A technical expert with HP-ArcSight says he was able to track and report his Macbook Pro laptop – stolen in last week’s London riots – and assist the police in returning the computer.
Security researcher warns on smartphone juice-jacking risk
A leading security researcher has warned smartphone users of the risk they run by charging their handset at one of the growing USB-linked ‘power stations’ that are popping up at airports, shopping malls and other locations across the US, Canada and Eur…
UK IT profession could suffer as postgraduate course fees face huge rises
The UK IT profession could suffer as a result of the soaring cost of postgraduate courses on the back of rises in the fees for undergraduate studies.
Thales develops on-SIM mobile wallet authentication and encryption technology
Thales has developed what it claims is the industry’s first cryptographic technology capable of running in the memory of a cellular phone’s SIM card, meaning that the secure m-wallet function can operate wholly on the SIM card, interacting with secure …
Imperva says hackers are tapping Google’s powerful search engine features once again
Data security specialist claims that cybercriminals are tapping the powerful search features that Google offers, generating more than 80,000 daily queries. This, the firm says, allows the hackers to conduct a significant amount of cyber reconnaissance …
Source code for SpyEye trojan leaked onto forums and filesharing services
It seems that the source code for SpyEye – the sister malware to Zeus – has been released on a number of file-sharing sites, as well loaded onto the file areas of a number of darkware forums. The move follows the `sharing’ of the source code of Zeus ea…
2011 UK Infosecurity Virtual Conference – Confirmation of Conference Programme
We are pleased to announce the details for our Infosecurity 2011 UK autumn virtual conference, to be held on 27th September 2011. This one-day event will bring together a series of topical keynote sessions direct to your computer and gives you the flex…
Elite hackers create RankMyHack.com
A group of hackers have set up a leader board website called – appropriately enough – RankMyHack.com, under which elite hackers can post information on their latest hacks and allow their peers to rank their network and system incursions.
Black market sales emails are Chinese scams says CA researcher
If you’ve started receiving emails offering you all manner of electronics and similar goods at significantly below market prices in the last few weeks, you are not alone, as a Computer Associates senior security researcher says the emails are widesprea…
Anonymous hackers hit San Francisco transport site in protest at mobile blocks
Hacking group Anonymous has defaced a website of San Francisco’s rail transport company.