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Europe’s largest security training event

SANS London 2010 is Europe’s largest training event for information and security professionals which is celebrating its 5th anniversary this year with one of the most …

Comcast hackers sentenced to prison

Christopher Allen Lewis, a.k.a. “EBK”, and Michael Paul Nebel, a.k.a. “Slacker”, were sentenced to 18 months in prison for conspiring to disrupt …

The domination of autorun malware

The top ranking e-threat for the third quarter, with 11 percent of the total infections in the world, is Trojan.AutorunINF.Gen. This piece of malware is consistently among the …

Sasfis distibuted via fake U.S. Postal Service emails

If you have recently received an email from the United States Postal Service notifying you that a package you sent wasn’t delivered because the recipient’s address …

PayPal expands consumer protection

Beginning Nov. 1, 2010, shoppers around the world will have expanded buyer protection when they make purchases at the millions of retailers that accept PayPal. The expanded …

Google offers safe browsing alerts for network admins

In order to help network administrators keep their networks free of malicious content, Google has announced a new experimental tool: Google Safe Browsing Alerts for Network …

Stuxnet shows that cyber threats can impact entire nations

The Stuxnet worm continues to make headlines, most recently with reports that computers at an Iranian nuclear power plant have been infected, potentially giving hackers the …

HDCP encryption/decryption code released

The HDCP cipher is designed to be efficient when implemented in hardware, but it is terribly inefficient in software, primarily because it makes extensive use of bit …

UK-based gang arrested for stealing millions using ZeuS

Nineteen people were arrested yesterday in the UK and are suspected of being part of an Eastern European gang that used the ZeuS Trojan to steal online banking credentials …

World of Warcraft phishing scams

Blizzard’s MMORPG World of Warcraft is one of the most popular games out there, and its players are among the most targeted by online scammers. It is common knowledge …

Michael Chertoff to keynote RSA Conference Europe 2010

Former U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff is scheduled to deliver a keynote at RSA Conference Europe 2010 on Thursday, 14th October 2010. Mr …

CIA allegedly knowingly used flawed software for missile strikes

An ongoing court case in the U.S. has brought a frightening accusation to light. Software company Intelligent Integration Systems (IISi) has filed a lawsuit against Netezza, …

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