Security News

Ruxcon 2011 Call For Papers
2011-05-18 08:48

Forwarded from: cfp (at) ruxcon.org.au Ruxcon 2011 Call For Papers The Ruxcon team is pleased to announce the call for papers for the seventh annual Ruxcon conference. This year the conference...

Qld cops denounce 'ethical hacking'
2011-05-18 08:48

http://www.zdnet.com.au/qld-cops-denounce-ethical-hacking-339315264.htm By Stilgherrian ZDNet.com.au May 18th, 2011 Police have spoken out strongly against so-called "ethical hacking" in the wake...

Researcher hacks Facebook to expose rival's private	photographs
2011-05-18 08:48

http://news.techworld.com/security/3280301/researcher-hacks-facebook-to-expose-rivals-private-photographs/ By John E Dunn Techworld 17 May 11 An Australian security researcher has compromised...

Regulator plans to discipline Hyundai Capital over hacking
2011-05-18 08:47

http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/business/2011/05/18/55/0503000000AEN20110518003500320F.HTML Yonhap News Agency 2011-05-18 SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's financial regulator decided...

It's the human threat, stupid
2011-05-18 08:36

http://www.csoonline.com/article/682445/it-s-the-human-threat-stupid By George V. Hulme CSO May 17, 2011 Anyone who has worked to defend enterprise secrets from theft knows that the answer to...

Some sites struggle to stay up due to Heroku attack
2011-05-18 08:36

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9216795/Some_sites_struggle_to_stay_up_due_to_Heroku_attack By Nancy Gohring IDG News Service May 17, 2011 A potential DDoS attack on Heroku, the Ruby...

Hack attacks on US could spark military action
2011-05-18 08:36

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/05/17/white_house_cyberspace_strategy/ By Dan Goodin in San Francisco The Register 17th May 2011 The Obama Administration has put the world on notice that hack...

ISI Major hacked army officer's mail
2011-05-17 05:15

http://www.hindustantimes.com/ISI-Major-hacked-army-officer-s-mail/Article1-698006.aspx By Sanjib Kr Baruah Hindustan Times New Delhi May 16, 2011 A serving Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)...

Zeus Sourcecode Leak Opens Up New Crimeware Markets:	Researchers
2011-05-17 05:15

http://www.crn.com/news/security/229500710/zeus-sourcecode-leak-opens-up-new-crimeware-markets-researchers.htm By Stefanie Hoffman CRN May 16, 2011 Sourcecode for the notorious Zeus banking Trojan...

Cyber attackers try Treasury hack at least once a day
2011-05-17 05:15

http://www.csoonline.com/article/682397/cyber-attackers-try-treasury-hack-at-least-once-a-day By Anh Nguyen CSO May 16, 2011 'Hostile intelligence agencies' made hundreds of attempts to hack into...