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23 Oct XDSL gets heavy on network security, building it into every offering

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Does your ISP promise security and protection? As a network or connection to the Internet will, on average, be attacked from at least 240 different locations within each 24-hour period, you need to know. Common threats like DoS attacks, brute-force attacks and port scanning can...

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25 Sep Massive web attack hits security blogger

Posted at 10:21h in Information Technology, Security by riasca 0 Comments
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One of the biggest web attacks ever seen has been aimed at a security blogger after he exposed hackers who carry out such attacks for cash. The distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack was aimed at the website of industry expert Brian Krebs. At its peak, the attack...

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16 Aug Flaw in Facebook Copyright Tool Earns Expert $4,000

Posted at 20:56h in Information Technology, Security by riasca 0 Comments
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A researcher has earned a significant bug bounty after finding a severe vulnerability in Facebook’s Rights Manager copyright management tool. Rights Manager is designed to allow publishers to protect their content by helping them identify videos posted on Facebook without permission. Publishers who complete an approval process...

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12 Aug London Metropolitan Police pays Microsoft to keep its 27K Windows XP PCs running

Posted at 16:54h in Information Technology, Security by riasca 0 Comments
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Microsoft pulled the plug on Windows XP on April 8, 2014. Yes, the popular platform has been officially dead for over two years now, but that hasn’t stopped companies and consumers from trucking along with the decrepit operating system as usual. You’d be surprised by...

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10 Jul Google Patches 108 Vulnerabilities in Android

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Google Splits July Android Security Update Into Two Parts Google on Wednesday published an advisory for its latest security updates for the Android operating system (OS), revealing that a total of 108 vulnerabilities were resolved in the popular mobile platform. The Internet giant decided to split this month’s...

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20 Mar Bank of England to work with new cybersecurity body

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The first task of Britain's new cybersecurity centre will be to work with the Bank of England, the government has announced. The work will involve setting standards for the financial sector in terms of resilience to the type of cyber threats which could undermine the UK...

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21 Feb Privacy vs security at heart of Apple phone decrypt order

Posted at 21:16h in Counter Terrorism, Information Technology, Security, Surveillance by riasca 0 Comments
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A court order demanding that Apple Inc help the U.S. government unlock the encrypted iPhone of one of the San Bernardino shooters is shaping up as a crucial test case of how far the government can go in forcing technology companies to help security and...

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14 Feb Design Flaw Exposes ASUS Routers to Remote Attacks

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A security researcher discovered that some SOHO routers from ASUS can be accessed from the Internet even if the WAN access feature is disabled. The vendor has prepared a firmware update to address the issue. David Longenecker noticed last month that ASUS routers running ASUSWRT firmware...

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14 Feb Teen Arrested in Britain Linked to Hack of US Spy Chiefs

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British police said Friday they had arrested a teenager on hacking charges, as media reports said the youth was suspected of cracking the personal accounts of top US intelligence officials. The news followed a series of bold hacking attacks for which credit was claimed by someone...

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09 Feb UK’s most recession proof occupations are in technology

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Due to the increasing demand of technology across the UK, IT jobs have survived the economic crisis better than any other profession. An analysis of ONS and professional industry data carried out by Randstad Technologies ranked each occupation by the change in aggregate wage bill for...

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