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  • 26 September 2007

  • News: Online crimes 'not being investigated'

    Some internet crimes go investigated and unnoticed. Police fraud investigators are struggling to cope with vast quantities of data sent to them by financial institutions, experts at Fraud World 2007 said today.

  • News: Panda worm author jailed for four years

    The programmer who unleashed the Panda worm almost a year ago in China was sentenced this week to four years in prison.

  • News: eBay members' credit card details on forum

    A "malicious fraudster" used an eBay discussion forum yesterday to post confidential information about eBay users. The poster also published what may be eBay users' credit card numbers.

  • News: Criticial AOL instant-messenger flaw uncovered

    Security researchers yesterday warned of a critical flaw in the way that the AOL's instant messaging client displays web-based graphics. According to the researchers, the AIM flaw could be exploited by criminals to create a self-copying worm attack.

  • News: Sun patches desktop Java Windows-style

    Taking a leaf out of Microsoft's book, Sun Microsystems is changing the way it patches desktop Java.

  • News: AOL founder launches online credit card

    AOL co-founder Steve Case has joined up with other financial and technology industry leaders to launch an online credit card company. The founders of Revolution Money say the online credit-card company will transform the internet-payment industry.

  • 22 September 2007

  • News: EXPOSED: The trade in black-market malware

    Ever wonder how the dangerous programs that attack your PC are passed between unscrupulous minds? PC Advisor uncovers malware makers' business secrets.

  • 21 September 2007

  • News: London's CCTV cameras fail to solve crimes

    Surveillance cameras in London are not helping solve crime, according to local politicians.

  • News: Quicktime hacker finds Adobe PDF exploit

    The hacker who discovered a recently patched QuickTime flaw affecting the Firefox browser has turned his attention to what he claims is an equally serious flaw in Adobe's PDF (portable document format).

  • 20 September 2007

  • News: Windows Media Player exploit for Firefox

    Microsoft is investigating claims that an Internet Explorer exploit that allows hackers to use Windows Media Player to hijack PCs also leaves Firefox and Opera users open to attack, according to a security researcher.

  • 19 September 2007

  • News: Mozilla tackles QuickTime exploit in Firefox

    Mozilla has fixed a critical bug in the way the Firefox browser works with QuickTime media files.

  • News: Mac hacker publishes Airport exploit

    Notorious Mac hacker David Maynor has finally published details of a flaw in Apple’s Airport wireless drivers, more than a year after claiming to have found a way to take over a Mac computer using the flaw.

  • 18 September 2007

  • News: IBM warning as malware smartens up

    IBM has reported an increase in malware volume for the first half of 2007, warning that the "exploits as a service" industry continues to flourish.

  • 17 September 2007

  • News: 13-year-old floppy disk virus returns

    A 13—year-old virus not seen since the heyday of the floppy disk drive is believed to returned, infecting up to 100,000 laptops during manufacture by German vendor Medion.

  • News: Identities for sale for just 25p

    Symantec has today unveiled the results of its latest Internet Threat Report, revealing a 53 percent rise in the number of phishing messages January and June 2007.

  • 14 September 2007

  • News: Google demands global web privacy standard

    Google will today propose that governments and technology companies create a global privacy policy. Google wants the document to address growing concerns over how personal data is handled across the internet.

  • News: Microsoft forces MSN Messenger upgrade for 'security' reasons

    Microsoft is forcing Windows Live and MSN Messenger users to upgrade to the newest version because of a security update included in that release, according to a posting on a Microsoft blog

  • 13 September 2007

  • News: Identity fraud strikes NEXT Directory site

    The NEXT Directory website has lost millions of pounds due to identity fraud.

  • 12 September 2007

  • News: IcePack malware toolkit gets zero-day attack code

    The IcePack hacker exploit toolkit has been updated, security researchers warned yesterday. The IcePack now includes attack code designed to exploit an unpatched, or zero-day, Microsoft vulnerability.

  • News: Security help sites targetted by malware

    For two weeks, websites such as CastleCops.com, which offers help to those hit by malware and works to shut down malicious websites, have been under attack. Using a distributed DoS (denial of service) attack, black hats are flooding CastleCops with a barrage of garbage data in an attempt to overwhelm the site and knock it offline.

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