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The Register - Security
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MS readies Vista code injection risk fix Redmond security gnomes get tough
Critical bug fixes are on the agenda for this month's monthly patch update from Microsoft.… |
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Microsoft touts trustworthy browsing with IE8 If it asks if you'd like to see some puppies, just say no
Microsoft has detailed a raft of security improvements due to appear in Internet Explorer 8. The second beta of Redmond's web browser will be packed full of features designed to thwart phishing and drive-by download attacks, Redmond explained on Wednesday.… |
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Scareware runs amok on PlayStation site Sony gamed by hackers
Gamers visiting the US Sony PlayStation website risk malware infection after the site was hit by hackers.… |
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Built-in browser expiry proposed to fight botnet menace 45% fail to update surfing software, report finds
Nearly half (45.2 per cent) of all internet surfers neglect to regularly update their browser software. Slackness in applying updates in a timely fashion leaves an estimated 637 million surfers vulnerable to drive-by download attacks, according to a new survey.… |
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UK most popular destination for 419 scams One in four Nigerian spams sent to Blighty
The United Kingdom is the most popular destination for 419 scams - emails which promise huge riches in exchange for up-front arrangement fees.… |
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Tech giants team for online ID cards Passwords are so passé
A group of software and online payment companies are teaming up to find a better way than passwords to protect, and prove, your identity online.… |
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19-year-old p2p botnet pioneer agrees to plead guilty 'Nugache was mine'
The author of a Trojan that broke new ground by incorporating peer-to-peer technology into botnet design has agreed to plead guilty to secretly infecting thousands of victims' machines so that he could steal their personal data and launch attacks on websites.… |
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Ankle-biting hackers storm net's overlords, hijack their domains IANA and ICANN succumb to NetDevilz
The websites of two of the net's most critical oversight organizations were hijacked by Turkish hackers who sent visitors to rogue pages that challenged the overseers' authority.… |
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Singapore forum 'scammer' faces caning and prison Blagger facing flogging
A British man faces caning and a prison sentence for allegedly conning members of an IT forum in Singapore.… |
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Microsoft and HP tackle SQL-injection scourge A modest proposal
With successful attacks against websites reaching epidemic levels, Microsoft and HP have released a free set of tools that help developers check their web applications for the mistakes that leave them open to exploits that can steal sensitive information and harm visitors.… |
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Fired IT manager accused of venting spleen on organ bank $70,000 tissue tussle
A technology director who was fired from her job has been accused of hacking in to the organ donation company where she worked and deleting donor information and accounting files.… |
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Security: Protect and survive with El Reg Get involved with the experts
Reg security debates El Reg invites you to tighten up your security as we hook up with some of the industry's biggest names and you - the UK's biggest technology community - for two live and fully interactive events exploring the latest menaces and threat-busting initiatives. Whether you're a CTO, developer, consultant or home user, if the security of your IT is important to you make sure these two are in your diary.… |
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Trojan heralds OS X's 'new phase of exposure to malware' Modular malware comes to the Mac
The Mac security scene is heating up, with the discovery in recent weeks of a serious vulnerability in OS X and at least two Trojan horse programs that target the Apple OS.…
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Spam DDoS assault cuts off south Pacific state (Un)happy Talking
Citizens of the Marshall Islands in the South Pacific have been left without a functioning email systems following a denial of service attack on the country's sole ISP.… |
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Dutch government gags Oyster researchers Don’t kill the messenger
The publication of a scientific paper by Radboud University that discusses design flaws of the MIFARE chip in cards such as the Oyster travelcard may be in jeopardy. Dutch secretary of state Tineke Huizinga has urged the university not to publish any secrets that may lead to abuse.… |
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Yahoo! Mail! vuln! fixed! Buddy hacker account compromise risk plugged
Yahoo! has fixed a vulnerability that left users of its popular webmail service at risk of having their login credentials stolen.… |
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Tennis sites hit by drive-by download attacks You cannot be serious
Two high-profile tennis websites are among scores of victims of a new wave of SQL injection attacks. The website of game regulators ITF and ATP, the professional players tour, were hit by automated attacks in the run-up to this week's Wimbledon championship.… |
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HSBC scripting flaws play into the hands of phishers XSS calamity
Several HSBC websites are subject to scripting flaws that create a possible mechanism for crooks to create more convincing phishing scams.… |
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Almost half of malicious sites tied to 10 networks China mostly to blame, but so is Google
Almost half the websites pushing malware are hosted by just 10 networks, according to a new report that adds new support to the growing argument that a relatively few number of actors are responsible for most of the net-based threats.… |
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Scareware package greets marks by name Fakeale redux
Malware authors have created a strain of scareware packages that lifts the name of an infected user from the registry of an infected PC in order to create more convincing scams.… |
