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13 million MapleStory players at risk after hack - casting a shadow over...
If you're about to float your video game company on the stock exchange, probably the last thing you want is for a hacker to break into the personal details of some 13 million of your players.
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SSCC 77 - Thanksgiving patching, SCADA, Google WiFi mapping and Android security
Paul Ducklin joins Chet to talk about this week's news including giving your friends and family a hand at Thanksgiving, Android security, SCADA hacking and Google's WiFi mapping opt-out scheme.
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Safeguards for ethical hackers spurned by Australian government
The Australian government has thumbed its nose at legal safeguards for ethical hackers, according to security researcher Alana Maurushat. industry professionals say they went out of their way to submit...
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Spam attack hits Facebook's own Help Center
Spammers use the Thanksgiving holiday as an opportunity to swamp Facebook's own Help Center with spam messages.
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Basic error puts anonymous bloggers at risk
In a recent experiment writer Andy Baio was able to uncover the identities of seven anonymous bloggers from a random sample of 50 in under 30 minutes; all thanks to a simple mistake they'd made in...
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IHC, Mac malware, Nerd New Year, Conficker and Privacy à la Google - 60 Sec...
Watch the latest security news in just 60 seconds! Enjoy an IHC T-shirt sighting at Kiwicon; be unsurprised at yet more Mac malware; find out why Nerd New Year wasn't; groan because Conficker just...
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Cyber Monday spam hits email inboxes
It's Cyber Monday - the first Monday after the American Thanksgiving holiday, and traditionally a time when consumers spend oodles of cash purchasing goods online. Inevitably, spammers are using Cyber...
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Justin Bieber stabbed by a crazed fan? It's a Facebook scam
Facebook scammers are claiming that Justin Bieber has been stabbed in an attempt to trick concerned fans into clicking on a link which will earn them money.
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Is Yahoo's $610 million anti-spam win meaningless?
US courts find in favour of Yahoo in a recent spam case, awarding the company a gob-smacking $610 Million. While this figure makes a great headline for the fight against fraud and spam, it begs the...
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Second Dutch security firm hacked, unsecured phpMyAdmin implicated
Dutch security firm Gemnet has suffered a data breach including administrative credentials. Parent company KPN has suspended sister company Gemnet CSP's certificate signing operations.
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Facial recognition comes to Google+, but unlike Facebook it's opt-in
Google is rolling out a new feature for Google Plus users that uses facial recognition to help tag photos. Will Google's opt-in policy ease privacy concerns?
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Verizon blocks Google Wallet over security concerns
Verizon and Google are sparring over who will control mobile phone payment systems, but consumers seem to be left without choice in the United States.
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Six people arrested in million pound student loan phishing scam
Police arrest four men and two women in connection with a scheme that stole over a million pounds from British students.
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Identify your missing security patches this Christmas
New vulnerabilities are being discovered all the time, and attackers are still exploiting old ones. But how do you deal with the vulnerabilities? Patch them of course.
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Sorry, that free $200 JB Hi Fi Voucher is just a Facebook scam
With the holiday season rapidly approaching, it seems Facebook scammers are eager to take advantage of users desperate for a bargain.
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Targeted emails exploit new Acrobat Reader vulnerability
Attackers are taking advantage of the latest zero-day vulnerability in Adobe's Reader software sending malicious attachments to specific targets. Adobe promises a fix is coming by the week of December...
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Four Romanians charged with multimillion-dollar hack of Subway, others
The US Department of Justice has indicted and arrested four Romanians for credit card fraud perpetrated against Subway restaurants and other retailers concluding a three year investigation. Looks like...
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Malicious cloned games attack Google Android Market
A malicious developer has created copies of the most popular games on Google's Android Market and added code to send SMS messages to premium line numbers. The Android Market security team pulled the...
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FTC issues rebates to victims of fake anti-virus scam
The FTC has reached a settlement with fake anti-virus sellers Innovative Marketing for $8.2 million. The FTC will begin sending rebate checks to more than 320,000 victims.
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FBI acknowledges more SCADA attacks, increases cyber budget
The FBI acknowledged hackers have penetrated at least 3 US cities SCADA systems, one of them "major". The FBI is receiving a 12% budget increase for Cyber, but claims the division will double in size...
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