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TSA worker tried to sabotage terror database, feds say
One week after losing job
A former data analyst for the US Transportation Security Agency has been accused of trying to sabotage a terrorist screening database used to vet people with access to sensitive information and secure areas of the nation’s transportation network.…
Offloading malware protection to the cloud
Koobface gang refresh botnet to beat takedown
Twitter scourge changes pants
Command and Control servers associated with the infamous Koobface worms have gone through a complete refresh over the last fortnight. Russian net security firm Kaspersky Lab reckons the change up might be aimed at making takedown efforts by cybercrime fighters more difficult.…
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Estonian DDoS revenge worm crafter jailed
Infection still spreading
An Estonian virus writer has been jailed for two and a half years for creating a Windows worm family that launched denial of service attacks on the websites of a local insurance firm and ISP.…
Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn’t work
Tories on cyber war: Waffle, mutter, waffle. Um, vote for us!
‘Computers. Clicking, typing. Email. I could go on’
Tory peer and shadow security minister Baroness Pauline Neville Jones has set out her party’s thoughts on cyber war and defence. Unfortunately once the waffle is stripped away there’s pretty much nothing there.…
Offloading malware protection to the cloud
Password reset questions dead easy to guess
Your pet’s name is Poochie? You’re pwned
Guessing the answer to common password reset questions is far easier than previously thought, according to a new study by computer science researchers.…
Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing
PayPal restores Cryptome for real
Now go away
PayPal has finally made good on its pledge to restore Cryptome’s account many hours after the firm’s head of global communications told Register readers it had already done so.…
Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn’t work
Bogus Playstation emulators pack Trojan payload
‘Will be around for a long time’
Retro gaming fans are being targeted in a new con designed to infect computers with a Trojan linked to scareware scams.…
The power of collaboration within unified communications
Cryptome: PayPal a ‘liar, cheat and a thug’
Account still restricted
“PayPal is a fucking liar, a cheat and a thug,” says Cryptome operator John Young. The eBay-owned payment service closed the Cryptome account last week, with over $5,000 of donations intended for Young in limbo.…
Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing
UK plastic fraud losses fall for first time in 3 years
Online banking losses up though
A rise in online banking fraud losses took some of the shine off the overall fall in debit and credit fraud in the UK last year.…
Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing
Twitter adds filter to cut phishing lines
Every twt.tl bit helps
Twitter has tightened up security procedures in order to curtail phishing attacks against users of the micro-blogging service, which have become rampant over recent weeks.…
The power of collaboration within unified communications
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