News tagged with secure websites
Experts uncover weakness in Internet security
Independent security researchers in California and researchers at the Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) in the Netherlands, EPFL in Switzerland, and Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) in the Netherlands have found ...
Dec 30, 2008 |
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Informatics students discover, alert Facebook to threat allowing access to private data, bogus messaging
(PhysOrg.com) -- A Facebook security vulnerability discovered by a pair of doctoral students at Indiana University Bloomington's School of Informatics and Computing that allowed malicious websites to uncover ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Feb 03, 2011 |
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Cyber attack on Europe exposes big flaws in Internet security
A major cyber attack in Europe that apparently was launched from Iran has revealed significant vulnerabilities in the Internet security systems used to authenticate websites for banking, email and e-commerce around the world.
Sep 12, 2011 |
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Downadup Worm Hits Over 3.5 Million Computers
(PhysOrg.com) -- Security firm F-Secure has advised that the Downadup worm has spread to more than 3.5 million computers by exploiting a vulnerability Microsoft patched last October. This is achieved by trying ...
Jan 16, 2009 |
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PrivateSky shields online exchanges from prying eyes
A free service launched on Wednesday called PrivateSky lets Internet users shield email, Facebook updates, and other online exchanges from hackers or other unwanted snoops.
Jun 22, 2011 |
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Internet thieves piggyback on legitimate users
Theft of Internet service is on the rise, and experts say only a few of the culprits are being caught.
Apr 10, 2012 |
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Hackers booby-trap foreign policy group websites
Internet security researchers warned that foreign policy and human rights websites are being booby-trapped by hackers in what appears to be cyber espionage.
May 16, 2012 |
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Hackers infect websites to dupe Internet users
Computer security firm Websense on Friday was warning that hackers have infected a huge number of websites with malicious code crafted to dupe Internet users.
Apr 01, 2011 |
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Spam down but 'zombie' armies growing: McAfee
Hackers appear to be beefing up armies of "zombie" computers to recover from a major hit scored in the battle against spam email, according to software security firm McAfee.
May 07, 2009 |
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Hackers breach US Senate website (Update)
A shadowy group of hackers behind a string of recent cyberattacks claimed on Monday to have breached the US Senate website and taken internal data.
Jun 13, 2011 |
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Hackers claim to breach NATO security
A group of computer hackers on Thursday claimed to have breached NATO security and accessed hoards of restricted material.
Jul 21, 2011 |
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Anonymous, loose-knit group of 'hacktivists'
Anonymous, which briefly knocked the FBI and Justice Department websites offline in retaliation for the US shutdown of file-sharing site Megaupload, is a shadowy group of international hackers with no central ...
Jan 20, 2012 |
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Hacker group Anonymous takes down Vatican website
The hacking group Anonymous took down several Vatican websites on Wednesday, saying it was targeting the "corrupt" Catholic Church, a day after a high-profile bust of the group's alleged leaders.
Mar 07, 2012 |
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Facebook users hooked in new 'phishing' scam
Facebook on Friday was blocking links to bogus websites set up to look like the home page of the popular social network in a "phishing" attack by hackers.
May 15, 2009 |
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Hackers make 57,000 booby-trapped websites weekly: experts
About 57,000 seemingly legitimate websites booby-trapped by hackers spring up on the Internet each week, computer security researchers at PandaLabs said.
Sep 10, 2010 |
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