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Hacking device found to contain thousands of personal details

Hacking device found to contain thousands of personal details

Security researchers have discovered a tool used by cybercriminals that stores the stolen data of more than 30,000 users.
Fiona Raisbeck Aug 27 2007 10:35AM Security
Researchers ponder cause of Trend Micro port scanning

Researchers ponder cause of Trend Micro port scanning

Security experts believe increased scanning today of a TCP port related to Trend Micro's anti-virus solution is not the result of two product vulnerabilities announced this week but instead an older flaw that already has been patched.
Dan Kaplan Aug 24 2007 10:43AM Security
Email scam targets ACT Office of Fair Trading

Email scam targets ACT Office of Fair Trading

Hoax email that claims to originate from the ACT Office of Fair Trading targets recipients for identity theft.
Mitchell Bingemann Aug 24 2007 10:41AM Security
Internet users too trusting of search engine results

Internet users too trusting of search engine results

Users have an inherent, but often misplaced, trust in the ability of search engines to rank results by their true relevance to queries, new research has revealed.
Robert Jaques Aug 23 2007 7:48AM Software
EBay 'deceiving millions of users'

EBay 'deceiving millions of users'

A US law firm has filed a class action suit against eBay, alleging that users do not receive the full duration of auction time that they pay for.
Robert Jaques Aug 23 2007 7:39AM Software
Anatomy of a data breach from the inside out

Anatomy of a data breach from the inside out

It's a sunny day somewhere thousands of miles away from your data centre. A savvy hacker sits in front of his monitor.
Prat Moghe, Aug 22 2007 7:53AM Security
Thousands of Monster.com user details stolen

Thousands of Monster.com user details stolen

The employment website Monster.com has suffered a malware attack with the personal details of hundreds of thousands of users stolen, according to Symantec.
Fiona Raisbeck Aug 22 2007 7:46AM Security
Authorities hope arrest of Ukraine man leads to TJX orchestrator

Authorities hope arrest of Ukraine man leads to TJX orchestrator

Authorities believe the recent arrest of a Ukrainian man in Turkey on identity theft charges could lead police to the brains behind the TJX data breach.
Dan Kaplan Aug 22 2007 7:29AM Security
Experts warn of 'menacing' internet addiction

Experts warn of 'menacing' internet addiction

Internet addiction is as dangerous as other "extreme addictive disorders" including gambling, sex addiction and kleptomania, according to Israeli researchers.
Robert Jaques Aug 21 2007 7:59AM Telco/ISP
Study: Half of online pharmacies fail to secure customer data

Study: Half of online pharmacies fail to secure customer data

More than half of all online pharmacies are failing to encrypt their customer data, exposing consumers to identity theft and credit-card fraud, new figures show.
Fiona Raisbeck Aug 21 2007 7:30AM Security
Mobile video telephony comes of age

Mobile video telephony comes of age

The global market for mobile video telephony services, including video mail, video calling and video sharing, will rocket from US$1bn in 2007 to over US$17bn by 2012, new research predicts.
Robert Jaques Aug 20 2007 8:09AM Telco/ISP
Study: Half of internet users not concerned by fraud

Study: Half of internet users not concerned by fraud

More than half of all UK internet users are not concerned by online banking fraud, according to a new study by Lloyds TSB.
Fiona Raisbeck Aug 17 2007 10:07AM Security
McAfee warns of Yahoo Messenger Webcam bug

McAfee warns of Yahoo Messenger Webcam bug

Users of Yahoo's instant messaging platform are being warned to avoid webcam invites from unknown sources after a vulnerability in the platform was disclosed this week.
Frank Washkuch Aug 17 2007 9:57AM Security
The advent of Access Management 2.0

The advent of Access Management 2.0

Everyone loves milestone birthdays and this year - depending on who you believe - web access management (WAM) turns ten. Or 11. Or maybe it's 12. Kids grow up so fast.
Eric Leach Aug 15 2007 7:46AM Security
NSA can tap a third of world's telecoms

NSA can tap a third of world's telecoms

The US National Security Agency (NSA) now has the legal right to monitor over a third of the world's telecoms traffic.
Andrew Charlesworth Aug 13 2007 11:13AM Telco/ISP
ISPs suspected of massive identity theft in Korea

ISPs suspected of massive identity theft in Korea

More than seven million illegal sign ups claimed by police.
Simon Burns Aug 10 2007 2:15PM Security
NetAlert helps public libraries

NetAlert helps public libraries

Australian public libraries will receive free ISP security filtering to help protect users from online dangers.
Negar Salek Aug 10 2007 12:15PM Security
US surfers losing 'billions of dollars' to phishing scams

US surfers losing 'billions of dollars' to phishing scams

A million US victims lost "billions of dollars" to email phishing scams in the past two years, new research has warned.
Robert Jaques Aug 9 2007 3:48PM Security
Lord of the Rings visual effects firm opts for Microsoft

Lord of the Rings visual effects firm opts for Microsoft

Weta Digital, the firm behind the Lord of the Rings visual effects, today announced a licensing agreement with Microsoft that will see it use Redmond's technology in its movie, commercial and other multimedia productions.
Robert Jaques Aug 9 2007 11:57AM Software
Survey: Consumers have one-in-four chance of becoming cybercrime victim

Survey: Consumers have one-in-four chance of becoming cybercrime victim

End-users have a 25-percent chance of becoming a cybercrime victim, according to Consumer Reports' "State of the Net" survey for 2007.
Frank Washkuch Aug 8 2007 2:02PM Security

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