whack-a-mole policy
A bogus application that lures Facebook users by falsely offering to show who has been viewing their profile has been exposed as a scam.…
Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work
Posted on 15 March 2010 | 4:59 pm
Safari update cages numerous security bugs
Code inject and info flaws fixed
Apple published an update of its Safari browser on Thursday that plugs 16 security vulnerabilities.…
Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing
Posted on 12 March 2010 | 4:11 pm
SSD tools crack passwords 100 times faster
Ultra brute force attack
Password-cracking tools optimised to work with SSDs have achieved speeds up to 100 times quicker than previously possible.…
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Posted on 12 March 2010 | 2:42 pm
McAfee inadvertently speeds creation of Metaploit IE exploit pack
Unsanitised blog laid exploit hunt clues
A security researcher has credited McAfee for helping him to develop exploit code that cracks open an unpatched flaw in older versions of Internet Explorer.…
Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing
Posted on 12 March 2010 | 12:09 pm
Turkey cuffs 23 'militant' hacker suspects
PKK s'kiddies
Turkey has arrested 23 hackers suspected of links with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and attacks on government websites.…
Offloading malware protection to the cloud
Posted on 12 March 2010 | 10:03 am
Koobface gang refresh botnet to beat takedown
Twitter scourge changes pants
Command and Control servers associated with the infamous Koobface worms have gone through a complete refresh over the last fortnight. Russian net security firm Kaspersky Lab reckons the change up might be aimed at making takedown efforts by cybercrime fighters more difficult.…
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Posted on 11 March 2010 | 4:32 pm
Tories on cyber war: Waffle, mutter, waffle. Um, vote for us!
'Computers. Clicking, typing. Email. I could go on'
Tory peer and shadow security minister Baroness Pauline Neville Jones has set out her party's thoughts on cyber war and defence. Unfortunately once the waffle is stripped away there's pretty much nothing there.…
Offloading malware protection to the cloud
Posted on 11 March 2010 | 12:22 pm
Bogus Playstation emulators pack Trojan payload
'Will be around for a long time'
Retro gaming fans are being targeted in a new con designed to infect computers with a Trojan linked to scareware scams.…
The power of collaboration within unified communications
Posted on 11 March 2010 | 10:49 am
Twitter adds filter to cut phishing lines
Every twt.tl bit helps
Twitter has tightened up security procedures in order to curtail phishing attacks against users of the micro-blogging service, which have become rampant over recent weeks.…
The power of collaboration within unified communications
Posted on 10 March 2010 | 12:46 pm
Max Clifford takes £1m to drop hack probe
Kiss and don't tell
Celebrity publicist Max Clifford has agreed to accept a £1m plus payoff in exchange for dropping phone hacking allegations against the News of the World.…
Offloading malware protection to the cloud
Posted on 10 March 2010 | 9:29 am
It's official: Adobe Reader is world's most-exploited app
The new Microsoft
Adobe's ubiquitous Reader application has replaced Microsoft Word as the program that's most often targeted in malware campaigns, according to figures compiled by F-Secure.…
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Posted on 9 March 2010 | 8:33 pm
Vodafone ships Mariposa-infected HTC Magic
Android phone comes riddled with bots
Updated Vodafone has been blamed for shipping Mariposa botnet malware and other nasties on a HTC Magic Android smartphones it supplied.…
Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing
Posted on 9 March 2010 | 10:56 am
