Google yesterday said it will pay up to$2 million for major vulnerabilities in its Chrome browser at a second Pwnium hacking contest this fall. Pwn2Own,a rival contest sponsored by Hewlett-Packard,will award as much as$200,000 in a ...
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Computerworld Hong Kong - Apple's iCloud service, which was recently forced upon former-users of mac.com (including myself), has not proven to be a shiny seamless service. Many tech journos complain that iCloud doesn't represent the ...
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In what it says is an attempt to turn the tables on malicious hackers,security vendor Prolexic on Tuesday released details of vulnerabilities it has discovered in a toolkit family used by hackers to launch distributed denial of service ...
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Infoworld - When it comes to IT security, FUD (fear, uncertainty, and doubt) is more than just the tool of overhyping vendors hoping to sell their next big thing. It is the reality that seasoned IT security pros live in, thanks in large ...
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Computerworld-Gen.Keith B.Alexander,the director of the National Security Agency,asked hackers for help securing cyberspace when he spoke at the Defcon conference late last month. "This is the world's best cybersecurity community,"said ...
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The White House has announced that US President Barack Obama is considering issuing orders compelling or encouraging private companies in critical industries to improve their cyber defences. The announcement comes a week after Congress ...
Battle.net, the service that hosts videogames company Blizzard's massively multiplayer online game World of Warcraft, has come under attack from hackers, according to a security update on the game's website. Mike Morhaime, president and ...
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Microsoft has rebranded the Hotmail service to become Outlook.com. Currently in preview, Outlook.com is being heralded as a re-imagined email service by Microsoft. Further reading Microsoft admits to angering partners with Surface ...
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European Union cybersecurity agency Enisa has called on service providers and end-users to work together to protect online identities. Passwords protect sensitive information, yet in the first half of 2012 alone, data breaches have ...
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Computerworld-Microsoft last week warned IT administrators that critical vulnerabilities in code licensed from Oracle could give attackers access to Exchange Server 2007 and Exchange Server 2010 systems. Oracle patched the vulnerabilities ...
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Hackers have accessed the personal details of 8.7 million mobile phone subscribers to South Korea's second largest telecommunications company. Police have arrested two people for allegedly hacking into the network system of KT ...
National Security Agency Director General Keith B. Alexander addressed the attendees of the Defcon hacker conference in Las Vegas on Friday and asked for their help to secure cyberspace. "This is the world's best cybersecurity community," ...
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Twitter users are being targeted by tweets containing malicious links that claim recipients are pictured in an online photo. These malicious links are being spammed across the micro-blogging site, warned security firm Sophos. The ...
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Facebook is to expand its reward scheme for hackers who uncover vulnerabilities in its products to include network vulnerabilities. Details of the expanded scheme are to be announced this week at the DefCon Hacking Conference in Las ...
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Researchers have confirmed the existence of new Mac malware just hours before the release of Mountain Lion, the latest version of Apple's OS X operating system. Within hours, researchers at security company Sophos also confirmed an iOS ...
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