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Re: SECURITY WARNINGS & Notices - Please post them here
« Reply #1500 on: August 15, 2011, 03:36:42 PM »
Anonymous take on San Francisco's rapid transit system
http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Anonymous-take-on-San-Francisco-s-rapid-transit-system-1323033.html
Good thing this didn't happen in Feb. when some of us where in San Francisco.
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« Reply #1501 on: August 16, 2011, 06:34:58 PM »
Not sure if this has already been posted..........as Asyn is vacuum cleaning the web for news  ;D


4800 Aussie sites evaporate after hack....including backup..... D'oh!  :-\
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/security/4800-aussie-sites-evaporate-after-hack-20110621-1gd1h.html

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« Reply #1502 on: August 16, 2011, 07:02:32 PM »
OpenDNS Teams With D-Link to Deliver the Easiest and Most Effective Router-Based Parental Controls Available, Protect Every Internet-Connected Device in the Household
http://www.opendns.com/about/announcements/223/

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« Reply #1503 on: August 17, 2011, 12:50:16 AM »
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US church websites hacked to post appeal for conversion to Islam

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The FBI has launched an investigation after 18 church websites across the United States were hacked and their regular content replaced with an appeal for Christians to convert to Islam.

http://www.barnabasfund.org/US-church-websites-hacked-to-post-appeal-for-conversion-to-Islam.html


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« Reply #1504 on: August 17, 2011, 12:55:01 AM »
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Taiwan opposition says computers hacked by Chinese

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Taiwan's main opposition party said Tuesday its headquarters has been the target of a sustained hacking attack from China and one instance of hacking from the government in Taipei.

http://www.rdmag.com/News/FeedsAP/2011/08/information-tech-taiwan-opposition-says-computers-hacked-by-chinese/


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« Reply #1505 on: August 17, 2011, 01:10:52 AM »
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SSL VPNs pose network security risks

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The use of secure sockets layer (SSL) virtual private networks (VPNs) opens up networks to security risks, according to a white paper by NCP Engineering.

The NCP white paper – Debunking the Myths of SSL VPN Security - warns that vulnerabilities are endemic is SSL to the point where banks have their customer data stolen at “an alarming rate" and "web application developers create a false sense of security by trusting the confidence and credibility of a protocol that is likely to fail them before they can get through a single development cycle.”

http://news.hitb.org/content/ssl-vpns-pose-network-security-risks


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« Reply #1506 on: August 17, 2011, 01:16:05 AM »
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Fraudster used Facebook to hack bank accounts

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A hacker stole £35,000 from his neighbours' online bank accounts after working out the answers to their security questions from information they posted on Facebook and Friends Reunited.

Iain Wood spent up to 18 hours per day online, working out passwords from personal information posted on social networking sites by his acquiantances.

http://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/fraudster-used-facebook-to-hack-bank-accounts-2848416.html


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« Reply #1507 on: August 17, 2011, 06:01:09 AM »
Facebook goes down on November 5........... :'( Oh, what i am going to do now ???

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsbNabK5FDE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPGYznzgK6M&feature=related

That guy used a tanslator......... ???
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« Reply #1509 on: August 17, 2011, 09:05:06 AM »
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« Reply #1512 on: August 18, 2011, 04:48:09 AM »
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Google Admits Handing over European User Data to US Intelligence Agencies

August 8th, 2011, 15:43 GMT| By Lucian Constantin

Google admits sharing EU data with US government
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Google has admitted complying with requests from US intelligence agencies for data stored in its European data centers, most likely in violation of European Union data protection laws.

Gordon Frazer, Microsoft UK's managing director, made news headlines some weeks ago when he admitted that Microsoft can be compelled to share data with the US government regardless of where it is hosted in the world.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Admits-Handing-over-European-User-Data-to-US-Intelligence-Agencies-215740.shtml

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« Reply #1513 on: August 18, 2011, 11:29:21 AM »
Mozilla has now publised version 6 of Firefox.

This version fixes eight vulnerabilities, which Mozilla has set to critical, as well as two high.

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-29.html

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« Reply #1514 on: August 18, 2011, 03:55:32 PM »
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New malware attack via Facebook
A tricky approach can cause immense damage

The past days brought a new wave of malware attacks via Facebook to German speaking users. Many users received a message via Facebook’s chat functionality that looked something like this:

http://blog.gdatasoftware.com/blog/article/new-malware-attack-via-facebook.html