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Hackers hijack Obama's, Britney's Twitter accountsOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 2 days ago (http://www.networkworld.com)
Category: security | Tags hackers, hijack, obamas, , britneys, twitter, accounts,
Hackers hijacked the Twitter accounts of more than 30 celebrities and organizations, including President-Elect Barack Obama, Britney Spears and Fox News, early on Monday, the company confirmed today. read more »
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SSL broken! Hackers create rogue CA certificate using MD5 collisionsOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by MargaretM 8 days ago (http://blogs.zdnet.com)
Category: security | Tags ssl, broken, hackers, create, rogue, ca, certificate, md, collisions, ryan naraine,
Ryan Naraine writes about a concerning development in the area of security - "Using computing power from a cluster of 200 PS3 game consoles and about $700 in test digital certificates, a group of ha read more »
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RBS WorldPay breach exposes 1.5 millionOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 9 days ago (http://go.theregister.com)
Category: security | Tags rbs, worldpay, breach, hackers, security, , , , , ,
"RBS WorldPay belatedly admitted last week that hackers broke into its systems." read more »
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Thousands of legitimate sites SQL injected to serve IE exploitOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 21 days ago (http://blogs.zdnet.com)
Category: security | Tags legitimate, sites, sql, injection, ie, exploit, china, hackers, , ,
"Once again confirming the trend of having more legitimate sites serving exploits and malware than purely malicious ones, Chinese hackers have been keeping themselves busy during the last couple of read more »
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IPhone 3G successfully unlocked by hackersOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 21 days ago (http://feeds.infoworld.com)
Category: communications | Tags iphone, 3g, unlocked, hackers, apple, software, , , , ,
"Five months after the release of the iPhone 3G last July, a team of hackers has finally figured out a way to alter the device's software so that it can be unlocked for use on networks other than.. read more »
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AT&T, T-Mobile settle over voicemail security advertisingOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by MargaretM 22 days ago (http://arstechnica.com)
Category: internet | Tags at&t, t-mobile, voicemail, hackers, secure, , , , , ,
"AT&T and T-Mobile have agreed to pay fines to the Los Angeles District Attorney over claims they made that their voicemail systems were secure from hackers that turned out to be untrue. As part of read more »
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MS issues brown alert over unpatched IE 7 flawOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 23 days ago (http://go.theregister.com)
Category: security | Tags microsoft, security, attacks, ie7, unpatched, hackers, , , , ,
"Hackers have upped the ante by launching more attacks against an unpatched IE 7 flaw." read more »
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Microsoft sees 'huge increase' in IE attacksOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 23 days ago (http://feeds.infoworld.com)
Category: security | Tags microsoft, attacks, ie, security, hackers, , , , , ,
"Microsoft warned Saturday of a 'huge increase; in attacks exploiting a critical unpatched vulnerability in Internet Explorer (IE), and said some originated from hacked pornography sites..." read more »
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