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Hacker charged after million dollar heist 

Hacker charged after million dollar heist

In Hackers - By Greg Masters, 19 April 2012 6:49 AM
Scammers made nine-fold profit in minutes.
Oracle patches 88 vulnerabilities 

Oracle patches 88 vulnerabilities

In Applications - By Greg Masters, 16 April 2012 9:17 AM
Fixes for Sun, Solaris and MySQL.
Hal Tipton, Father of CISSP, dies at 89 

Hal Tipton, Father of CISSP, dies at 89

In Networks - By Greg Masters, 20 March 2012 8:46 AM
Co-founder of ISC2 and avid volunteer.
Breaches help bend ears of execs 

Breaches help bend ears of execs

In Applications - By Greg Masters, 2 March 2012 12:32 PM
Make your CEO security savvy.
Microsoft to fix Internet Explorer hole 

Microsoft to fix Internet Explorer hole

In Applications - By Greg Masters, 10 February 2012 4:37 PM
Patch Tuesday to include nine fixes for 21 vulnerabilities.
Israeli hacker posts 18,000 Arab Facebook logins  

Israeli hacker posts 18,000 Arab Facebook logins

In Networks - By Greg Masters, 24 January 2012 9:44 AM
Calls for ceasefire in hacking war.
Spam now using QR codes 

Spam now using QR codes

In Messaging - By Greg Masters, 12 January 2012 9:24 AM
Targets mobile users.
45,000 stolen Facebook logins found 

45,000 stolen Facebook logins found

In Networks - By Greg Masters, 6 January 2012 10:45 AM
Ramnit virus variant harvested login credentials to a single server.
Yahoo wins $610M spam judgment  

Yahoo wins $610M spam judgment

In Applications - By Greg Masters, 13 December 2011 9:43 AM
Could be a win in name only.
Duqu detection kit released 

Duqu detection kit released

In Applications - By Greg Masters, 14 November 2011 10:54 AM
Security pros still needed to monitor results.
Mac trojan found hidden in PDF 

Mac trojan found hidden in PDF

In Applications - By Greg Masters, 26 September 2011 10:26 AM
Mac malware mimick Windows attack handbook.
Android malware outsmarts bank security, steals accounts 

Android malware outsmarts bank security, steals accounts

In Applications - By Greg Masters, 15 September 2011 7:47 AM
Anti-virus won't detect it.
US carder gets 14 years 

US carder gets 14 years

In Hackers - By Greg Masters, 13 September 2011 8:43 AM
Counterfeit cards linked to $2.9 million in fraud.
Hackers steal data from military contractor VDI 

Hackers steal data from military contractor VDI

In Hackers - By Greg Masters, 20 August 2011 9:24 AM
Emails, documents posted online.
Patch by importance, not popularity 

Patch by importance, not popularity

In Applications - By Greg Masters, 18 July 2011 4:00 PM
Patching by popularity is risky business.
PCI DSS cloudy, virtually secure 

PCI DSS cloudy, virtually secure

In Cloud - By Greg Masters, 15 June 2011 6:16 AM
The PCI DSS Virtualisation Guidelines have been released to update credit card payment security to the age of cloud computing.
Two-factor authentication coming to Facebook 

Two-factor authentication coming to Facebook

In Risk - By Greg Masters, 21 April 2011 11:39 AM
Combats unauthorised access.
HBGary Federal faces Congressional probe 

HBGary Federal faces Congressional probe

In Hackers - By Greg Masters, 25 March 2011 10:59 AM
May have conspired to sabotage opponents.
Iran behind certificate fraud, says SSL vendor 

Iran behind certificate fraud, says SSL vendor

In Web/client - By Greg Masters, 24 March 2011 3:42 PM
High-profile websites at risk of impersonation.
US warns of SCADA flaws  

US warns of SCADA flaws

In Applications - By Greg Masters, 24 March 2011 3:42 PM
Nuclear plants and gas refineries at risk.
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