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Article | 3/05/2013 Systems manager arrested for hacking former employer's network
A 41-year-old man was arrested for allegedly disrupting his former employer's network after he was passed over for promotions, leading him to quit his...
Article | 2/05/2013 Dutch bill seeks to give law enforcement hacking powers
The Dutch government today presented a draft bill that aims to give law enforcement the power to hack into computer systems -- including those located...
Article | 24/04/2013 Amazon looks to move security appliances to the cloud, says CISO
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is looking to expand its security offerings with hosted intrusion protection appliances and more extensive encryption featur...
Article | 16/04/2013 Pirate Bay co-founder charged with hacking IBM mainframes, stealing money
Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg was charged with hacking the IBM mainframe of Logica, a Swedish IT firm that provided tax services to th...
Article | 11/04/2013 Hackers could start abusing electric car chargers to cripple the grid, researcher says
Hackers could use vulnerable charging stations to prevent the charging of electric vehicles in a certain area, or possibly even use the vulnerabilitie...
Article | 28/01/2013 Browser-hijacking malware talks to attackers using SPF email validation protocol
A new Trojan program that displays rogue advertisements during browsing sessions uses a DNS-based email validation protocol called the Sender Policy F...
Article | 15/01/2013 6Scan launches free website vulnerability and malware scanning service
6Scan, a Web security startup based in Tel Aviv, Israel, launched a new service on Tuesday that can scan websites for security issues, like vulnerabil...
Article | 30/10/2012 Lack of abuse detection allows cloud computing instances to be used like botnets, study says
Some cloud providers fail to detect and block malicious traffic originating from their networks, which provides cybercriminals with an opportunity to ...
Article | 12/10/2011 Stonesoft identifies new ways to evade intrusion detection systems
Finnish security firm Stonesoft claims to have developed 163 new attack methods that can evade network intrusion detection and prevention systems (IDP...
Article | 18/04/2011 Sourcefire takes intrusion prevention to masses with IPSx
Open-source security company Sourcefire has announced an entry-level Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) it claims will democratize a technology that is...
Article | 24/11/2010 Is SAP afraid of a Stuxnet-style attack?
Enterprise software provider SAP is stepping up its security stance as its once-isolated systems become increasingly connected to the Internet, posing...
Article | 28/09/2010 Idappcom seeks to displace penetration testers
A U.K. company is seeking to displace penetration testing companies with an appliance and software that can frequently test whether security devices a...

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