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Thursday May 17, 2012
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Microsoft issues swift patch for Hotmail bug - Techworld Security (Friday, 27 April) - Microsoft has fixed a flaw in Hotmail's password reset system that allowed hackers to take control of webmail accounts.... - Microsoft Patches Hotmail after 0-day Remote Password Reset Exploited in the Wild - Mr. Smith's Blog (Thursday, 26 April) - $20 could buy any hacked Hotmail account "within a minute" due to a critical password reset and setup flaw in Microsoft Live (Hotmail), and with Microsoft having 350 million unique Hotmail users, you can imagine how busy cybercriminals were exploiting the Hotmail zero-day in the wild. Read more...
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Nissan says hackers stole user IDs and hashed passwords - Techworld Security (Thursday, 26 April) - Nissan has found malicious software on its network that stole employee user IDs and hashed passwords, but said that no personal information or emails appeared to have been compromised.... -
VMware virtualisation source code stolen, but impact unclear - Techworld Security (Thursday, 26 April) - "The fact that the source code may have been publicly shared does not necessarily mean that there is any increased risk to VMware customers," according to a blog written by Iain Mulholland, director of the company's Security Response Center.... -
Facebook source code hacker Glenn Mangham on 'what really happened' - Techworld Security (Thursday, 26 April) - The hacker who stole Facebook's source code has gone public with a deeper explanation of how he penetrated the world's most popular social network.... -
Russia cybercrime market doubles in 2011, says report - Techworld Security (Wednesday, 25 April) - Russian-speaking criminals grabbed more than a third of the entire global cybercrime market in 2011 as a growth in online fraud activity turned the country into a major digital crime superpower, a new report has suggested.... - NSA Domestic Intercept Map? NSA Lies, Spies in Orwellian World of Gov't Surveillance - Mr. Smith's Blog (Wednesday, 25 April) - Jacob Appelbaum, a computer security researcher, hacker, human rights activist, privacy advocate, Tor developer and WikiLeaks supporter was once called the "most dangerous man in cyberspace" by Rolling Stone. Yet many people would call Appelbaum, aka @ioerror, an Internet freedom fighter. Read more...
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InfoSec 2012: One in 10 second-hand hard drives contain personal data - Techworld Security (Wednesday, 25 April) - The Information Commissioner’s Office has published a report revealing that one in ten second-hand hard drives sold online contains residual personal data, with some containing scanned bank statements, passports, information on previous driving offences, and medical details.... -
InfoSec 2012: New online dashboard to monitor SSL quality - Techworld Security (Wednesday, 25 April) - The Trustworthy Internet Movement, a non-profit initiative formed in February to help address ongoing security issues on the internet, has unveiled its first project – an online dashboard called SSL Pulse that monitors the quality of SSL support across websites.... -
InfoSec 2012: IBM launches new threat analytics engine - Techworld Security (Wednesday, 25 April) - IBM is growing its Security Systems unit with the launch of a new threat analytics appliance, which the company claims can identify suspicious behaviour in the network to protect organisations against hidden threats....
