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iPhone: Beware the wi-fi security threat
News Gatford identified wi-fi as being a technology ripe to hack the iPhone, and said its exploitation for malicious purposes would only continue to grow: "Wi-fi spots aren't encrypted .nor is a great amount of the... [12 Jun 2008]
About RATs ... A Look at the Problem of SubSeven and "Remote Administration Trojans"
White Paper Examples include Back Orifice, NetBus, SubSeven, and Hack'a'tack. A Remote Administration Tool, or RAT, is a Trojan that when run, provides an attacker with the capability of remotely controlling a machine via a "client"... [10 Apr 2008]
Chip and PIN hack attack demoed
News Saar Drimer and Steven Murdoch, members of the Cambridge University Computer Laboratory, have demonstrated a hack that could compromise a supposedly tamper-proof chip and PIN terminal by relaying card information between... [06 Feb 2007]
Santa worm makes merry hell with IM
News A rootkit is a tool designed to go undetected by the security software used to lock down control of a computer after an initial hack. instant-messaging users into clicking on a file that delivers unwanted software to a... [21 Dec 2005]
Google desktop exploited by IE flaw
News There is a bug in the way the web browser processes CSS rules, Matan Gillon wrote in a description of his hack posted on Wednesday. To exploit the flaw, an attacker has to lure a victim to a malicious... [05 Dec 2005]
AIM worm exhibits new, nasty tactics
News A rootkit is a tool designed to go undetected by the security software used to lock down control of a computer after an initial hack. The worm then spreads itself by sending messages to all names on the... [31 Oct 2005]
Leader: Is ignorance bliss?
Leader Has your bank been a victim of a website hack or similar act of cybercrime? Given that probability states a great many companies will become victims of cybercrime in the coming years and others will... [26 Jan 2005]
Nokia releases invisible Bluetooth hack fix
News He said a potential victim would need to have a vulnerable phone with Bluetooth switched to visible; then they would have to be in close proximity to the attacker; and finally, the bluesnarfer would need some reason to... [23 Jul 2004]
5 years ago: Fraud costs UK firms £5bn per year
News A recent survey carried out by telecoms firm Energis says that customer attrition in the business-to-business sector grew by 47 per cent after a firm fell victim to a hack attack, virus or phishing fraud. [17 May 2004]
Leader: Sorry, but security's expensive
Leader Hardly a day goes by without seeing headlines about the latest worms, viruses, Trojan horses, and hack attacks slowing the flow of email on the internet or bringing down websites. As we've written about this week, 68 per... [28 Apr 2004]
Malicious security attacks hit 90 per cent of UK firms
News The figure represents a significant change from when a larger proportion of security breaches were accidental, with the focus switching to those that are malicious, such as viruses, hack attacks and fraud. [27 Apr 2004]
An Experiment in Forensics Reveals Attackers' Techniques
White Paper To this end, an ID (Intrusion Detection) system was set up to collect network traces of scans and attacks, and monthly challenges, along the lines of "identify the scanning tool" or "name that hack". In this article, I... [25 Feb 2004]
Website security: How many times do shops have to be warned?
Comment If this was an advanced hack it would still be a failing on the part of the victim site but it would also be more understandable - as criminals' raison d'être is to stay one step ahead of measures in... [17 Nov 2003]
No justification for weekend hacking competition
Comment The first group or individual to hack, or crack, 6,000 servers and deface them wins. If the major corporates and governments pose too stern a test to the hobbyist hackers and instead it is charities, non-profit... [03 Jul 2003]
'Hack attack' flaw exposed in Nokia phones
News The advisory, posted to the bugtraq security mailing list, describes how a prankster could use the vulnerability to crash a victim's phone. US security company @stake has warned users of Nokia's 6210 GSM phone that they... [26 Feb 2003]
