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FBI details difficulties defanging Coreflood botnet

In Hackers - By Liam Tung, 28 April 2011 11:20 AM

IP lists en route to foreign authorities.

Lush A/NZ credit card details pilfered by "hackers"

In Risk - By Ry Crozier, 16 February 2011 10:11 AM

Database stolen, PCI DSS rules flouted.

Lush customer details stolen by hackers

In Risk - By Brett Winterford, Jennifer Scott, 24 January 2011 10:58 AM

Credit card details stolen.

iTunes account details on sale for 15 cents in China

In Risk - By Stewart Mitchell, 10 January 2011 10:00 AM

Credit card details exposed.

HTC phone can be used as bugging device

In Web/client - By Dan Raywood, 15 November 2010 12:40 PM

Palm Pre and Android flaws also discovered.

World Cup fans hit by fraud scare

In Risk - By Dan Raywood, 15 September 2010 2:31 PM

Stolen personal details allegedly sold online.

Hell Pizza customer database hacked

In Risk - By Dan Raywood, 27 July 2010 12:01 PM

Personal details of 230,000 customers revealed.

Pirate Bay user details raided by hackers

In Web/client - By Iain Thomson, 9 July 2010 12:13 PM

Records of four million users up for grabs.

Details of UK postal vote leaked on Twitter by candidate

In Messaging - By Dan Raywood, 4 May 2010 10:19 AM

Breaches electoral law.

Akamai report details web attack patterns and techniques

In Web/client - 22 April 2010 12:27 PM

Services provider points finger at US, Russia and China.

US government drops demands for Yahoo email details

In Risk - 20 April 2010 12:30 PM

Electronic Frontier Foundation announces victory in privacy case.

Durex leak reveals customer details

In Risk - By Dan Raywood, 1 April 2010 4:15 PM

Condom vendor exposes customers.

Criminals exploiting flood of leaked personal data

In Risk - By Phil Muncaster, 5 February 2010 10:39 AM

'Card not necessary' fraud set to rise.

Russian security firm rails against responsible disclosure

In Risk - By Phil Muncaster, 14 January 2010 9:43 AM

Posts full details of zero-day exploits.

Heartland in US$60m settlement with Visa issuers

In Risk - By Phil Muncaster, 11 January 2010 12:01 PM

Yet another payout after massive data breach.

Most dangerous Christmas yet for data loss

In Risk - By Dan Raywood, 7 December 2009 11:15 AM

Fraudsters get ready for silly season.

Bogus Facebook page harvests login details

In Messaging - 18 November 2009 10:48 AM

Fraudulent URL tricks users into revealing credentials.

Facebook to shut Beacon, create security foundation

In Risk - By Dan Kaplan, 23 September 2009 11:43 AM

Independent foundation will promote data security and privacy.

Underground hacker forum taken offline

In Web/client - By Dan Raywood, 22 September 2009 10:39 AM

Users' details posted.

Researcher details Facebook CSRF flaw

In Messaging - By Dan Kaplan, 25 August 2009 1:00 PM

A security researcher has described a flaw that hackers could exploit to siphon Facebook users' personal information, without their knowledge, through the use of a rogue ...

Rogue Facebook app harvests user credentials

In Messaging - By Phil Muncaster, 18 August 2009 10:22 AM

Facebook users who allow third-party applications onto their desktop have been warned that a rogue Facebook app is luring users to a site set up to harvest their credentials.

Mozilla Store users suffer data breach

In Web/client - By Phil Muncaster, 7 August 2009 10:03 AM

Change user names and passwords immediately.

Network Solutions suffers crippling data breach

In Risk - By Phil Muncaster, 28 July 2009 9:52 AM

570,000 credit card holders could be affected.

Scam email hits the Australian Federal Police

In Messaging - By Lilia Guan, 3 July 2009 1:39 PM

No organisation is sacred in the eyes of online scammers.

Facebook unveils new privacy options

In Risk - By Shaun Nichols, 2 July 2009 3:09 PM

Users given more control over access settings.

Commonwealth Bank phishing scam changes its MO

In Messaging - By Angela Moscaritolo, 4 June 2009 10:52 AM

A new attack targeting Outlook users has morphed from trying to retrieve login credentials to attempting to infect users with fake anti-virus products.

Facebook to reveal family member details

In Messaging - By Dan Raywood, 12 May 2009 10:38 AM

Facebook may be hit by more privacy questions after it changed the personal details section of its site to allow family members to be specified.

Missile plans, banking details and health records found on old hard drives

In Networks - By Dan Raywood, 8 May 2009 10:30 AM

Information for missile defence, banking details and NHS records have been found on old hard drives.

Facebook users duped into revealing personal details

In Messaging - By Dan Raywood, 7 May 2009 11:17 AM

Users of popular social networking sites have been tricked into divulging personal information, according to the Q1 2009 email threat report from Cyberoam.

Facebook hit by new security concerns over privacy settings

In Messaging - By Dan Raywood, 6 April 2009 12:53 PM

Users of Facebook could be giving away their personal information due to the way the website's privacy settings work.

Aussie stumbles on 19,000 exposed credit card numbers

In Risk - By Ry Crozier, 20 March 2009 5:27 PM

A defunct payment gateway has exposed as many as 19,000 credit card numbers, including up to 60 Australian numbers.

Spotify user details compromised in major hack

In Hackers - By Phil Muncaster, 6 March 2009 9:58 AM

Online music service Spotify has become the latest web firm to suffer a major hack, after revealing yesterday that criminals may have accessed user registration details.

Yahoo to hold on to personal details for only 90 days

In Risk - By SC Australia Staff, 19 December 2008 10:09 AM

Yahoo has announced a new data retention policy that slashes the time personal details are held.

Details of 5000 children found on memory stick in Leeds

In Risk - By Dan Raywood, 9 December 2008 10:06 AM

An enquiry has been launched after a memory stick was found in a second-hand car in Leeds.

Details in upcoming PCI DSS released

In Risk - By Chuck Miller, 20 August 2008 9:57 AM

New changes in the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) version 1.2 have been disclosed prior to its release in October.

Details of Australia's new data breach disclosure laws to be revealed

In Risk - By Negar Salek, 1 August 2008 3:34 PM

The final report outlining the amendments to Australia’s Privacy Act will be released on August 11, possibily ending almost two years of speculation surrounding the inclusion ...

ZoneLabs details Microsoft patch workarounds

In Applications - By Robert Jaques, 10 July 2008 11:40 AM

ZoneLabs has issued an advisory detailing workarounds for those locked out of their internet connections by Microsoft's latest round of bug fixes.

UK's DWP admits pension details leak

In Risk - By Guy Dixon, 13 May 2008 9:46 AM

Department sent thousands of banking details to wrong addresses.

After breach, Hannaford details IT security remodel

In Risk - By Dan Kaplan, 24 April 2008 10:00 AM

Hannaford Bros. plans to implement millions of dollars of new technology that will effectively overhaul its IT security infrastructure and allow the recently breached supermarke...

Bank details for sale on the web

In Web/client - By Matt Chapman, 4 December 2007 10:04 AM

More than 100 websites have been found selling account information for UK bank customers, including account details, Pins and security codes.

Embassy email details posted online

In Messaging - By Matt Chapman, 4 September 2007 3:03 PM

Information that could allow anyone to log-in to more than 100 email accounts at embassies and government agencies around the world has been leaked online.

Hacking device found to contain thousands of personal details

In Risk - By Fiona Raisbeck, 27 August 2007 10:35 AM

Security researchers have discovered a tool used by cybercriminals that stores the stolen data of more than 30,000 users.

Thousands of Monster.com user details stolen

In Risk - By Fiona Raisbeck, 22 August 2007 7:46 AM

The employment website Monster.com has suffered a malware attack with the personal details of hundreds of thousands of users stolen, according to Symantec.

Student details flaw in Firefox add-ons

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 30 May 2007 5:35 PM

As users await the latest Mozilla Firefox patches, expected to be released today, absent will likely be a fix for a new remote vulnerability in browser extensions reported by a ...

New strain of Gozi virus steals thousands of bank details

In Applications - By Fiona Raisbeck, 22 May 2007 10:41 AM

A fresh batch of the Russian Gozi virus has spread across the world stealing personal data from thousands of computer users.

Microsoft to boost Patch Tuesday details

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 21 May 2007 3:58 AM

A new initiative from Microsoft will take some of the sting out of its Patch Tuesday security updates by offering additional information about the patches five days prior to ...

Microsoft to offer more security details in advance

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 18 May 2007 10:18 AM

A new initiative from Microsoft will take some of the sting out of its Patch Tuesday security updates by offering additional information about the patches five days prior to ...

UK retailer Marks & Spencer employee details stolen

In Risk - By Fiona Raisbeck, 9 May 2007 9:52 AM

Thousands of employees at Marks & Spencer are demanding answers after being told they may be at risk of identity fraud following the theft of a company laptop.

Stolen laptop in UK contains details of 11,000 children

In Crypto - 28 March 2007 12:25 PM

UK's Nottingham Primary Care Trust (NPCT) has admitted that "several laptops" have been stolen, one of which contains information on about 11,000 young children.

Thousands of UK's Halifax customer details stolen

In Risk - By Fiona Raisbeck, 28 March 2007 12:12 AM

Thousands of Halifax customer details have been stolen following the theft of a briefcase from an employee's car last week.

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