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Information Technology Security

Former Tribune staffer denies giving hackers log-in credentials

Computer World IT Security - Thu, 03/21/2013 - 01:27
Former Tribune Company employee Matthew Keys has denied giving a username and password to anyone, or conspiring to cause damage to a protected computer.
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Taiwan security official warns of crippling Chinese cyberattacks

Computer World IT Security - Thu, 03/21/2013 - 01:05
Chinese cyberattacks targeting Taiwan are moving beyond stealing sensitive information, and could be capable of crippling the island's transportation and financial systems, a top security official claimed on Wednesday.
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Website of North Korea human rights group also hacked

Computer World IT Security - Wed, 03/20/2013 - 23:06
The website of a U.S. group focused on human rights in North Korea was hacked at the same time as a cyberattack on South Korean targets on Wednesday.
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Experts: Iran and North Korea are looming cyberthreats to U.S.

Computer World IT Security - Wed, 03/20/2013 - 16:29
Cyberattacks supposedly originating from China have raised alarms in recent weeks, but U.S. businesses and government agencies should worry as much about Iran and North Korea, a group of cybersecurity experts said.
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Cisco inadvertently weakens password encryption in its IOS operating system

Computer World IT Security - Wed, 03/20/2013 - 11:35
The password encryption algorithm used in some recent versions of the Cisco IOS operating system is weaker than the algorithm it was designed to replace, Cisco revealed earlier this week.
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South Korean TV and bank networks paralyzed, say reports

Computer World IT Security - Wed, 03/20/2013 - 03:26
Computer networks of banks and some broadcasters in South Korea were hit Wednesday in what is suspected to be a cyberattack, according to news reports.
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Microsoft: Hackers obtained high-profile Xbox Live accounts

Computer World IT Security - Wed, 03/20/2013 - 00:55
Several high-profile Xbox Live accounts for former and current Microsoft employees were compromised by attackers using social engineering techniques, the company said late Tuesday.
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Apple sneaks Safari update into Snow Leopard

Computer World IT Security - Tue, 03/19/2013 - 16:28
Apple last week silently updated the aged Safari 5 browser for Snow Leopard to version 5.1.8, more evidence that the company intends to support the 2009 operating system for an unusually long time.
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Researcher hijacks unsecure embedded devices en masse for Internet scanning project

Computer World IT Security - Tue, 03/19/2013 - 11:30
An anonymous researcher created a massive botnet by hijacking about 420,000 Internet-accessible embedded devices with default or no login passwords and used it to map the entire Internet.
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JPMorgan Chase customers see zero balances after technical glitch

Computer World IT Security - Mon, 03/18/2013 - 23:37
Customers of JPMorgan Chase reported seeing zero balances in their accounts both online and on mobile, and speculated that the bank's systems had been hacked.
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Internal-use SSL certificates pose security risk for upcoming domain extensions

Computer World IT Security - Mon, 03/18/2013 - 08:21
The practice of issuing SSL certificates for internal domain names with unqualified extensions could endanger the privacy and integrity of HTTPS communications for upcoming generic top-level domains, according to a security advisory from ICANN.
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North Korea's Internet returns after 36-hour outage

Computer World IT Security - Fri, 03/15/2013 - 19:00
Internet connectivity to North Korea was restored Friday after a day-and-a-half-long outage that the country's official media blamed on international hacking.
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Apple not ready to kill OS X Snow Leopard yet

Computer World IT Security - Fri, 03/15/2013 - 12:29
Apple yesterday gave its strongest signal yet that it will continue to support OS X Snow Leopard with patches for the foreseeable future rather than retire the still-active operating system.
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The 'Minority Report' shopping experience

Computer World IT Security - Fri, 03/15/2013 - 12:15
Everywhere you go these days -- every store, every urban street, every car park, every ATM -- there are video cameras watching where you go and what you do. Just what are "they" (whoever "they" are) doing with all of that video surveillance?
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3G and 4G USB modems are a security threat, researcher says

Computer World IT Security - Fri, 03/15/2013 - 11:21
The vast majority of 3G and 4G USB modems handed out by mobile operators to their customers are manufactured by a handful of companies and run insecure software, according to two security researchers from Russia.
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Retailer faces uphill battle in $13M lawsuit against Visa, analyst says

Computer World IT Security - Fri, 03/15/2013 - 10:56
Specialty retailer Genesco faces an uphill battle in its precedent-setting $13.3 million lawsuit against Visa USA Inc., a Garner analyst said.
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Former Tribune staffer accused of conspiring in Anonymous hack

Computer World IT Security - Thu, 03/14/2013 - 20:04
A former Tribune Company employee could face as much as 10 years of jail time over federal charges accusing him of conspiring with members of the hacker group Anonymous to hack into a Tribune website.
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Mobile enterprise management tools are targeted by spyphones, researchers warn

Computer World IT Security - Thu, 03/14/2013 - 11:01
Enterprises that use mobile device management (MDM) systems to protect their corporate data on employees' mobile phones are not safe from attacks from spyphones, researchers warned at BlackHat Europe on Thursday.
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Security pros pan and praise Microsoft's plans on updating Modern apps in Windows 8, RT

Computer World IT Security - Thu, 03/14/2013 - 09:11
Microsoft will issue security fixes for its Windows Store apps on the fly, not just on the familiar monthly Patch Tuesday, the company said this week.
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Kenneth van Wyk: Staying out of the belly of the Internet beasts

Computer World IT Security - Thu, 03/14/2013 - 07:40
It's true: The Internet really is out to get us all. Here are a few steps you can take toward being safer every time you use the Web. (Insider; registration required)
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