The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has admitted that it does not keep a running total of security breaches committed on its sensitive Customer Information System (CIS) database, prompting accusations that it is not taking adequate steps to prot…
US largest card incident hacker has track record says Miami Herald
As the fall-out in the Albert Gonzalez credit card hacking case – in which the card hacker was charged earlier this week with gaining unauthorized access to 130 million people’s card details from major merchants – continues, the Miami Herald has publis…
US largest card incident hacker has track record says Miami Herald
As the fall-out in the Albert Gonzalez credit card hacking case – in which the card hacker was charged earlier this week with gaining unauthorized access to 130 million people’s card details from major merchants – continues, the Miami Herald has publis…
China jails four for `Tomato Garden’ Windows XP piracy
A Chinese court has jailed four people for creating and distributing the `Tomato Garden’ cracked version of Windows XP, which is still being illegally sold on smaller internet auction sites and through other pirate software channels in the UK
China jails four for `Tomato Garden’ Windows XP piracy
A Chinese court has jailed four people for creating and distributing the `Tomato Garden’ cracked version of Windows XP, which is still being illegally sold on smaller internet auction sites and through other pirate software channels in the UK
Motorola tackles problem of wireless LAN security
Motorola has taken the wraps off a remote wireless security testing package that the company says can pro-actively assess the security posture of wireless networks.
Radisson database hacked
Radisson Hotels & Resorts has announced that its computer systems have been accessed without authorisation between November 2008 and May 2009. Radisson is not saying, however, whether the unauthorised incursion was caused by hackers or an internal secu…
Rogueware is the new cybercrime threat says PandaLabs
Research just released by PandaLabs claims that a new category of malware has arrived in the information security threats industry. Known as rogueware, the threat has, the company says, become a thriving business area for cybercriminals because the ind…
Australian ISPs tackling ongoing DDOS attack
Reports are coming in from Australia that two ISPs – aaNet and EFTel – having been subjected to a distributed denial of service (DDOS) attack for the last two weeks, are taking action. The attacks have resulted in many users of the ISPs being restricte…
Hackers steal unpublished Leona Lewis songs
Hackers have broken into the IT system at Simon Cowell’s record label, Syco Records, stolen three unreleased Leona Lewis songs, and leaked them online.