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The Register - Security
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Dabs.com founder accused of attempted rape, drugs offences Remanded in custody
The founder of Dabs.com, David Atherton, has been charged with attempted rape and possession of Class A drugs.… |
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Opera update draws the curtain on seven security vulns Keeping schtum on XSS bug details, though
Opera users should upgrade their browser software following the discovery of multiple security bugs.… |
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UK fraudster gang go PIN sniffing Portsmouth Asda links to credit card hack
Analysis The organised tampering of PIN entry devices to commit credit card fraud, which led to arrests in Birmingham last week, has been linked to a breach in an Asda store on the outskirts of Portsmouth.… |
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Microsoft's IE 8 puts giant web hole on notice Tell us if you've heard this one before?
Engineers in Microsoft's Internet Explorer group are devising a new means to stamp out one of the web's biggest security banes: attacks that steal email, bank account credentials and other sensitive information by injecting malicious code into trusted websites.… |
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Googlephone security team seeks bug hunters Android needs You
Google's Android security team has appealed to bug hunters to help it iron out flaws in the platform.…
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Gag order lifted for students who hacked subway card MIT students free to discuss gaping holes
Three Massachusetts Institute of Technology undergraduates are once again free to publicly discuss gaping security holes in the Boston subway system after a federal judge refused to renew a gag order requested by transportation officials.… |
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Mystery Fedora disruption prompts security fears Did security breach prompt ground-up rebuild?
The majority of servers supporting the Fedora Linux distribution were back online on Tuesday following a mystery disruption.… |
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Goldfish customers sent wrong bills 'We're sorry about that. We're sorry about that'
A printing mix-up resulted in thousands of Goldfish credit card customers receiving other people's bills.… |
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Vodafone exec stabbed to death in country home Man questioned
Police are questioning a man following the murder of a senior Vodafone UK executive on Saturday.… |
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Symantec nabs PC Tools for added street cred G'day to added anti-spyware
Security and storage giant Symantec has agreed to buy specialist Australian-based anti-spyware firm PC Tools. Terms of the deal were undisclosed in Monday's announcement.… |
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'Malvertizement' epidemic visits house of Newsweek.com Symptoms felt 'all over the net'
Newsweek.com is one of several high-profile websites suspected of running rogue banner advertisements that try to trick visitors into installing fraudulent anti-malware programs, security researchers warn.… |
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Pirated movie downloads offered as Zango sweetener Holy warez, Batman
Zango affiliates are offering gateway access to pirated films, including the Hollywood blockbuster The Dark Knight, in a bid to induce users into accepting adware.… |
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Cisco plugs online meeting bug Buffer buffed
Cisco has plugged a buffer overflow flaw involving its popular WebEx online meeting client.… |
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GlobalSign revokes cert of rogue security app Certified malware exposes shortcomings of digital certificates
GlobalSign has revoked the digital certificate of a rogue security application, which acquired the veneer of respectability by parading the credentials while trying to scam users.… |
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Mystery web attack hijacks your clipboard No, Macs are not immune
A new web-based attack is making the rounds that tries to spread poisonous links by hijacking end users' clipboards.… |
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Microsoft ramps up vuln ActiveX controls cull Third-party fire and exploit block
This week's Patch Tuesday update was nearly as difficult to digest as a Michael Phelp's breakfast. It contained 11 bulletins covering 26 underlying vulnerabilities, the most in two years.… |
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Murdered Chinese students linked to online betting scam Forum threats over football bets
The two Chinese Newcastle University graduates murdered last weekend could be linked to a complex web betting scam, Northumbrian Police believe.… |
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Home Office reaches half-way hash in secure data handling Encryption bureau to operate like internal post office
Analysis The UK Home Office has introduced procedures to handle encrypted personal data from external partners. However, guidelines on how the new Home Office Central Cryptography service will work raise concerns about possible shortcomings with the service which, while a big improvement, falls below best practice in sectors such as banking.… |
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Judge refuses to lift order squelching students' subway card hack Can't get no relief
A federal judge has refused to strike down an order gagging three Massachusetts Institute of Technology undergraduates from discussing gaping security holes in electronic payment systems used by Boston's transit agency.…
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Bear prints found on Georgian cyber-attacks Shots by both sides
Security researchers claim to have uncovered evidence pointing to a link between Russian state-run businesses and cyber-attacks against Georgia.… |
