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Apache OpenOffice security fixes emerge
Details have emerged about the security fixes that came bundled with Apache OpenOffice 3.4.0, the latest version of the open-source productivity suite.…
UK prosecutions for hacking appear to be be dropping
The number of prosecutions under the UK's computer hacking laws may have declined over recent years, according to the latest available government figures.…
AWS CISO needs permission to visit his data centres
Amazon Web Services' General Manager and Chief Information Security Officer Stephen E. Schmidt is not allowed to make unannounced visits to the company's data centres.…
Google unleashes Chrome 19, flattens 20 bugs
Google released a major update to its Chrome browser on Tuesday that tackles 20 security vulnerabilities, eight of which are classified as high-risk bugs.…
Norwegian teens arrested over SOCA DDoS attack
Norwegian police have charged two teenagers suspected of taking part in denial of service attacks against the UK's Serious Organised Crime Agency and other targets.…
Botnet army flicks 'off' switch at UK crime agency website
The UK's Serious Organised Crime Agency's website has been taken offline following a DDoS attack that started last night and is still going on.…
London Olympics 'not immune' to cyber attack
Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude has warned that the London Olympics will not be immune to cyber attack.…
Hampshire council throws BYOD party, hires extra security
Hampshire county council is to begin rolling out a bring your own device (BYOD) scheme later this year.…
Freed Facebook hack Brit vents fury at $200k cleanup claim
A UK man jailed for hacking into Facebook has vowed to rebuild his life – and his reputation – after winning an appeal against his sentence.…
Elgamal, Marlinspike join dream team tackling SSL screw-ups
Infosec 2012 A non-profit organisation has brought together a team of experts to tackle SSL governance and implementation issues and promote best practice.…
Ghost of HTML5 future: Web browser botnets
B-Sides HTML5 will allow web designers to pull off tricks that were previously only possible with Adobe Flash or convoluted JavaScript. But the technology, already widely supported by web browsers, creates plenty of opportunities for causing mischief.…
Doh! Sage Pay forgets to renew SSL certificate
Customers logging into "secure and efficient payment service" Sage Pay this morning were served up an error message saying that the site could not be trusted, and didn't have a valid security certificate.…
UK2.NET smashed offline by '10-million-strong' botnet
British web hosting outfit UK2.NET was on the business end of a distributed denial-of-service attack last night that took down customers' websites.…
Graham: ICO will blow £3m on IT services
Infosec 2012 The UK's Information Commissioner's Office is looking to spend around £3m on its IT, with an invitation for tenders expected at the end of next month.…
White House threatens veto of CISPA surveillance bill
The White House has said that the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), currently before the US House of Representatives, lacks enough privacy protections in its current form and will probably be vetoed if passed.…
SSH firm aims to untangle crypto key hairball
Infosec 2012 Secure Shell (SSH) certificate management – a key internet protocol used for remote access and file transfer for nearly 20 years now – can become quite a tangled issue if there isn't a clear management policy in place, and SSH Communications Security, one of the security exhibitors at Infosec, claims it has a solution.…
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