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Anonymous member pleads guilty to Stratfor hack

Posted May 29, 2013 - 4:34 am

A former member of a band of hackers faces up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty Tuesday to a single computer hacking charge.
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PayPal says it will recognize under-18 security researchers

Posted May 28, 2013 - 10:00 pm

A 17-year-old German student contends PayPal has denied him a reward for finding a vulnerability in its website.
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Twitter claims a win against spammers with Skootle settlement

Posted May 28, 2013 - 8:53 pm

Twitter has reached a settlement with Skootle that prohibits the Tennessee-based company from spamming Twitter users' feeds with marketing and other promotional content.
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Harvard dean who okayed secret faculty email search steps down

Posted May 28, 2013 - 5:56 pm

Harvard College Dean Evelynn Hammonds, who last month acknowledged authorizing a secret search of email belonging to several residential deans at the school, will step down from her position July 1.
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Five steps to ultimate Firefox security

Posted May 28, 2013 - 2:39 pm

Fend off malware, phishers, and their ilk by exercising Firefox's built-in security features and picking some useful add-ons.
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Chromium browser gets new reset options for easier recovery from malware

Posted May 28, 2013 - 2:12 pm

A future version of Google Chrome may make it a cinch to clean up messy settings cast into chaos by malware (or your own misguided hands).
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How to secure USB drives and other portable storage devices

Posted May 28, 2013 - 2:09 pm

For all their convenience, misplaced or stolen storage devices often result in the loss of confidential data. To protect against embarrassing, costly and damaging data breaches, take these steps to protect your employees' portable storage devices.
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5 Steps to a More Secure Virtual Infrastructure

Posted May 28, 2013 - 2:00 pm

Understanding how those virtual servers vulnerabilities differ from their physical counterparts is critical. Inside this Datamation executive brief, you'll learn five proactive steps to ensure a more secure virtual infrastructure.
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Virtual Management - Minimizing the Very Real Virtual Bottleneck

Posted May 28, 2013 - 2:00 pm

A haphazard virtual infrastructure undertaking might deliver some virtualization benefits, but it will also likely bring with it the downsides of virtualization - added complexity, suboptimal performance from overprovisioning.
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US weapons system designs were reportedly viewed by Chinese hackers

Posted May 28, 2013 - 8:08 am

The designs for over two dozen advanced U.S. weapon systems, including missile defenses, combat aircraft and ships, were reportedly accessed by Chinese hackers.
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PayPal denies teenager reward for finding website bug

Posted May 27, 2013 - 9:17 pm

A 17-year-old German student contends PayPal has denied him a reward for finding a vulnerability in its website.
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Commission wants to turn tables on IP thieves by crippling PCs with extortion-style lock-outs

Posted May 27, 2013 - 4:35 pm

Buried in a 100-page report issued last week by the Commission on the Theft of American Intellectual Property was a recommendation to copy a tactic cyber scammers use to extort money from innocent victims.
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Twitter's two-factor authentication implementation can be abused, researchers say

Posted May 27, 2013 - 1:19 pm

Twitter's SMS-based, two-factor authentication feature could be abused to lock users who don't have it enabled out of their accounts if attackers gain access to their log-in credentials, according to researchers from Finnish antivirus vendor F-Secure.
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Western Australia police silent on charges for 17-year-old hacker

Posted May 27, 2013 - 5:36 am

Western Australian police have charged a Perth teenager with several computer-related offenses but are not releasing the details.
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Question

What are the main security risks of Bluetooth?

Posted May 24, 2013 - 4:38 pm

Bluetooth is nearly ubiquitous these days, but it is one potential attack vector that I haven't put much though into. What are the main things to worry about when it comes to Bluetooth security? I would think they would be limited due to the inherent short range of the signal.
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Schnucks wants federal court to handle data breach lawsuit

Posted May 24, 2013 - 4:31 pm

St. Louis-based grocery chain Schnuck Markets has claimed that a potential class action lawsuit filed against it in an Illinois state court over a recent data breach really belongs in federal court because of the case's scope and damages involved
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Proposed law would make reprogramming cellphone IDs a crime

Posted May 24, 2013 - 2:42 pm

Reprogramming the identification number of a cellphone could be punishable with a prison sentence of up to five years under the terms of a proposed law announced Friday.
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Researchers warn of increased Zeus malware activity this year

Posted May 24, 2013 - 1:01 pm

The amount of cybercriminal activity associated with the Zeus family of financial Trojan programs has increased during the past few months, according to security researchers from antivirus vendor Trend Micro.
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Researchers find unusual malware targeting Tibetan users in cyberespionage operation

Posted May 24, 2013 - 10:41 am

Security researchers from antivirus vendor ESET discovered a piece of cyberespionage malware targeting Tibetan activists that uses unusual techniques to evade detection and achieve persistency on infected systems.
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DHS warns employees that years-old database hole puts their privacy at risk

Posted May 24, 2013 - 9:52 am

Vulnerability in software used for Department of Homeland Security background investigations allowed potential unauthorized access since 2009.
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Google to lengthen SSL encryption keys from August

Posted May 24, 2013 - 3:00 am

Google plans to upgrade the security of its SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) certificates, an important component of secure communications.
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Microsoft brushes off claim Xbox Live accounts were compromised

Posted May 23, 2013 - 10:32 pm

Microsoft brushed off a dubious hacker's claim on Thursday that he stole 47 million account credentials for Microsoft's Xbox Live gaming service.
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Could the Bitcoin network be used as an ultrasecure notary service?

Posted May 23, 2013 - 9:10 pm

Manuel Araoz, a 23-year-old developer in Argentina, has an idea for Bitcoin that doesn't focus on money.
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U.S. urged to let companies 'hack-back' at IP cyber thieves

Posted May 23, 2013 - 3:29 pm

U.S. companies should be allowed to take aggressive countermeasures against hackers seeking to steal their intellectual property, contends the private Commission on the Theft of American Intellectual Property.
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Researchers find more versions of digitally signed Mac OS X spyware

Posted May 23, 2013 - 12:06 pm

Security researchers have identified multiple samples of the recently discovered "KitM" spyware for Mac OS X, including one dating back to December 2012 and targeting German-speaking users.
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