Security News

Payment Processor Breach May Be Largest Ever
2009-01-21 06:29

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2009/01/payment_processor_breach_may_b.html By Brian Krebs Security Fix Washington Post January 20, 2009 A data breach last year at Princeton, N.J.,...

Clock ticking for hacker McKinnon
2009-01-16 15:47

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7831481.stm By Simon Hancock BBC News 15 January 2009 Computer hacker Gary McKinnon should know within four weeks whether his attempts to fight extradition to...

SyScan'09 Call For Paper - Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taipei *SyScan'09 CALL FOR PAPERS/TRAINING*
2009-01-13 06:01

Forwarded from: "organiser (at) syscan.org" *ABOUT SYSCAN'09* This year, SyScan'09 will be held in the 4 exciting cities of Singapore, Shanghai, Taipei and Hong Kong. Details are as follows:...

The 25 Most Dangerous Programming Errors
2009-01-13 06:01

http://www.bankinfosecurity.com/articles.php?art_id=1154 By Linda McGlasson Managing Editor Bank Info Security January 12, 2009 As banking regulators emphasize the necessity of application...

Data Breaches Up Almost 50 Percent, Affecting Records of 35.7 Million People
2009-01-06 06:32

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/05/AR2009010503046.html By Brian Krebs Washingtonpost.com Staff Writer January 6, 2009 Businesses, governments and educational...

Welsh government data 'missing'
2009-01-05 08:00

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/north_east/7808180.stm BBC News 2 January 2009 Sixteen items of lost or stolen documents from the Welsh Assembly Government have been recorded in the last...

Creating a rogue CA certificate
2008-12-31 09:08

http://www.win.tue.nl/hashclash/rogue-ca/ December 30, 2008 MD5 considered harmful today Creating a rogue CA certificate -=- Alexander Sotirov, Marc Stevens, Jacob Appelbaum, Arjen Lenstra, David...

RBS WorldPay Breach Rings Alarm Bells About Acquirer Security
2008-12-29 08:36

http://www.digitaltransactions.net/newsstory.cfm?newsid=2025 Digital Transactions News December 23, 2008 The latest data-breach battleground has shifted to merchant-acquiring and prepaid card...

Navy Lab Thief Gets 18 Months in Prison
2008-12-24 11:13

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/22/AR2008122202071.html By Del Quentin Wilber Washington Post Staff Writer December 23, 2008 Victor Papagno had two loves, federal...

Top 10 Security Breaches of 2008
2008-12-23 09:08

http://www.bankinfosecurity.com/articles.php?art_id=1120 By Linda McGlasson Managing Editor Bank Info Security December 22, 2008