Monday review – the hot 24 stories of the week
Written by v2r on May 20, 2013 – 10:53 am -In case you missed any recent stories, here's everything we wrote in the last seven days....
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FT hacked. Syrian Electronic Army hijacks Financial Times blogs and Twitter accounts
Written by v2r on May 17, 2013 – 4:33 pm -The Syrian Electronic Army has struck again - this time adding the scalp of the prestigious Financial Times to its collection of hijacked accounts belonging to well-known media organisations....
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Government regulation poses challenges for bank security, says Australian banker
Written by v2r on May 15, 2013 – 4:30 pm -Government regulation of IT security poses challenges for bank security teams, a leading Australian bank IT security expert has claimed. Regulation forces companies to focus on complying with rules, and may divert attention from other areas, said Andrew Dell, head of IT security services at the National Australia Bank. “The regul...
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Phishers waste woman’s £1m life savings on cheeseburgers, champagne and gold
Written by v2r on May 13, 2013 – 1:19 pm -Crooks who swindled a woman out of her £1 million ($1.5 million) life savings, and blew their ill-gotten gains on cheeseburgers, gold and computers, are now facing jail time. ...
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Monday review – the hot 19 stories of the week
Written by v2r on May 13, 2013 – 10:52 am -It's that time of the week again - here's your roundup of everything we wrote in the last seven days....
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Finding Banking Trojans in Eastern Asia – Report From CeCOS VII
Written by v2r on May 10, 2013 – 8:57 pm -Last April 23 – 25, I attended the seventh Counter eCrime Operations Summit (CeCOS VII) initiated by the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG). This year, the conference was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Security experts from Japan, Paraguay, Brazil, North America, Russia, and India flew to the South American city to discuss ...
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Seriously, this is how the Syrian Electronic Army hacked The Onion
Written by v2r on May 10, 2013 – 11:30 am -Satirical news publication The Onion has gone into detail about how hackers managed to steal its passwords, access its internal emails, and hijack its Twitter account....
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Monday review – the hot 20 stories of the week
Written by v2r on April 29, 2013 – 10:16 am -Catch up with all the security news from the last seven days - it's weekly roundup time. Continue reading →...
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Beware Twitter "password check" sites – there are fakes, and there are fake fakes!
Written by v2r on April 24, 2013 – 1:31 am -After a widely publicised hack or data breach, you'll often find "password check" sites springing up. Some of them are legitimate, but other password check sites are as bogus as they sound on the surface......
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Preventable errors are behind most security breaches, says Verizon report
Written by v2r on April 23, 2013 – 1:52 pm -Most cyber attacks are simple and predictable, relying on basic tactics and preventable employee errors, according to Verizon’s annual Data Breach Investigations Report. The problem is made worse by the fact that companies often take months or even years to detect such breaches. Verizon’s annual report used data from 19 agencie...
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