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Terrorists, FBI can’t sink Blogetery

A month ago, it appeared that Blogetery, a blog platform that claims more than 70,000 publications, would never be heard from again. The service was shut down last month by its Web host after FBI agents alleged the terrorist group al-Qaeda was using the platform to distribute recruiting materials, bomb-making tips, and the names of people targeted by the organization for assassination. This wasn’t...

Google patches 11 Chrome security problems

Google patched 11 vulnerabilities–three critical, seven high-risk, and one medium–in a new version of Chrome released Thursday. All but one of the problems was in Chrome itself. The additional issue handled in Chrome 5.0.375.127 (Windows | Mac | Linux) is a workaround for a critical Windows kernel bug, according to a blog post Thursday by Jason Kersey of the Chrome team. Chrome has an...

Spanish judge summons Google over Wi-Fi data

The Spanish Legal Advanced Communications and Computer Crime Association (Apedanica), an internet rights group, said on Monday that a Madrid court had ordered the appearance for 4 October. Google will have to give details of the instruments used to collect the data, the nature of the data itself and the number of customers affected. “We are working with the relevant authorities in Spain to answer...

Sophos flags Facebook ‘dislike button’ scam

Security firm Sophos has highlighted yet another scam that’s zipping around Facebook in the form of a third-party application, this one spreading in the form of links claiming to be from friends that encourage members to install a Facebook “dislike button.” Sophos wrote about the scam in a blog post Monday, pointing out that a link to it tends to appear in wall posts that appear...

How to Watch Security Camera Streams on the Internet

Have you ever wanted to see what was going on the other side of the world? With the following information, you can not only see through the eyes of Big Brother, but sometimes you can even zoom, pan, tilt, capture and save images. This is made possible by CCTV cameras that allow people to access cameras from anywhere in the world through the Internet. If the connection isn’t password protected,...

Mobile banking risks and mitigation measures

Mobile banking, and other financial services, enable customers to pay bills on the fly, check and transfer balances and even trade stocks. Most mobile banking services are delivered via text messaging, mobile websites and applications downloaded to smartphones. Research firm TowerGroup Inc. predicts that by 2012, 108 million people will turn to their mobile devices to conduct some type of banking. We...

Hardware mechanisms that protect computers and data

Hardware based or assisted computer security offers an alternative to software-only computer security. Devices such as dongles may be considered more secure due to the physical access required in order to be compromised. While many software based security solutions encrypt the data to prevent data from being stolen, a malicious program or a hacker may corrupt the data in order to make it unrecoverable...

Advanced Hacking Online: Expert Penetration Testing

In Advanced Hacking Online is the online version of the popular Advanced Ethical Hacking course from InfoSec Institute. If you cannot get away to attend Advanced Ethical Hacking due to work duties, budget or time constraints, Advanced Hacking Online is a good option to meet your professional development goals. Rest assured, we have made every effort to replicate the same training experience you would...

Barnaby Jacks demonstrates an interesting way of getting money out of ATM machines.

Security researcher Barnaby Jacks has used the Black Hat briefings to demonstrate an interesting way of getting money out of ATM machines. Jack, head of research at cybersecurity consultancy IOActive, demoed the attack on two common ATM platforms. With one he unlocked the machine, using standard keys purchased on the internet, and inserted a USB stick which overwrote the ATM’s firmware and caused...

Airtight Networks has uncovered a flaw in the Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2) protocol.

A researcher from leading wireless security firm Airtight Networks has uncovered a flaw in the Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2) protocol. The flaw could allow malicious insiders to hack corporate wireless LANs (WLANs) and steal business-critical information from wireless traffic. Airtight Networks security wireless researcher Md Sohail Ahmad uncovered the flaw, demonstrating just how easy it is to...