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Wireless car hacking due to poor security
Research from the University of California San Diego and the University of Washington – and which concludes that modern cars are susceptible to wireless hacking – …
Every week 57,000 fake Web addresses try to infect users
Every week, hackers are creating 57,000 new Web addresses which they position and index on leading search engines in the hope that unwary users will click them by mistake. …
nCircle updates PCI scan service
nCircle released a new version of its Certified PCI Scan Service that is fully compliant with the latest PCI DSS requirements. The new requirements improve the processes …
Week in review: Facebook’s remote logout, malware protection tips and a new issue of (IN)SECURE Magazine
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles and videos: Building secure web mashups In this video from OWASP AppSec Research 2010, …
Automated vs. manual security
In this video from OWASP AppSec Research 2010, David Byrne and Charles Henderson from Trustwave talk about automated vs. manual security.
Trojan attacks remain widespread
GFI’s statistics for the month of August show that users were under attack throughout the month primarily by the same Trojan horse programs that have persisted for …
Spammers attack Apple’s Ping social network
Scammers and spammers have deluged the new Ping musical social network, created by Apple and built into the new version of iTunes. Ping is a cross-between Facebook and …
Labor Day phishing warning
Due to the upcoming Labor Day holiday, consumers are at high risk for targeted phishing attacks due to the preponderance of online retail sales events over the holiday …
Rescue of Chilean miners used as lure by banker Trojan
PandaLabs uncovered a new malicious code, Banbra.GUC, which lures users with a video about the rescue of the trapped Chilean miners. This is a new variant of the infamous …
Phishing campaign targets McDonald’s fans
A widespread spam campaign that is promising cash in return for completing a McDonald’s customer satisfaction survey has been uncovered. The emails, claiming to be sent …
Nagios monitoring system 3.2.2 released
Nagios monitors your entire IT infrastructure to ensure systems, applications, services, and business processes are functioning properly. In the event of a failure, Nagios can …
Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner 7 released
Acunetix announced version 7 of its Web Vulnerability Scanner which features a new vulnerability verifying techniques, scanning engine, support for a wider variety of web …
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