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Indian Police on the hunt for poorly secured wireless connections
posted on 16/01/2009
At a conference in Mumbai last week, 80 policemen were taught about Wi-Fi connections and cybercrime and given the authority to order the owners of wireless routers to properly secure them with encryption and passwords. Police in Mumbai are reportedly on the hunt for poorly secured wireless connections, following an incident last year where hackers sent a warning about an imminent bombing from an innocent person’s Wi-Fi connection. A few mo... [more]
When Web 2.0 means Threat 2.0
posted on 16/01/2009
All manner of companies are beginning to adopt Web 2.0 technologies, encouraging employee blogs, customer forums, greater use of multi-media content and images and self-created encyclopaedias (or wikis). As with all new technologies, there are issues. First and foremost, privacy – the rapid growth of social networking has meant the risk of harmful private information or compromising materials being published is far greater. There are also t... [more]
DeviceLock Opens European Training Center to Serve Fast-Growing Sales Channel Network
posted on 16/01/2009
DeviceLock, Inc. has announced the opening of an on-site training center for the rapidly increasing number of DeviceLock channel partners in Europe. Due to increasing awareness of the insider threat to data security and high demand for DeviceLock® software to cover vulnerabilities like unchecked USB drive access, many software distributors, solution resellers and IT systems integrators across the continent are seeking to partner with DeviceLoc... [more]
Cyber-crooks spread malware via spoof YouTube messages
posted on 15/01/2009
According to PandaLabs, YouTube's message sending system has been partly compromised by cyber-crooks to spread malware. Hackers are sending spoof YouTube messages to users to say they have been caught on a spy cam and the video has been posted on the internet. The scam aims to trick users into clicking the link to the video. The messages appear to have been sent from YouTube and lead to a malware strain detected as Autodelete.G. If the user... [more]
Beware of free competitions
posted on 15/01/2009
With more people than ever taking part in online competitions, it’s clear people are hoping to get lucky during the crunch. But with this hopeful investment comes risk. Whether it’s billions on a hedge fund, £20 on a competition or a free prize-draw, if you don’t do your homework you are putting yourself at risk. The onus lies with the person making an investment to be prudent and assess all risks before parting with their money or personal de... [more]
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