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Article | 19/04/2011 Verizon: Advanced persistant threat is overblown

When Google admitted last year that it had been targeted by sophisticated hackers, possibly from China, it introduced a new term into the high technol...

Article | 19/04/2011 In pictures: 8 essential Android security apps

A DIY guide to securing Android-based devices

Article | 19/04/2011 EU data retention law blasted on privacy issues

The European Union's data retention law has come under scrutiny, with a new report saying that it poses significant risks to individuals' right to pri...

Article | 18/04/2011 Wind power company sees no evidence of reported hack

One day after a hacker posted screen shots and data to a hacking mailing list, saying he had broken into a New Mexico wind turbine facility, the compa...

Article | 18/04/2011 Anonymous hacker claims he broke into wind turbine systems

Claiming revenge for an "illegitimate firing," someone has posted screenshots and other data, apparently showing that he was able to break a 200 megaw...

Article | 15/04/2011 Apple patches Pwn2Own, Comodo hack bugs

Apple today patched bugs in iOS and Safari used at last month's Pwn2Own hacking contest by three teams of researchers who collectively earned $45,000 ...

Article | 15/04/2011 Oracle to fix 73 security bugs next week

Oracle plans to release a large number of security patches for its various software products next week, including six bug-fixes for its flagship datab...

Article | 14/04/2011 Hackers gain root access to Wordpress servers

Hackers have compromised several servers that support WordPress and may have obtained source code, according to the founding developer of Automattic, ...

Article | 13/04/2011 Aussie users still duped by Facebook scams: Sophos

A local security expert is dumbfounded by the ease in which a fake <i>Twilight: Breaking Dawn</i> game application has spread across Facebook, and has...

Article | 14/04/2011 Firewall vendors challenge findings of NSS Labs report

Apparently, NSS Labs struck a nerve. NSS Labs revealed that almost all of the firewalls it tested for a recent report are susceptible to crash or comp...

Article | 14/04/2011 Toshiba releases self-wiping drives

Toshiba Wednesday unveiled its first family of self-encrypting hard disk drives (HDDs) that can also erase data when connected to an unknown host.

Article | 13/04/2011 Admin rights underpin many Windows exploits, analysis finds

Organisations could dramatically cut their exposure to vulnerabilities in Microsoft software simply by limiting Windows admin rights.

Article | 13/04/2011 Hacker 'handshake' hole found in common firewalls

Some of the most commonly-used firewalls are subject to a hacker exploit that lets an attacker trick a firewall and get into an internal network as a ...

Article | 13/04/2011 7 free security tools for Linux

One of the big advantages of using Linux is that its security tends to be so much better than that of the competing alternatives.

Article | 12/04/2011 US police increasingly peeping at e-mail, instant messages

Law enforcement organizations are making tens of thousands of requests for private electronic information from companies such as Sprint, Facebook and ...

Article | 12/04/2011 Hacker breaks into Barracuda Networks database

A hacker has broken into a Barracuda Networks database and obtained names and e-mail addresses of some of the security company's employees, channel pa...

Article | 11/04/2011 UK police arrest three men over 'SpyEye' malware

U.K. police arrested three men late last week in connection with using the SpyEye malware program to steal online banking details.

Article | 9/04/2011 HTTPS is under attack again

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has published research showing that the SSL certificate system that underpins Web security is far from trustworthy.

Article | 9/04/2011 Government made me do it, imprisoned TJX hacker claims

Convicted hacker Albert Gonzalez, who is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to the massive hacks at TJX, Heartland and ...

Article | 7/04/2011 Dell Australia customer email addresses accessed in Epsilon breach

An email sent out to Dell Australia customers is advising them that their emails may have been accessed by a third party after a security breach at Ep...