Monday, 10 November 2008

FBI investigates data theft blackmail scheme
Hackers threatening to release patient records unless the company pays up

Hackers launch PDF attacks, exploit just-patched Reader bug
Update as soon as possible, says researcher

New credit cards show their smarts
Future credit cards could have their own keypads and displays

Former Intel engineer indicted for stealing trade secrets
While working for both Intel and AMD, the engineer allegedly remotely accessed Intel top secret documents

Android may not need antivirus software, researcher says
Android unlikely to be more susceptible to malware than other, proprietary mobile operating systems, says analyst

Experts to unravel email scam exposed by web mag
Two experts to help investigate a former government official accused of bribery

Thousands hit in broad web hack
Kaspersky warns that as many as 10,000 Web sites have been compromised in a mass web attack

ECPAT website hit by Javascript injection attack
Child protection organisation may be victim of a wider attack

Spam surges as Google's CAPTCHA falters
Increasing level of spam pollution to be found on free sites and branded sites, says report

Worry about browsers not OS, says Microsoft
More than nine out of ten published software vulnerabilities now appearing in applications, says report