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Financial services firm and foot doctor report data losses

The personal details of more than 600 people were lost by E*Trade Securities almost two years ago.

VeriSign and Symantec say DNS, Trust Services and User Authentication unaffected by 2010 attack

VeriSign claims that the attack it suffered in 2010 has not compromised the integrity of the Domain Name System (DNS).

Voice changer or voice charger?

This week, the AVG Mobilation™ research team found a new instance of malware named ‘Voice Changer’ in the Android market. Fortunately, after our Security research team reported this to Google. They suspended the app for violating the Android Market Developer Distribution Agreement.   The developer’s page in the Android market looks like the following:   The [...]

VeriSign reports ‘successful attacks’ against its corporate network

VeriSign has admitted that it was breached, although it said that it did not believe that the attacks breached the servers that support its Domain Name System (DNS) network.

Government web applications contain the most vulnerabilities

Almost two-thirds of web applications have been found to be at risk from cross-site scripting (XSS).

Ireland targeted once again by Anonymous after copyright bill is signed into law

Irish government passwords were accessed and published last night as Anonymous retaliated to the passing of a copyright law.

Security B-Sides London conference to return in April

The second Security B-Sides London conference will take place on 25 April at the Barbican.

Cyber crime ‘to overtake terrorism’ as top threat facing the US

Iran has been identified as the main cyber threat to the United States as the office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) claims that intrusions are not being detected.

SC Magazine Awards Europe 2012: nominees announced

The shortlist for this year’s SC Magazine Awards Europe has been announced.

IBM moves into mobile security with Endpoint Manager product and acquisition of Worklight

IBM is to acquire Worklight, a privately held Israel-based provider of mobile software for smartphones and tablets.