attacks in news
RSS attacks in newsWorld Bank hit by cyber intrusion epidemic?
News Up to 40 servers have been penetrated in a series of attacks, according to Fox News, including one attack on a server that held contract-procurement data. Two of the attacks appear to come from the same... [13 Oct 2008]
'Broken: E-crime policing in the UK'
News Currently, low-level internet fraud, hacking and spamming attacks must be reported to local police forces. These forces often lack the expertise or resources to deal with the reports or to piece together information on... [15 Sep 2008]
IBM blade slashes security threat
News The IBM blade aims to reduce security threats, such as viruses and denial-of-service attacks, by performing real-time analysis of network activity so malicious traffic can be diverted. IBM has launched a blade server... [04 Sep 2008]
Microsoft criticises Google over privacy
News The specialist security group, headed up by ex-US federal prosecutor, Scott Charney, was established in 2002 as a response to heightened security concerns following the 11 September attacks. Google's approach to privacy... [01 Sep 2008]
Virtual worlds under siege from cyber crime
News The in-game economies of virtual worlds are being hijacked by criminals who attempt to hide their profits through the exchange of virtual currencies, Dr Igor Muttik, a senior architect at McAfee's Avert Labs says in a white paper... [28 Aug 2008]
Firefox extension to protect from wireless hacks
News Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have released an extension for Firefox 3 that can protect wireless network users from so-called "man-in-the-middle" attacks. Perspectives also protects against... [27 Aug 2008]
UK at risk from repeat of US hack attack?
News We are as likely to see attacks in the UK as the US or any wealthy Western country where there is ample credit cards with a good credit limit. UK shoppers credit card details could be at risk from the same wireless hack... [06 Aug 2008]
Internet blacklisting tool unveiled
News Security researchers have taken a page out of Google's book in reinventing the blacklist, a tool for blocking internet attacks. DShield and similar sites offer firewall filters enabling administrators to block a list of... [28 Jul 2008]
Malware-infected site detected every five seconds
News A website infected with malware is detected every five seconds - a dramatic increase over the last 12 months due to the rise in SQL injection attacks. Hackers place malware into the database running a website using SQL... [23 Jul 2008]
Has Barclays stamped out fraud with PINsentry?
News The devices are still vulnerable to sophisticated man-in-the-middle attacks, said Sophos senior technology consultant Graham Cluley at the time of the rollout. The UK's third-largest bank said this week that it has... [18 Jul 2008]
Security heading for the cloud
News But the analyst adds that criminals will also make use of the cloud to reduce the cost of heavy processing in attacks such as breaking encryption keys or finding vulnerabilities in software. Cloud-based malware and spam... [17 Jul 2008]
RIM warns on BlackBerry PDF flaw
News RIM is aware of this weakness and said in its advisory that the BlackBerry Attachment Service can be installed on a remote computer in an isolated environment to prevent attacks affecting other computers. [17 Jul 2008]
Microsoft warns of ActiveX attack targetting Access
News Microsoft issued a security advisory on Monday warning about targeted attacks that exploit a hole in the ActiveX control for the Snapshot Viewer in the Microsoft Access database-management system. An attacker would have... [08 Jul 2008]
Old browsers at risk from attack
News A group of researchers have said 637 million web users are surfing with outdated internet browsers and are, therefore, at greater risk of web-based attacks. The researchers aimed to understand why so many recent... [03 Jul 2008]
The 'multi-component' malware threat
News He said: "Such attacks have all the weaknesses of an electrical circuit - cut a wire anywhere and the whole thing goes dead - compared to the strengths of a parallel circuit, in which each component has to be isolated... [02 Jul 2008]
