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Wallet thieves have chance at guessing card PINs

In Hackers - 24 February 2012 5:50 PM

British researchers calculate probabilities.

Queensland Police buys into number plate recognition

In Risk - 18 April 2011 9:55 AM

First unit on the road for Easter.

49 flaws to be fixed by Microsoft

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 8 October 2010 12:19 PM

Four patches 'critical'.

Mozilla issues critical Firefox and Thunderbird patches

In Applications - By Lawrence Latif, 22 July 2010 9:46 AM

Firm urges users to download updates immediately.

Vulnerabilities falling but malware booms

In Applications - By Iain Thomson, 2 September 2009 10:10 AM

ISS X-Force survey finds some good news, and a lot of bad.

Web Hosting Talk payment system hack revealed

In Risk - By Ry Crozier, 13 April 2009 5:51 PM

A hacker has dumped active credit card numbers of users of the popular Web Hosting Talk forums online less than 24 hours after the site restored the lion’s share of data ...

Record number of active viruses measured

In Applications - By Jackie Horne and Staff Reporter, 23 September 2008 10:50 AM

August was the worst month for cybercrime, with threats increasing by 51 percent.

2008 on pace for record number of breaches

In Risk - By Jim Carr, 7 April 2008 5:59 AM

In the first three months of 2008, the number of data breaches more than doubled over the same period last year, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC), a ...

Russia overtakes China as the world's highest producer of malware and viruses

In Web/client - 25 February 2008 4:13 PM

Russia has overtaken China as the world’s highest producer of spyware and viruses according to researchers at security vendor PC Tools.

US FTC seeks input on Social Security number use in enterprises

In Risk - By Dan Kaplan, 1 August 2007 12:03 PM

The Federal Trade Commission is seeking comment and planning to schedule public meetings to evaluate the use of Social Security numbers (SSNs) by private organisations, the ...

Number of malware hosting websites soars

In Web/client - By Fiona Raisbeck, 18 July 2007 11:36 AM

A record number of websites are hosting keylogging malware to steal sensitive personal information, new figures show.

ICO: Number of data security breaches is 'horrifying'

In Risk - By Fiona Raisbeck, 12 July 2007 10:50 AM

The number of companies, government departments and public bodies that have breached data protection rules is "horrifying", a new report says.

Number of infected web pages soar

In Web/client - By Fiona Raisbeck, 4 June 2007 9:52 AM

More than 9,500 new infected web pages were detected every day last month, latest figures show.

Lost Alcatel-Lucent disk holds personal details

In Risk - By Frank Washkuch, 22 May 2007 8:42 AM

Telecommunications service provider Alcatel-Lucent has sent notifications to employees and retirees about a 3 May data breach.

Unknown number of victims in Hortica Insurance backup tape loss

In Risk - By Frank Washkuch, 10 April 2007 9:54 AM

An unknown number of clients of the Florists' Mutual Insurance Company had their personal information lost when a locked shipping case containing magnetic backup tapes was ...