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[amysheehan]

Tighter security coming for .org names
11 March 2010, 5:00 pm

The Public Interest Registry will add an extra layer of security known as DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC) to the .org domain in June -- a move that will protect millions of non-profit organizations and their donors from hacking attacks known as cache poisoning.

Source: Network World on Security

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[amysheehan]

HSBC: Data theft incident broader than first thought
11 March 2010, 5:00 pm

HSBC said Thursday about 15,000 accounts of its Swiss private banking unit were compromised after an employee allegedly stole data, some of which ended up in the hands of French tax authorities.

Source: Network World on Security

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[amysheehan]

IE zero-day exploit code goes public
11 March 2010, 5:00 pm

An Israeli researcher has published exploit code for an Internet Explorer zero-day vulnerability that Microsoft had just disclosed on Tuesday.

Source: Network World on Security

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[amysheehan]

EU Parliament rejects ACTA in 663 to 13 vote for openness
11 March 2010, 5:00 pm

The EU Parliament has voted 663 to 13 against the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), arguing that it contradicts agreed EU laws on counterfeiting and piracy online.

Source: Network World on Security

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[amysheehan]

Online banking fraud losses rise to nearly £60 million
11 March 2010, 5:00 pm

Online banking fraud losses increased by 14 percent to £59.7 million last year, according to the latest figures from The UK Cards Association.

Source: Network World on Security

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[amysheehan]

Celebrities caused 2009 Twitter crime wave
11 March 2010, 5:00 pm

Criminals started targeting Twitter in earnest during a key period in early 2009, and security company Barracuda Labs has worked out why. During the same few weeks a key list of a-list celebrities joined the site.

Source: Network World on Security

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[amysheehan]

Online banking fraud surges by 14 percent
11 March 2010, 5:00 pm

Online banking fraud surged by 14 percent in 2009, says the UK Cards Association.

Source: Network World on Security

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[amysheehan]

Biometrics: What, Where and Why
11 March 2010, 5:00 pm

Biometrics encompasses a variety of methods for ensuring identity based on physical or behavioral traits. Conventional identifying traits include fingerprints, face topology, iris structure, hand geometry, vein structure, voice, signature and keystroke recognition. Emerging technologies analyze characteristics such as gait, odor, and ear shape. Rather than being used in isolation, biometrics systems are increasingly becoming multimodal, an approach that serves both to increase security and overcome failure-to-enroll problems.

Source: Network World on Security

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[amysheehan]

Pennsylvania fires CISO over RSA talk
11 March 2010, 5:00 pm

Pennsylvania's chief information security officer, Robert Maley, has been fired, apparently for talking publicly at the RSA security conference last week about a recent incident involving the Commonwealths online driving exam scheduling system.

Source: Network World on Security

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[amysheehan]

Hackers love to exploit PDF bugs, says researcher
10 March 2010, 5:00 pm

Hackers adore Adobe Reader, and have pushed it into first place as the software most often exploited in targeted attacks, F-Secure said today.

Source: Network World on Security

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[amysheehan]

Hackers exploit latest IE zero-day with drive-by attacks
10 March 2010, 5:00 pm

Hackers are exploiting the just-disclosed unpatched bug in Internet Explorer (IE) to launch drive-by attacks from malicious Web sites, security researchers said today.

Source: Network World on Security

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[amysheehan]

European Parliament demands transparency in ACTA talks
10 March 2010, 5:00 pm

The European Parliament demanded Wednesday that the European Commission open up secret negotiations about an anticounterfeiting trade agreement (ACTA) to the public.

Source: Network World on Security

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[amysheehan]

Former TSA analyst charged with computer tampering
10 March 2010, 5:00 pm

A U.S. Transport Security Administration analyst has been indicted with tampering with databases used by the TSA to identify possible terrorists who may be trying to fly in the U.S.

Source: Network World on Security

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[amysheehan]

Online industry unites against Digital Economy Bill
10 March 2010, 5:00 pm

Google, Yahoo, eBay, Facebook, Orange, Talk Talk and BT have singed an open letter  to the Financial Times condemning a bill in parliament that they say “threatens freedom of speech and the open internet”.

Source: Network World on Security

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[amysheehan]

Cyberattacks raise e-banking security fears
10 March 2010, 5:00 pm

Increasing cyberattacks against the online bank accounts of small and mid-size businesses has prompted growing calls for improved online banking security.

Source: Network World on Security

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