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Hackers hit US Consulate General in Russia

Hackers hit US Consulate General in Russia

Web pages belonging to the US Consulate General in St Petersburg were compromised by hackers earlier this week and used to host malicious code.
Matt Chapman Sep 14 2007 9:50AM Security
Whirlpool in a legal spin as founder gets sued

Whirlpool in a legal spin as founder gets sued

Simon Wright, the founder of popular broadband discussion forum, Whirlpool, is being sued by accounting software firm 2Clix Australia for alleged "injurious falsehood".
Mitchell Bingemann Sep 12 2007 1:53PM Telco/ISP
IBM puts hypervisor in Flash memory

IBM puts hypervisor in Flash memory

IBM has unveiled a new server chipset that allows users to run a virtualisation hypervisor off a USB memory key instead of requiring it to be installed on a hard drive.
Tom Sanders Sep 10 2007 9:47AM Software
Check Point shines in Munich rain, CEO Shwed hints at future acquisitions

Check Point shines in Munich rain, CEO Shwed hints at future acquisitions

Check Point used its annual EMEA customer and partner event, Check Point Experience, to announce a vision of "pure security".
Paul Fisher Sep 10 2007 6:59AM Security
Pfizer suffers its third data breach in a year

Pfizer suffers its third data breach in a year

The pharmaceutical company Pfizer has revealed that it has suffered a data breach with the personal details of thousands of employees stolen.
Fiona Raisbeck Sep 9 2007 11:08AM Security
Judge dismisses students' lawsuit in data breach

Judge dismisses students' lawsuit in data breach

Two former Ohio University students may have lost their battle in a data-breach-related lawsuit, but the current US political environment left them with no other recourse than to sue, a security industry analyst told SCMagazine.com.
Jim Carr Aug 31 2007 10:30AM Security
Global trends point to rise in messaging abuse

Global trends point to rise in messaging abuse

"It's the economy, stupid." It worked for spammers now, and it will work for spammers in the future.
Dave Champine, Aug 29 2007 11:06AM Security
Personal records of 35,000 veterans stolen in burglary

Personal records of 35,000 veterans stolen in burglary

The burglary of a US prisoners of war (POW) support group's offices has netted thieves the personal information, including addresses and Social Security numbers, of more than 35,000 veterans and their families.
Jim Carr Aug 29 2007 10:52AM Security
AOL phisher pleads guilty in ID theft scheme

AOL phisher pleads guilty in ID theft scheme

A 23-year-old man accused of sending spam and phishing emails that targeted AOL subscribers pleaded guilty on Wednesday in a US court, the country's Department of Justice (DOJ) announced.
Jim Carr Aug 24 2007 10:37AM Security
Apple signs iPhone deals in Europe

Apple signs iPhone deals in Europe

Apple has signed up three operators for the iPhone in Europe, according to reports in the Financial Times.
Tom Sanders Aug 23 2007 12:58PM Hardware
Computers help chemists in superbug battle

Computers help chemists in superbug battle

Computer analysis of drugs could revolutionise the fight against new infectious agents and antibiotic-resistant superbugs, scientists believe.
Robert Jaques Aug 22 2007 7:52AM Software
Compromised Ubuntu project servers used in attacks taken offline

Compromised Ubuntu project servers used in attacks taken offline

The open-source Ubuntu Linux project had to take five of its eight Ubuntu-hosted community servers offline after they'd been commandeered by hackers and were launching attacks.
Jim Carr Aug 20 2007 6:09AM Security
Highly critical flaw found in Microsoft Excel

Highly critical flaw found in Microsoft Excel

Vulnerability could be exploited to compromise a user's system.
Matt Chapman Aug 17 2007 1:00PM Security
Arizona man sentenced in credit card theft ring

Arizona man sentenced in credit card theft ring

An Arizona man who obtained stolen credit card numbers from overseas hackers and then used the data to withdraw money from cash machines has been sentenced to 84 months in prison.
Dan Kaplan Aug 17 2007 10:03AM Security
Personal data leaks 'worse in Australia than other regions'

Personal data leaks 'worse in Australia than other regions'

Corporate data breaches - which can lead to identity theft - are occurring in Australia and without disclosure laws similar to those in the US those affected will never know they are at risk, claim Gartner analysts.
Negar Salek Aug 16 2007 1:15PM Security
Citrix acquires XenSource in US$500 million deal

Citrix acquires XenSource in US$500 million deal

Citrix announced today that it has reached an agreement to acquire XenSource, a Palo Alto, Calif.-based virtual infrastructure solutions provider.
Frank Washkuch Aug 16 2007 9:55AM Security
Microsoft restructures to get ahead in advertising

Microsoft restructures to get ahead in advertising

Microsoft announced today that it will be changing the way it approaches its web-based advertising operations.
Shaun Nichols Aug 15 2007 2:48PM Software
Terrorist database stolen in raid was encrypted, police confirm

Terrorist database stolen in raid was encrypted, police confirm

Thieves have stolen a computer database from a company that specialises in gathering evidence from mobile phone networks to help police track suspected terrorists.
Fiona Raisbeck Aug 14 2007 1:32PM Security
UK Government slammed in e-crime report

UK Government slammed in e-crime report

The UK Government must do more to protect individual internet users from cybercrime, according to a House of Lords report.
Fiona Raisbeck Aug 13 2007 2:05PM Security
Sony goes green in Europe

Sony goes green in Europe

Firm has reduced power consumption within 90 per cent of its device
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Robert Jaques Aug 10 2007 2:19PM Hardware

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