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German Software Company Threatens Security Researcher With Lawsuit
By Fahmida Y. Rashid | Posted: 2011-04-29
A German software company has threatened legal action against a security researcher for privately reporting a critical vulnerability.
Lawyers from Magix AG sent
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DoJ Drops Case Against Wiretapping Whisteblower
By Fahmida Y. Rashid | Posted: 2011-04-27
The government has dropped its years-long investigation against a lawyer who blew the whistle on the Bush administration's warrantless wiretapping program. Criminal charges will
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Oak Ridge Still Not Back Online
By Fahmida Y. Rashid | Posted: 2011-04-26
Ten days after IT administrators cut off Internet access at a federal research facility in Tennessee after a successful spear phishing attack, the laboratory remains disconnected.
Administrators
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Oracle Fixes Java.com Security Flaw
By Fahmida Y. Rashid | Posted: 2011-04-25
After an ethical hacking group exposed a security flaw in Java.com, Oracle quickly patched it. This is the third Website belonging to Oracle with a major Web application vulnerability publicized
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Kaspersky CEO: Stop Talking About My Family
By Fahmida Y. Rashid | Posted: 2011-04-22
Kaspersky Lab has finally commented on reports that the CEO's son may have been kidnapped. It told Russian media to stop talking about it.
"Kaspersky Lab calls on the media to stop spreading rumors and speculation about the events related to the family members of Yevgeny Kaspersky," the firm said in
Cyber-Thief Hackett Pleads Guilty to Credit Card Theft
By Fahmida Y. Rashid | Posted: 2011-04-21
And yet another cyber-thief faces prison time.
Rogelio Hacket, Jr, is the latest cyber-criminal to admitting to stealing credit card numbers and selling them to others. The
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Microsoft to Disclose Third Party Vulnerabilities
By Fahmida Y. Rashid | Posted: 2011-04-20
Microsoft will begin disclosing vulnerabilities it finds in third-party Windows software in addition to its own products. It started off with two bugs in Google's Chrome Web
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European Space Agency FTP Servers Breached
By Fahmida Y. Rashid | Posted: 2011-04-18
The same hacker who compromised MySQL.com and Sun.com last month claimed to have breached the European Space Agency.
Approximately 200 usernames, passwords and email addresses related to
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Federal Reserve Hacker Lin Mun Poo Pleads Guilty
By Fahmida Y. Rashid | Posted: 2011-04-15
A Malaysian man accused of hacking into a Federal Reserve computer pleaded guilty to possessing stolen credit and debit card numbers.
Government prosecutors said the defendant, Lin Mun Poo, planned to sell the credit and debit card numbers he stole to others. Poo entered his guilty plea on one count of
RIM CEO Storms Out of Interview on India Question
By Fahmida Y. Rashid | Posted: 2011-04-14
Mike Lazaridis, the co-CEO of Research in Motion, abruptly terminated an interview with BBC when he was asked about RIM's problems in India and the Middle East over the BlackBerry. Lazaridis called the question unfair, and based on the video of the interview available on a BBC blog, he just
Adobe to Patch Flash Zero Day Bug This Week
By Fahmida Y. Rashid | Posted: 2011-04-13
Adobe has updated its advisory from earlier this week warning users of another Flash zero-day bug with the expected patch timing.
Adobe will update Flash Player 10.2.153.1 and earlier
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Sony, GeoHot Settles PS3 Hacking Lawsuit
By Fahmida Y. Rashid | Posted: 2011-04-11
Sony has settled its lawsuit against GeoHot, the hacker who published the secret key to jailbreak the PlayStation 3 console. George Hotz's code allowed users to install unofficial firmware
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Apple's iOS 4.3.1 Jailbreak Available in Latest Pwnage Tool
By Fahmida Y. Rashid | Posted: 2011-04-07
The iPhone Dev-Team released Pwnage Tool 4.2 on April 3, which would allow users to jailbreak their iPhones to version 4.3.1. Apple released 4.3.1 on March 27.
While the firmware had been cracked that same day, the team didn't make the Pwnage Tool available on the Dev-Team's Web site immediately.
The
Former Gucci Employee Indicted for IT Rampage
By Fahmida Y. Rashid | Posted: 2011-04-06
A network engineer at Gucci America was indicted on charges of illegally accessing the company's network and deleting documents shortly after he was fired. His IT rampage cost Gucci an
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Anonymous Gets Personal with Sony Attack
By Fahmida Y. Rashid | Posted: 2011-04-05
Hacktivist group Anonymous took a break from attacking banks, government sites and online services to focus on Sony in retaliation for the company's legal action against PlayStation 3 hacker
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