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Netbooks, Apple goodies, vintage kit and a futuristic datacentre
Photo Security firm Cronto designed the software to stop fraudsters from using Trojans to hijack a person's web browser and trick them into authorising a fake transaction. Bonhams previewed some vintage tech last month as the... [02 Oct 2009]
Photos: The hottest tech out of the UK's Silicon Valley
Photo The system is designed to stop fraudsters from using Trojans to hijack a person's web browser and trick them into authorising a fake transaction. The brightest new companies in the UK's Silicon Valley opened their doors... [24 Sep 2009]
Phishing, Pharming, and Vishing, Oh My! a Guide to the "INGs" and How to Remain Protected
White Paper The flaw in the DNS (Domain Name System), which acts like the Internet's telephone book, could allow Internet traffic to be secretly redirected so thieves could, for example, hijack a bank's Web address and collect... [01 Jul 2009]
Protecting Against Tomorrow's Threats Today - Proactive Security From SophosLabs
White Paper Constantly looking for new vulnerabilities to exploit, today's cybercriminals are using fast-changing, low-profile threats to surreptitiously infect and hijack computers across the business network. Spammed email,... [30 Jun 2009]
Anti-Spyware: How to Prevent Spyware With Finjan's Active Real-Time Code Inspection
White Paper Cybercriminals use Spyware programs to hijack users' sensitive personal information at will for profit. Cybercrime is booming and money is the driving force behind the growth of targeted attacks against corporate... [30 Jun 2009]
Protecting against tomorrow's threats today -- proactive security from SophosLabs
White Paper Constantly looking for new vulnerabilities to exploit, today's cybercriminals are using fast- changing, low-profile threats to surreptitiously infect and hijack computers across the business network. Spammed email,... [18 Mar 2009]
Gmail 'vulnerability' a phishing scam instead
News Reports that a purported Gmail vulnerability was being used by unauthorised third parties to hijack domains turned out to be nothing more than a phishing scam, Google announced Tuesday. The alleged vulnerability... [26 Nov 2008]
Dynamic Pharming Attacks and Locked Same-Origin Policies for Web Browsers
White Paper Dynamic pharming works by hijacking DNS and sending the victim's browser malicious Javascript, which then exploits DNS rebinding vulnerabilities and the name-based same-origin policy to hijack a legitimate session after... [18 Nov 2008]
Microsoft nears Verizon search deal
News Reports that Microsoft was trying to hijack the Verizon deal from Google surfaced last week after Google bowed to federal regulators' opposition and killed its controversial advertising partnership with Yahoo. [12 Nov 2008]
Distributed Denial of Service: Taxonomies of Attacks, Tools and Countermeasures
White Paper DDoS attackers hijack secondary victim systems using them to wage a coordinated large-scale attack against primary victim systems. Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks have become a large problem for users of... [13 Oct 2008]
Inbox: iPhone ad, red boxes, wi-fi piggybacking, sci-fi thinking
Comment Wireless broadband users are failing to secure their connections against people who hijack wi-fi hotspots for their own means. The weekly Inbox column collects the best and most thought provoking reader comments that... [04 Sep 2008]
Warning over wi-fi 'piggybackers'
News Wireless broadband users are failing to secure their connections against people who hijack wi-fi hotspots for their own means. According to a survey by moneysupermarket.com, a large number of Brits are exposed to... [29 Aug 2008]
Phishing, malware and online fraud is booming
News The UK Threat Assessment of Serious Organised Crime pinpoints a surge in attempts to hijack bank accounts using email phishing and key logging malware.silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown campaign is calling for a national UK... [06 Jun 2008]
Windows-based cash machines 'easily hacked'
News ATMs today face the internet-born threat of worms and denial of service attacks, as well as being at risk from malware that can harvest customer data or hijack machines. Security from A to Z Click on the links below to... [04 Mar 2008]
Email Traffic: A Quantitative Snapshot
White Paper Not only have spam and viruses taken their toll on business networks, but fraud and phishing scams, designed to hijack financial and personal consumer information from the Internet, have become so prevalent and damaging... [20 Feb 2008]
