Monday | 22 March, 2010
Stories by: John E. Dunn
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Real Viagra sales power global spam flood 15/07/2009 00:24:00
The truism that spam mostly consists of inducements to buy products such as Viagra turns out to spot on, a security company has found. - +
Researcher shows new SSL website hack 23/02/2009 10:18:00
A researcher has found a convincing way to hack the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol used to secure logins to a range of websites, including e-commerce and banking sites. - +
TJX Maxx hacker banged up for 30 years 09/01/2009 11:26:00
Maksym Yastremskiy, the Ukrainian accused of being a key figure in the infamous TJX Maxx Wi-Fi hack of 2005, has been sentenced to 30-years in prison by a Turkish court. - +
CBS website bitten by iFrame hack 02/12/2008 07:30:00
TV network CBS has become the latest big name to have it website used to host malware, a security company has reported. - +
Cambridge lab sets quantum key world record 09/10/2008 08:51:00
The hugely promising security technology of Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) has moved an important step closer to commercialization with the announcement by UK-based researchers that they can now shift encryption keys around at speeds of 1Mbps. - +
Spammers handed record US$234 million fine -- eat that 15/05/2008 07:19:21
The US CAN-SPAM law has chewed another alleged spam outfit, this time handing out a world record fine of US$234 million to two individuals. - +
Malware threat lists slammed as 'useless' 17/04/2008 08:41:23
Security vendor PC Tools has questioned the usefulness of the threat lists used by many security companies to warn of current malware attacks. - +
UK insurer gets record fine for ID theft disaster 18/12/2007 08:41:06
A U.K. insurance house has been slapped with a record fine by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) watchdog for incompetent customer account security. - +
Big brands slip up in antivirus tests 06/12/2007 08:02:33
Many big-brand security products fail to spot commonly-circulating malware, testing outfit has Virus Bulletin found in its latest tests. - +
Security experts in dangerously short supply 18/12/2006 10:27:09
A lack of security experts is damaging the ability of companies to meet new compliance laws, according to the London School of Economics (LSE). - +
Consumer group slammed for creating 'test' viruses 17/08/2006 07:58:43
A consumer magazine has been condemned for possibly adding to the virus problem by creating a series of "test" viruses just to review antivirus scanners.
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