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Article | 16/04/2013 Java 7 Update 21 to fix bugs, change applet warning messages
Oracle will release a new version of Java on Tuesday that will include 42 security fixes and will make changes to how Web-based Java content will be p...
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 | 16/04/2013 Oracle shipping 128 patches for apps, database and middleware
Oracle is planning to release 128 patches on Tuesday covering security weaknesses that affect "hundreds" of its products.
Article | 16/04/2013 Symantec report finds small businesses battered by cybercrime
Cybercriminals are increasingly targeting small businesses due to their less sophisticated defenses, according to a new report from Symantec.
Article | 15/04/2013 Money can't buy privacy in Google Play store, study shows
Paying for an app in Google's online store, Google Play, will banish nagging in-app ads, but it won't dam the flow of personal information from your p...
Article | 15/04/2013 US House to vote on CISPA cyberthreat bill this week
The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), a controversial cyberthreat information-sharing bill, will be debated on the floor of the U...
Article | 15/04/2013 Find My Mac both useful and frustrating for law enforcement
Find My Mac can be used to show the location of a stolen Mac, but the service often does not provide enough evidence to obtain a search warrant and ge...
Article | 15/04/2013 John Kerry: Cyberdefense a major part of Asian security
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called defending against cyberattacks a major part of maintaining security in Asia, and said Washington is forming ...
Article | 15/04/2013 Gambling software developer moves to fix poker game flaws
A poker software developer plans to implement a fix this week for a vulnerability recently discovered by two security researchers who analyzed one of ...
Article | 13/04/2013 Wide-scale attack against WordPress blogs reported
Unidentified hackers are said to have have launched a large-scale attack against WordPress blogs and any hosts using weak passwords are urged to updat...
Article | 12/04/2013 Microsoft amends security update after reports of system errors
Microsoft has amended a security update containing a patch that reportedly caused errors in some third-party software.
Article | 12/04/2013 Researchers find vulnerabilities in online poker applications
A review of poker applications shows that many suffer security flaws, putting players at risk of attack, according to a Malta-based security company.
Article | 11/04/2013 Critics: CISPA still a government surveillance bill
A U.S. House of Representatives committee failed to make the changes necessary to allay fears about government surveillance in a controversial cyberth...
Article | 11/04/2013 Twitter OAuth feature can be abused to hijack accounts, researcher says
A feature in the Twitter API (application programming interface) can be abused by attackers to launch credible social engineering attacks that would g...
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...