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Cybercrime

Spoofed URLs: Homograph Attacks Revisited

Spoofed URLs: Homograph Attacks Revisited

Cybercrime

Spoofed URLs: Homograph Attacks Revisited

How homograph attacks can present a spoofed, malicious link, and a case where a secure connection doesn't guarantee a safe site.

David Harley14 Jul 2015


Cybercrime

Barclays compensates customers after personal data trove uncovered

Barclays compensates customers after personal data trove uncovered

Cybercrime

Barclays compensates customers after personal data trove uncovered

Barclays bank is to pay out around £500,000 in compensation to 2,000 customers whose personal data was found on a USB stick in a flat on the south coast.

Karl Thomas13 Jul 2015


Cybercrime

Millions of records lost in huge OPM US data breach

Millions of records lost in huge OPM US data breach

Cybercrime

Millions of records lost in huge OPM US data breach

The US Office of Personnel Management has admitted that the widely-publicised data breach in June was more wide-reaching than at first thought.

Karl Thomas10 Jul 2015


Privacy, Cybercrime

Aspiring singer jailed for hacking Madonna and stealing unreleased tracks

Aspiring singer jailed for hacking Madonna and stealing unreleased tracks

Privacy, Cybercrime

Aspiring singer jailed for hacking Madonna and stealing unreleased tracks

Breaking into the music business is one thing. Breaking into Madonna's computer without permission is quite another.

Graham Cluley10 Jul 2015


Malware

Adobe rushes to patch Flash flaw under attack

Adobe rushes to patch Flash flaw under attack

Malware

Adobe rushes to patch Flash flaw under attack

Adobe Systems has issued a sizeable security update with patches for 36 vulnerabilities, at least one of which is currently under attack in the wild.

Karl Thomas09 Jul 2015


Privacy

T-Mobile received the most US data requisition requests

T-Mobile received the most US data requisition requests

Privacy

T-Mobile received the most US data requisition requests

Telco T-Mobile’s US arm received more data requests than its larger peers in 2014.

Karl Thomas07 Jul 2015


Kids Online

What I learned at Cyber Boot Camp (Instructor Edition)

What I learned at Cyber Boot Camp (Instructor Edition)

Kids Online

What I learned at Cyber Boot Camp (Instructor Edition)

Teaching computer security to highly motivated students at Cyber Boot Camp reveals a lack of basic computer science education in California Schools.

Stephen Cobb07 Jul 2015


Cybercrime

400GB of info leaked from Hacking Team

400GB of info leaked from Hacking Team

Cybercrime

400GB of info leaked from Hacking Team

The “Hacking Team” Security Company has been hacked and more than 400 GB of confidential info has been leaked by a group of unidentified attackers.

Josep Albors06 Jul 2015


Cybercrime

PCI Council updates encryption standards

PCI Council updates encryption standards

Cybercrime

PCI Council updates encryption standards

A key update to the PCI standard has been issued by the PCI standards body, the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC).

Karl Thomas02 Jul 2015