More Security Articles

  • 19 May 2011

  • News: Airlines slowly beating online ticket fraud, report finds

    The world’s airlines got better at detecting online fraud during 2010, with the number of rejected bookings rising to over three in every hundred attempted, a new survey has calculated.

  • News: Siemens industrial-control security vulnerability could be disclosed today

    Although a public talk about new vulnerabilities found in Siemens industrial control systems (ICS) was pulled yesterday from a conference agenda due to its sensitive nature, the head of the vulnerability-test group that discovered the security holes said it expects Siemens will soon have a fix and will be discussing it.

  • Opinion: Information Security Trends in Asia Pacific Retail

    Information security is going to face a new economic order: the state of information security, compliance and governance is at an inflection point. Now that its strategic significance has been recognized more than ever before within retail companies and budgets for addressing information security appearing to have stabilized, it is ready for a move to the next part of the curve: addressing growing risks of cyber security and meeting the challenges of new opportunities - such as cloud, social networking and mobility.

  • News: Six rising threats from cybercriminals

    Hackers never sleep, it seems. Just when you think you've battened down the hatches and fully protected yourself or your business from electronic security risks, along comes a new exploit to keep you up at night. It might be an SMS text message with a malevolent payload or a stalker who dogs your every step online. Or maybe it's an emerging technology like in-car Wi-Fi that suddenly creates a whole new attack vector.

  • Opinion: Google Won't Dabble in Facial Recognition Search System

    Google will not be building a facial recognition search system, even though facial recognition technology is quickly advancing. According to The Telegraph, Google's executive chairman, Eric Schmidt, believes the "surprising accuracy" of facial recognition technology is "very concerning."

  • News: Google to fix Android data flaw in 'next few days'

    Google has confirmed a flaw in its Android OS that could potentially see personal data leaked and revealed it will roll out a fix within "the next few days".

  • News: Google won't develop a facial recognition database

    Google is "unlikely" to develop a database that uses facial recognition to identify web users in images used within its services, says CEO Eric Schmidt.

  • News: Siemens SCADA hacking talk pulled over security concerns

    A planned presentation on security vulnerabilities in Siemens industrial control systems was pulled Wednesday over worries that the information in the talk was too dangerous to be released.

  • 18 May 2011

  • News: Credit card providers leave EMV skimming hole open

    The Webwereld story, "Credit card providers leave EMV skimming hole open," posted Wednesday, incorrectly reported the date of a paper by Ross Anderson. The correct year is 2008. The story has been changed on the wire and the eighth paragraph now reads:

  • News: Sony PSN 'gets hacked again'

    It seems that Sony's PSN online gaming network may have suffered yet another hack, or at least a problem with its security.

  • News: Credit card providers leave EMV skimming hole open

    Security researches are urging credit card providers to fix a so-called skimming hole in their electronic payment protocol through which criminals can harvest PIN codes that can be used, along with stolen cards, to empty bank accounts.

  • News: California Social Networking Bill Makes Sense

    Facebook, Google, Skype, and Twitter have joined forces to oppose a bill from a California senator that would force online services to lock down personal information by default. The united front from the Internet, though, illustrates exactly why such a bill might just be the solution we need.

  • Opinion: Adobe gives Users Privacy Controls

    This month Skype released a long awaited patch for a vulnerability that is extremely dangerous and could allow an attacker to remotely gain control of a system. Adobe released privacy controlls earlier this month, allowing you to control how much privacy you want. Microsoft also released a tiny Patch Tuesday.

  • News: AusCERT 2011: NASA not immune to cyber attack

    A NASA employee has given an insight into its security system, with the agent saying that NASA is often affected by hackers.

  • News: Ronaldinho website defaced with Star Wars images

    The fansite of former Brazil and Barcelona footballer Ronaldinho was defaced at the weekend and photographs of star replaced with mocking images of Osama Bin Laden and Star Wars character Jar Jar Binks.

  • News: AusCERT 2011: Routing systems 'based on gossip'

    IT managers are under threat from routing systems that are providing easy access for fraudsters, the Chief Scientist at the Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) has claimed.

  • News: AusCERT 2011: How the US Secret Service solved the TJX case

    The US Secret Service has offered insights into its handling of the TJX cyber crime case, explaining that co-operation across national borders was vital to catching Albert Gonzalez.

  • News: Many browsers runs insecure plug-ins, analysis finds

    Large numbers of web browsers run out of date plug-ins that render them vulnerable to security exploits, a new analysis by security management company Qualys has found.

  • News: Israel, Iran announce strategies to counter cyberthreats

    Israel is setting up a national task force to expand the state's ability to defend vital infrastructure networks from cyberterrorist attacks by foreign countries and terrorist elements, according to a report on Wednesday report from the country's prime minister's office.

  • News: Majority of UK workers 'get no IT security training'

    The majority of UK workers have no instruction from their employers on how to protect themselves from data loss or malicious software, according to research.

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