Want a shiny iThing? Get your passport out
Exclusive Apple is believed to have asked some online shoppers to hand over copies of their driving licence, passport and bank statements to verify their identity.…
Melbourne IT admits hack, says ’twas but a flesh wound
Report says Oz outfit hacked to harm Twitter’s DNS
Australian domain registrar Melbourne IT admits “an unauthorised third party” has attacked the company, but says the incident was minor.…
U.S. says Chinese government behind cyberespionage
Annual report alleges steady campaign of hacking designed to acquire information about the U.S. government’s foreign policy and military plans.
U.S. says Chinese government behind cyberespionage
Annual report alleges steady campaign of hacking designed to acquire information about the U.S. government’s foreign policy and military plans.
Cyberattacks triple in 2012, Akamai says
China remains the largest culprit, with 41 percent of fourth-quarter observed attack traffic originating in the country, up from 33 percent in the third quarter.
Top Wi-Fi routers easy to hack, says study
The most popular home wireless routers are easily hacked and there’s little you can do to stop it, says a new study by research firm Independent Security Evaluators.
Targeted cyberattacks jump 42 percent in 2012, Symantec says
The security company’s latest Threats Report shows a small decline in spam and a huge rise in the number of targeted attacks.
North Korea behind March cyberattack, says South Korea
The South is now blaming the North for a hacking attack targeted at banks and TV stations.
SSH an ill-managed mess says SSH author Tatu Ylonen
IETF draft a first step to new version
Tatu Ylonen, author of the SSH protocol, isn’t afraid of criticising his own work: he’s calling for a new version of the Secure Shell to make it more manageable and get rid of the problem of undocumented rogue keys.…
‘Game of Thrones’ sets piracy record, report says
The first episode of the new season has reached over a million downloads, just two days after the show aired for the first time.
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