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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 14 hours ago
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When AV attacksIT admins across the globe are letting out a collective groan after servers and PCs running McAfee VirusScan attacked core system files, in some cases causing the machines to display the dreaded blue screen of death.…Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 18 hours ago
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From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 04:20:14 -0500 (CDT)http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124648494429082661.htmlBy RACHEL EMMA SILVERMANThe Wall Street JournalJuly 2, 2009For more than 200 years, buried deep within Thomas Jefferson's correspondence and papers, there lay a mysterious cipher -- a coded message that appears to have remained unsolved. Until now.The cryptic message was sent to President Jefferson in December 1801 by his friend and frequent correspondent, Robert Patt read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 18 hours ago
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From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 04:21:25 -0500 (CDT)http://www.wlky.com/news/19922512/detail.htmlWLKY.comJuly 1, 2009BULLITT COUNTY, Ky. -- Someone has hacked into Bullitt County's online bank account and stolen more than $415,000.County officials held a special meeting on the topic Wednesday night to inform residents about what happened."It's not missing money, it's stolen money -- it's stolen just the same way as if someone had come and took a .45 [caliber] pistol a read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 18 hours ago
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From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 04:20:01 -0500 (CDT)http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e0ae2b2a-66f7-11de-925f-00144feabdc0.htmlBy Javier Blas and Izabella Kaminska in LondonFT.comJuly 2 2009The startling spike in oil prices to their highest level this year on Tuesday was caused by a rogue broker who placed a massive bet in the Brent oil market, triggering almost $10m (€7m) of losses for his company.PVM Oil Associates, the world’s largest over-the-counter oil brokerage, said on Thu read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 18 hours ago
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From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 04:21:00 -0500 (CDT)http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jul/02/us-takes-aim-at-cyberwarfare/By Shaun Waterman THE WASHINGTON TIMES July 2, 2009The Pentagon's decision last week to establish a unified cybercommand to defend the military's computer networks and attack those of U.S. enemies raises at least as many questions as it answers, analysts and experts in the field say."How does it fit into the strategic goals of defending our read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 18 hours ago
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From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 04:20:48 -0500 (CDT)http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/07/03/twitterpwn/By John LeydenThe Register3rd July 2009The Month Of Twitter Bugs has begun with the publication of a flaw in a URL shortening service often used in conjunction with the micro-blogging service.Four cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the bit.ly URL-shrinking service were published on Wednesday. TweetDeck, one of the most popular Twitter clients, integrates bit.ly read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 18 hours ago
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From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 04:20:32 -0500 (CDT)======================================================================== The Secunia Weekly Advisory Summary 2009-06-25 - 2009-07-02 This week: 95 advisories ========================================================================Table of Contents:1................................................. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 18 hours ago
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From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 04:21:43 -0500 (CDT)Forwarded from: Praburaajan <prabu (at) interunix.com.my>Hi all - just a reminder that the Call for Papers for HITB Security Conference 2009 Malaysia (October 5th - 8th) is closing on the _31st of July_. If you have something new and kick-ass to show the world, do submit!Topics of interest include, but are not limited to the following:# 3G/4G Cellular Networks# Apple / OS X security vulnerabilities# SS7/Backbone tel read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 18 hours ago
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The hacker who made the news in 2007 for unlocking Apple's first iPhone has released the a new application for jailbreaking the iPhone 3GS. The tool is currently available for Windows only. - George Hotz, the 19-year old hacker who made headlines for unlocking Apples original iPhone, has now released the first-known jailbreaking tool for iPhone 3GS. The tool, called ‘purplea1n, is only available for versions of the Windows operating system - excluding Windows 7 - at the moment, but H... read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 18 hours ago
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Blue grass county hit by Trojan-fueled cybercrimeA gang of cybercrooks has made off with $415,000 from the coffers of Bullitt County, Kentucky following the conclusion of an elaborate phishing scam, The Washington Post reports.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 22 hours ago
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¡Ay, Caramba!Hackers have invaded the Best Buy website to plant exploit code targeted at South and central American surfers.… read more »
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