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Facebook to improve security with remote control

Posted: September 6th, 2010 | Author: phion | Filed under: Cybercrime | No Comments »

…Facebook is rolling out a security feature that will enable users to log out remotely from active sessions on the social networking site. The feature, to be added to the account setting page gradually, is aimed at helping users to see if they are logged in on other devices and then log… Read More


Virginia governor calls for IT outage review on Northrop Grumman’s tab

Posted: September 4th, 2010 | Author: phion | Filed under: Net Availability | No Comments »

…Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell said Thursday the state will order an independent review of its information technology outage that stretched on for a week and shelved key… Read More


Smartphones: The New Hacker Frontier

Posted: September 4th, 2010 | Author: phion | Filed under: Cybercrime | No Comments »

…In the first quarter of 2010, statistics show that global smartphone shipments topped 54 million a 57 percent jump from the previous year. With such growth, it should come as little surprise that hackers are adapting their tested methods for infecting computers to attack Internet-enabled mobile and… Read More


Global Cyber War Could Be ‘Worse Than a Tsunami’

Posted: September 4th, 2010 | Author: phion | Filed under: Cybercrime | No Comments »

…Image: Juan Fuertes International cyberwar would be “worse than a tsunami” and should be avoided by a global cybersecurity peace treaty, said the head of the International Telecommunications Union Hamadoun… Read More


Women Did Well on Defcon Social Engineering Test

Posted: September 3rd, 2010 | Author: phion | Filed under: Cybercrime | No Comments »

…Of the 135 people Fortune 500 employees targeted by social engineering hackers in a recent contest only five of them refused to give up any corporate information… Read More


Israel Data Access Stopped After Irish Objection

Posted: September 3rd, 2010 | Author: phion | Filed under: Data Protection | No Comments »

…Objections levied by Irish European officials have put a stop to Israel gaining recognition for its data protection and access to sensitive… Read More