Adobe has shut down Connectusers.com,a community forum site for users of its Adobe Connect Web conferencing platform,because the site's user database was compromised. On Tuesday,a hacker named"ViruS_HimA"claimed that he hacked into"one of ...
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Dozens of US banks face a "credible" threat from hackers based in Eastern Europe who are planning large-scale attacks next year, a security firm said in a report. The report released by McAfee Labs supports the conclusions of ...
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IMages courtesy Usually when one hears the combination of “hacking” and “college students”, it sends shivers along our skin contemplating the damage. In this case, however, when the elite of the MIT geek core pull ...
Defence contractor Lockheed Martin has warned that the danger from cyber-attacks has increased significantly, after it recorded a big rise in the number of threats to its own systems. The firm, the Pentagon's number one defence supplier, ...
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An inquiry is underway after the website of Conservative MP David Morris was hacked at the weekend. David Morris,MP for Morecambe&Lunesdale,said an organisation claiming to represent"Freedom for the Mujahideen"had taken over his website ...
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A suspected hacking attack has hit a UN agency meeting in Dubai at which delegates are discussing new telecommunications controls that could alter the way the internet is governed. Among other groups,European MPs have voiced concerns that ...
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Hackers have been able to exploit security flaws in a new government jobs website to steal personal information about job applicants. The Universal Jobmatch website has been described as a"scammer's paradise"in a Channel 4 News ...
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Computerworld-The electronics website iFixit on Friday downgraded the new 21.5-in.iMac's repair score to 3 out of a possible 10,calling servicing the computer"an exercise in disappointment." The website urged do-it-yourselfers to look for ...
IDG News Service-A group of hackers leaked email contact information of experts working with the International Atomic Energy Agency(IAEA)after breaking into one of the agency's servers. The group published a list of 167 email addresses ...
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IDG News Service-The Romanian domain names of Google,Yahoo,Microsoft,Kaspersky Lab and other companies were hijacked on Wednesday and were redirected to a hacked server in the Netherlands. The hijacking occurred at the DNS(Domain Name ...
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Most home offices are basically a jumble of files and office furniture, assembled every which way. But some creative folks take their workspace way beyond the barely functional. Their offices are more an expression of their imagination than ...
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The recent cyberattack that infected Israeli police computers with malware was likely part of a year-long cyberespionage operation with targets in Israel and the Palestinian territories,according to security researchers from antivirus ...
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The chairman of the U.S.Senate Judiciary Committee has not reversed course on email privacy and has not proposed to give U.S.agencies access to email and other electronic communications without search warrants,despite a news report to the ...
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Computerworld - Adobe has changed its schedule for releasing Flash Player security updates to coincide with Microsoft's Patch Tuesday schedule. "Microsoft and Adobe are now officially married," joked Andrew Storms, director of security ...
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IDG News Service - Adobe has shut down Connectusers.com, a community forum site for users of its Adobe Connect Web conferencing platform, because the site's user database was compromised. On Tuesday, a hacker named "ViruS_HimA" claimed ...
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