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RSS hackBarracuda Web Application Firewall Protects Against the Top 10 Biggest Web Site Threats
White Paper Today's companies need to increase efforts to protect against a crippling Web site hack or data breach as Web applications and Web site attacks are increasing in frequency and cost to recover customer confidence. [13 Nov 2009]
'You're responsible for your own wi-fi security' say ISPs
News Customers are responsible for their own wi-fi security, according to hotspot operators. BT Openzone, The Cloud and T-Mobile all recommended wi-fi users adopt VPNs to help protect themselves while using hotspots. [03 Nov 2009]
Hackers breach Guardian Jobs site
News The Guardian Jobs site has suffered a hack that could have exposed the sensitive data of some users. Personal details included in users' job applications may have been accessed by the hackers, according to an email sent... [26 Oct 2009]
'Wi-fi hack makes plan to ban file-sharers unfair'
News ISP TalkTalk has criticised proposals by the government to cut illegal file-sharers' internet access, on the grounds of wi-fi vulnerability to hacking. In a blog post last week, Andrew Heaney, TalkTalk's executive director for strategy... [19 Oct 2009]
Could hackspaces hold the key to business innovation?
Comment In March of this year, a friendly 'hackday' - called Rewired State, or 'National Hack the Government Day' - was held at The Guardian's London offices. Where to look for the next wave of corporate innovation? [14 Oct 2009]
An Anatomy of a Web Hack: SQL Injection Explained
White Paper This paper shows how easy it is to penetrate the average website and gain information about the underlying database structures inside a network firewall. The nation of SQL injection isn't new, but is still widely misunderstood and many... [06 Oct 2009]
Scammers pose as banks in live chat hack
News Online scammers have created a phishing site masquerading as a US-based bank that launches a live chat window where victims are tricked into revealing more information, researchers at the RSA FraudAction Research Team said on Wednesday. [18 Sep 2009]
Australian cops investigate 'anonymous' cyber attack threat
News Earlier this year, the AFP was called in by the AGD to investigate the hack of the Classification Board's website, which occurred shortly after the Australian minister for communications Stephen Conroy appeared on an... [09 Sep 2009]
The dirty dozen: preventing common application-level hack attacks
White Paper As organizations have grown increasingly dependent on online software, the risk of malicious attacks has also become far more serious. Such attacks can bring a business to a standstill, cost a company millions of dollars in lost... [05 Sep 2009]
Open source hack could make mobiles vulnerable to prying ears
News If you are using a GSM phone - the 2G standard used by the majority of the world's mobiles - you are likely to have just a few more months before it will be easy for practically anyone to spy on your communications. [26 Aug 2009]
Twitter gearing up to put geolocation in tweets
News Currently, geo-focused apps like Foursquare must hack location data into updates by linking them to web pages. Biz Stone, co-founder of Twitter, has announced that the service will soon get a new feature in its API: the... [21 Aug 2009]
Largest hack and ID theft in US: Three suspects charged
News The three men were indicted on charges of conspiring to hack into computer networks and stealing data as far back as October 2006. Two Russians and a Florida man were charged on Monday with hacking into Heartland Payment... [18 Aug 2009]
MI5 plugs website flaw that left site open to hack attack
News However, the government service insisted the website had been secured quickly, and that at no time had any intelligence operatives been exposed by the hack. MI5 has closed up a flaw on its website that could have opened... [30 Jul 2009]
'Hack your own Oracle database' tool unveiled next week
News During their presentation at the Black Hat and Defcon hacker conferences next week in Las Vegas, security experts will release a tool that can be used to break into Oracle databases. Chris Gates and Mario Ceballos will present Oracle... [24 Jul 2009]
'Nasa hacker' case raised in parliament
News McKinnon, who has been diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, faces extradition to the US for what prosecutors there have described as "the biggest military hack of all time". The Conservative Party has championed the case... [16 Jul 2009]
