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The Register - Security
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Apache OpenOffice security fixes emerge Under new management: First revamp passes one million downloads
Details have emerged about the security fixes that came bundled with Apache OpenOffice 3.4.0, the latest version of the open-source productivity suite.… |
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Call of Duty hacker jailed after meatspace burglary 18 months' porridge for banking malware-spreader
A Brit who distributed a Trojan horse that posed as a patch for popular shoot-em-up game Call of Duty has been jailed for 18 months.… |
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UK prosecutions for hacking appear to be be dropping But plenty of caveats apply
The number of prosecutions under the UK's computer hacking laws may have declined over recent years, according to the latest available government figures.… |
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Atlassian warns of critical security flaw Confluence customers urged to upgrade
Atlassian has warned of a critical security flaw in its Confluence product.… |
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Anonymous turns its DDoS cannons on India Takes out government, court and political party sites
Hacktivist collective Anonymous has turned its attention to India, taking down the web sites of the Supreme Court, the country’s two major political parties and several government sites in retaliation for a court injunction which led to the blocking of several video sharing and bit torrent sites.… |
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Governments may hit social networks with cyber attacks Arab Spring alerted governments to power of Facebook, Twitter et al
Social networking operators like Facebook and Twitter need to consider themselves much more vulnerable to attacks – not because they are more vulnerable or more attractive to criminals than previously, but because states are now actors in security threats.… 
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Seeing ads on Wikipedia? Then you're infected Click fraudsters are milking you for cash
Surfers who see ads when they visit Wikipedia are likely infected with malware, the online encyclopedia warns.… |
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Council fined £70k after burglars nick vulnerable kids' files Second data law breach in two years
The UK's privacy watchdog has fined the London Borough of Barnet £70k ($111k) after the local authority lost extremely sensitive information about young children for the second time in two years.… |
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UK man to spend year in the clink for Facebook account hack 21-year-old admitted breaking into US victim's profile
A British man has been jailed for a year after hacking into the Facebook account of a US citizen.… |
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Off-the-shelf forensics tool slurps iPhone data via iCloud Cops don't need your actual phone any more
ElcomSoft has updated its mobile forensics software to include the ability to retrieve online backups from Apple iCloud storage.… |
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Hong Kong CERT wants bigger team to tackle cyber threats Region's multinationals a big target for hackers
Hong Kong’s Computer Emergency Response Team (HKCERT) has called for more resources to help it step up attempts to proactively monitor and deal with attacks on organisations in the special administrative region (SAR) of China.… |
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AWS CISO needs permission to visit his data centres He doesn't mind and you shouldn't either because they're not that interesting
Amazon Web Services' General Manager and Chief Information Security Officer Stephen E. Schmidt is not allowed to make unannounced visits to the company's data centres.… |
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Vixie warns: DNS Changer ‘blackouts’ inevitable Father of BIND fears ISP crisis in July
Ridding the world of the DNS Changer is proving a long, slow process that won’t be accomplished by July 9, when the court orders granted to the FBI expire and infected users suffer their inevitable blackout.… |
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Google unleashes Chrome 19, flattens 20 bugs Hot fuzz spawns QuickTime patch
Google released a major update to its Chrome browser on Tuesday that tackles 20 security vulnerabilities, eight of which are classified as high-risk bugs.… |
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'Catastrophic' Avira antivirus update bricks Windows PCs rundll32.exe? cmd.exe? You clearly don't need those
Security software biz Avira has apologised after its antivirus suites went haywire and disabled customers' Windows machines.… |
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Stuxnet ≠ cyberwar, says US Army Cyber Command officer AusCERT: What is cyberwar anyway?
While “cyber* operations” are becoming an increasing focus of both government and private research, legal frameworks are failing to keep pace, the US Army Cyber Command operational attorney Robert Clark has told the AusCERT security conference in Queensland.…
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Scammers exploit wannabe demon-slayers hyped by Diablo III Go straight to hell
Cybercrooks latched onto the release of Diablo III on Monday with a run of scams themed around the widely anticipated video game.… |
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Bitcoin bank Bitcoinica still titsup after cyberheist More than $90k in tokens snatched
Bitcoin exchange Bitcoinica remains offline following a hack against its systems last week that resulted in the theft of digital currency valued at approximately $90,000 (£56k).… |
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Apple scrubs old Leopards of Flashback Trojan infections Security airdrop saves legacy fanbois from nasties
Apple has released patches that defend users of its older Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard operating system against security threats.… |
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Adobe backs down, patches critical Photoshop CS5 hole Paid upgrade fix row leaves a nasty taste
Adobe backed down on Friday and promised to release a fix for earlier versions of its Photoshop software after previously insisting users who wanted to safeguard themselves from a critical security vulnerability had to pay for an upgrade.… |
