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Last Update: Fri Jun 6 13:02:25 2008 | | + Breach disclosure laws have 'no effect' on identity theft +
Red tape failing to stanch losses Widespread information security breach laws in the US have failed to do much to reduce identity [...] in Europe to enact laws that would oblige organisations to notify customers in cases where their personal details become exposed.… |
| + Attack code in the wild targets new (sort of) Adobe Flash vuln +
At least 20,000 pawns recruited Updated Security researchers from Symantec have clarified an earlier report of attack code in [...] They now say current versions of Adobe's stand-alone Flash application are vulnerable, but that updated browser plug-ins are not.… |
| + Outback hack suspect denied bail +
Strewth he's deleted the system A former contractor allegedly knocked out government systems and deleted thousands of records in ... |
| + Debian fixes serious crypto bug +
Locksmith overtime for sys admins Debian has warned of a vulnerability in its cryptographic functions that could leave systems ... |
| + India and Belgium decry Chinese cyber attacks +
Join the ranks Belgium and India have joined the growing ranks of countries voicing concerns about cyber attacks originating from [...] inside their borders are routinely targeted by hackers trying to ferret information that could benefit the Chinese government.… |
| + HSBC in further data loss +
Stolen Hong Kong server contained data on 159K Security-incident prone bank HSBC has admitted losing a server containing ... |
| + Rare SCADA bug poses power plant risk +
Wonderware scare Security watchers warn of a rare vulnerability involving software used to control industrial systems. A denial [...] Invensys poses a severe risk to the factories and utilities running its Wonderware subsidiary's InTouch SuiteLink application.… |
| + HSBC foils '£70m fraud' +
Police called in over 'improper' transfer An HSBC worker has been charged after police were called in to investigate an alleged ... |
| + Infosecurity is very much like... +
New cliches for old Infosec After three days, 320 exhibitors, dozens of presentations, and even more extensive marketing guff [...] year. Thankfully, next year's trade show will be held in Earls Court, not in the wastes of Olympia, and so much easier to get to.… |
| + MS patch system poses 'significant risk', say researchers +
The fix could automate production of the attack A group of four computer scientists urged Microsoft to redesign the way it [...] minutes by automating the analysis of a patch designed to fix the flaws, the researchers stated in a paper released last week.… |
| + Web infection attacks more than 100,000 pages +
UK Civil Service, UN and EPA among the plagued Hackers have injected malicious code into hundreds of thousands of reputable web [...] on the machines of those who visit them. The UK's Civil Service and the United Nations were among those who had been hacked.… |
| + SQL string in URL exposes sex offender data +
And much more, in Oklahoma coding fiasco Better known for its presentation of stunning examples of how not to develop code, The [...] case of information loss when it published an article on a critical flaw in the Oklahoma Department of Corrections website.… |
| + Google's cookie crumbles under scripting attack +
Taking the biscuit Security researchers have unpicked a flaw in Google spreadsheets that allows cookie stealing. The cross-site [...] to use stolen cookies to access any Google service a user has registered, including accessing a victim's Google mail account.… |
| + UK.biz flunks app security tests +
Risky business Weak encryption or cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities remain a big problem for UK firms. Tests on web ... |
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