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Article | 25/04/2013 SecurEnvoy falls back on fixed line to better two-factor authentication reliability
SecurEnvoy has upgraded its SMS-based system for two-factor authentication with the ability for users to receive one-time passwords via a landline tel...
Article | 25/04/2013 EU parliament committee votes against air passenger data sharing bill
European politicians are at loggerheads following a vote in the European Parliament on Wednesday that rejected proposals to store information on airli...
Article | 25/04/2013 Mt. Gox delays plan to support virtual currency litecoin
Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox has temporarily shelved plans to support a competing currency, litecoin, the company said Thursday.
Article | 24/04/2013 Senator rips self-regulatory do-not-track efforts
The U.S. online advertising industry has not lived up to a promise to stop the online tracking of Internet users who ask advertisers to do so, a senio...
Article | 24/04/2013 Recently patched Java flaw already targeted in mass attacks, researchers say
A recently patched Java remote code execution vulnerability is already being exploited by cybercriminals in mass attacks to infect computers with scar...
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 | 24/04/2013 FireEye finds Gh0stRAT cyberespionage campaigns continue
A well-known cyber-spying tool called Gh0st RAT is still being employed in stealthy malware attacks, according to a new report from security firm Fire...
Article | 24/04/2013 AP Twitter hack prompts fresh look at cybersecurity needs
Getting hacked on Twitter is fast becoming a rite of passage for big corporations, but Tuesday's attack on the Associated Press could be a tipping poi...
Article | 24/04/2013 Australia charges man claiming to be LulzSec leader
Australia has charged a 24-year-old man who allegedly defaced a government website earlier this month and claims to be the leader of LulzSec, a rogue ...
Article | 23/04/2013 Serious flaw present in latest Java Runtime Environment for desktops and servers, researchers say
Java vulnerability hunters from Polish security research firm Security Explorations claim to have found a new vulnerability that affects the latest de...
Article | 23/04/2013 Huawei: US market no longer focus for its carrier business
After facing a congressional battering over security concerns, Huawei's carrier networking group is no longer focused on the US market, and instead ex...
Article | 23/04/2013 Malware hijacks Twitter accounts to send dangerous links
Twitter users in the Netherlands are being targeted by a piece of malware that hijacks their accounts, according to security vendor Trusteer.
Article | 23/04/2013 One in five data breaches are the result of cyberespionage, Verizon says
Even though the majority of data breaches continue to be the result of financially motivated cybercriminal attacks, cyberespionage activities are also...
Article | 22/04/2013 Germans fine Google for gathering personal data with Street View cars
Google must pay a €145,000 (US$190,000) fine in Germany for gathering and storing emails, photos, passwords and chat protocols from unprotected Wi-Fi ...
Article | 22/04/2013 Largest bitcoin exchange, Mt. Gox, 'throttles' trading to tame price swings
The largest bitcoin exchange, Mt. Gox, is in a continuing battle with miscreants trying to manipulate the price of the virtual currency.