Archive for February, 2008
Poker faced fraud
Email fraudsters are increasingly targeting customers of online casinos with phishing attacks. A wave of assaults against punters betting in casinos run from Antigua and the Dutch Antilles shows that attackers are extending their range beyond targets such as online banks and eBay.…
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BT pimped customer web data to advertisers last summer
Denied secret relationship with Phorm, blamed malware
Exclusive BT’s servers were secretly passing data on subscribers to its "new" advertising partner as long ago as last summer, though the companies refused to acknowledge any relationship at the time.…
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VMware opens its products to security apps
Come on in, the hypervisor's fine
VMware has announced a way to better protect its products against malware by allowing third-party security programs to access key parts of a virtualised environment.…
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User-friendly black hats debut Crimeware as a Service (CAAS)
'Instantly infect your favorite Fortune 500 company'
Security researchers have uncovered a new web-based service containing security credentials for more than 8,700 websites belonging to Fortune 500 companies and government agencies. It allows miscreants to infect some of the internet's most popular destinations with a few clicks of the mouse.…
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Tiscali boss faces board showdown as sell-off rumours swirl
Make him an offer he can't refuse
The boss of Italian telecoms firm Tiscali, which has about two million UK broadband subscribers, is expected to quit the firm today.…
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Paper clip attack skewers Chip and PIN
Tapping up
Updated UK researchers have uncovered a serious flaw in the Chip and PIN machines that authenticate debit and credit card transactions.…
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O2 falls short of 3G target
Promises to do better
UK regulator Ofcom has ruled that O2 isn't rolling out its 3G network fast enough. The network operator reached only 76 per cent of the population by the end of 2007, rather than the 80 per cent required by its 3G licence.…
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InfoJack Trojan burrows into Windows CE machines
China syndrome - for now
Miscreants have created a Trojan capable of infecting mobile devices running Windows CE.…
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RIM opens executive lounge for all
No riff-raff please
When the BlackBerry first appeared in 1999 it may have helped strengthen your case for entry into Heathrow’s First Class lounge. But now that almost everyone owns one, manufacturer RIM has had to create an exclusive Owners Lounge instead.…
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Why Yahoo!’s Stalker 2.0 service is a turn-off
Mobile creepware
While Yahoo! presses on with OneConnect, its creepy "Mobile Web 2.0" service, wiser heads in the mobile industry make a strong case why it's doomed to fail.…
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