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Article | 15/09/2011 US agencies making progress on cybercrime, officials say
U.S. government agencies are getting better at sharing information about cyberattacks with private companies, but cybercrime shows no signs of slowing...
Article | 12/09/2011 GlobalSign plans to reopen Tuesday despite web server hack
GlobalSign expects to bring its certificate-issuing systems back online on Monday, and resume business Tuesday, it said over the weekend. The U.S. cer...
Article | 8/09/2011 Dutch government struggles to deal with DigiNotar hack
The Dutch government is trying to minimize the effect of the DigiNotar hack on its IT infrastructure but warned it's a time-consuming process: Not all...
Article | 6/09/2011 Comodo hacker claims credit for DigiNotar attack
The hacker responsible for a stunning attack on a Dutch company that issues security certificates for websites warned on Monday that he would "strike ...
Article | 6/09/2011 Free security tool detects banking malware
A Finnish penetration testing company has released a free tool it says can detect all variants of five major families of malicious software that steal...
Article | 31/08/2011 Google one of many victims in SSL certificate hack
A Dutch company that issues digital certificates used to authenticate websites said late Tuesday that several dozen other websites in addition to Goog...
Article | 30/08/2011 Nokia developer forum hacked, still unavailable
The community section of Nokia's <a href="http://www.developer.nokia.com/">developer site </a>was hacked, and some member's e-mail addresses have been...
Article | 26/08/2011 UK charges another alleged Anonymous member
U.K. police said Thursday a 22-year-old student has been charged in connection with participating in distributed denial-of-service attacks (DDOS) with...
Article | 19/08/2011 Anonymous breaches another US defense contractor
The politically oriented hacking group, Anonymous, has released 1GB of what is says are private e-mails and documents from an executive of a U.S. defe...
Article | 18/08/2011 Google highlights trouble in detecting web-based malware
Google issued a new study on Wednesday detailing how it is becoming more difficult to identify malicious websites and attacks, with antivirus software...
Article | 2/08/2011 Apple patches iOS security certificate flaw for iPhones, iPads
Apple last week patched a security certificate flaw in iOS that could let hackers with a 'privileged network position' crack an encrypted session and ...
Article | 30/07/2011 How to survive Black Hat and Defcon without getting hacked -- maybe
Among the thousands of security experts at the Black Hat, Defcon and Security BSides conferences next week in Las Vegas, some will surely test whether...
Article | 26/07/2011 Anonymous hacks Italy's cybercrime police
Italy's specialist police unit responsible for combating cybercrime suffered an embarrassing hack Monday by members of the loosely knit Anonymous hack...
Article | 20/07/2011 NBA star Wade goes after alleged Texas hackers
His Miami Heat team lost the NBA finals to the Dallas Mavericks last month and now Dwyane Wade is headed back to a Texas court, but not to play basket...
Article | 15/07/2011 Critics: U.S. cybersecurity plan has holes, few new items
The new <a href="http://www.defense.gov/news/d20110714cyber.pdf">Strategy for Operating in Cyberspace issued by the Department of Defense</a> on Thurs...