Siemens fixing cyber bugs in industrial control systems
Last Updated on Thursday, 22 December 2011 07:05 Written by External Post Thursday, 22 December 2011 07:05
BOSTON (Reuters) – Siemens said it was working to fix flaws in some industrial controls products that researchers warned could make public utility systems, hospitals and other parts of the critical infrastructure vulnerable to attack by hackers.
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Hackers exploit Internet Explorer hole for targeted attack
Last Updated on Thursday, 4 November 2010 05:21 Written by External Post Thursday, 4 November 2010 05:21
Microsoft on Wednesday warned of a hole in older versions of Internet Explorer that was used in limited targeted attacks in which emails were sent to people in organisations directing them to a website where exploit code could take over their computers.
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vBulletin flaw put online forum customer details at risk
Last Updated on Friday, 23 July 2010 08:00 Written by External Post Friday, 23 July 2010 08:00
A security hole has been found in the vBulletin forum software that, if exploited, would give hackers access to personal information on compromised websites. The flaw, which is specific to the FAQ section of version 3.8.6 of the vBulletin software, could
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Clickjacking Worm Exploits Facebook “Like” Feature
Last Updated on Monday, 31 May 2010 06:41 Written by External Post Monday, 31 May 2010 06:41
An anonymous reader writes ‘For the last 24 hours, a series of attacks have exploited Facebook’s ‘Like’ feature through a clickjacking vulnerability. Using subjects such as ‘This Girl Has An Interesting Way Of Eating A Banana, Check It Out!’ hackers have
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Flaw lets hackers delete Facebook friends
Last Updated on Saturday, 22 May 2010 12:00 Written by External Post Saturday, 22 May 2010 12:00
The Facebook security gaffes keep coming, with the latest being a bug that allows hackers to delete all of a users’ site friends without permission, according to (http://www.itworld.com/print/108668) IDG News. The flaw was reported Wednesday by college
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Scareware sellers fool Google with file switch
Last Updated on Friday, 5 March 2010 05:45 Written by External Post Friday, 5 March 2010 05:45
Cybercrooks have developed a new technique for manipulating search engine results in order to promote the crud they sell, such as scareware packages. Hackers first place benign pdf files on web pages they are seeking to promote, before replacing these
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Microsoft exec suggests Internet tax to pay for cyber security
Last Updated on Wednesday, 3 March 2010 02:00 Written by External Post Wednesday, 3 March 2010 02:00
How will we ever get a leg up on hackers who are infecting computers worldwide? Microsoft’s security chief laid out several suggestions Tuesday, including a possible Internet usage tax to pay for the inspection and quarantine of machines. Today most
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More than 100 companies targeted by Google hackers
Last Updated on Monday, 1 March 2010 03:45 Written by External Post Monday, 1 March 2010 03:45
The hackers who broke into Google two months ago have gone after more than 100 companies, according to an estimate by security vendor Isec Partners. Researchers have been closing in on the unidentified criminals responsible for the attack over the
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HSBC gives online bankers free security software
Last Updated on Tuesday, 23 February 2010 03:30 Written by External Post Tuesday, 23 February 2010 03:30
HSBC is giving its online banking customers free software to help protect them from hackers. The Rapport…
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Google Fixes Buzz Bug
Last Updated on Wednesday, 17 February 2010 10:00 Written by External Post Wednesday, 17 February 2010 10:00
Google has fixed a Web flaw that gave hackers a way to take control of Google Buzz accounts. Wed, February 17, 2010 — IDG News Service — Google has fixed a Web flaw that gave hackers a way to take control of Google Buzz accounts. The flaw was patched
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