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Article | 10/03/2011 European lawmakers still worried about banking data security
Europe's police force, Europol, has approved requests to send private citizens' banking data to the U.S. Department of Treasury without sufficient con...
Article | 9/03/2011 Tests find security programs fooled by attack vector
A new round of antivirus testing found some products fail to detect malware that tries to infect a computer via a different attack vector, such as thr...
Article | 9/03/2011 Trade, civil liberties groups urge cybersecurity incentives
The U.S. government should look to incentives as a way to encourage businesses to adopt better cybersecurity practices, instead of creating mandates, ...
Article | 9/03/2011 European agency warns of botnet dangers
The battle against groups of hacked computers known as botnets is suffering from a lack of coordination, resulting in a cybercrime industry worth more...
Article | 8/03/2011 Eight security tips from the HBGary Hack
Thanks to Ars Technica and H-online.com, we now have intimate details of the Anonymous attack against security research company HBGary. There are no s...
Article | 7/03/2011 Erase data permanently with SecureClean
It's well-known that "deleting" a file from Windows doesn't fully remove it, but you may not understand just how much data can remain on your disk aft...
Article | 5/03/2011 Germany identifies a secure way to deal with spam
In theory, stopping spam is easy: just make it uneconomic to send millions of messages by charging for each one sent, or make senders authenticate the...
Article | 4/03/2011 Cybercriminals targeting point-of-sale devices
Point-of-sale payment processing devices for credit and debit cards are proving to be rich targets for cybercriminals due to lax security controls, pa...
Article | 3/03/2011 How to browse privately on public Wi-Fi for free
If you're a mobile worker and like to go online using public Wi-Fi services, like those in coffee shops, you probably don't realize how insanely reckl...
Article | 3/03/2011 Android Market spiked with malware-laced apps
More than 50 applications containing malware have been discovered in Google's application market for its Android mobile OS, a sign that hackers are ha...
Article | 26/02/2011 Chrome browser acts more like an OS, but security is unclear
Google has announced that forthcoming releases of its Chrome browser will be able to run apps in the background. Essentially, the feature moves Chrome...
Article | 24/02/2011 Must-have tools and tricks
It's time for another grab bag of hassle killers. This week I tell you how to get a disposable e-mail address to use as a spam magnet, how to turn off...
Article | 23/02/2011 Memory scraping malware goes after encrypted private information
What's "pervasive memory scraping" and why is it considered by SANS Institute security researchers to be among the most dangerous attack techniques li...
Article | 22/02/2011 Lessons learned thanks to HBGary and Anonymous
A week or so ago, I had never heard of HBGary. I assume you probably hadn't either. Now we know HBGary all too well after an attempt to make a name by...
Article | 16/02/2011 Virtualization can be key to cloud security, RSA chief says
SAN FRANCISCO -- Virtualization technologies can help enable better security and control in cloud computing environments, RSA chief Art Coviello said ...