Archive for the ‘ Security ’ Category

Competitors may hop on bandwagon

Visa has introduced a computerised credit card which it hopes will help banks battle fraud. The innovation could force other card issuers and banks to implement similar technology, one data protection expert has said.…

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EU agency launches campaign

Online gamers have become a soft target for cybercrime, with three in 10 users reporting the loss of items of virtual property through fraud.…

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Undead multi-part exploit walks again

A Gmail exploit which might be abused to allow domain hijacking has reared its ugly head once more.…

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‘I get so much electronic chatter as it is’, Cerf tells El Reg

A Twitter account in the name of internet luminary Vint Cerf has been suspended after miscreants abused it to send link spam.…

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I impersonate dead people

The Home Office today said its new weekly register of deaths mailout is “hastening the demise of a cruel type of identity fraud” by catching pension cheats who impersonate dead people.…

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Mark your diary

Fraudsters are using Google’s Calendar service as a means to develop a new strain of phishing scam.…

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Beyoncé’s not your friend, you berk

Bogus profiles on social networking website LinkedIn are punting malware to the credulous and starstruck.…

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The pursuit of ‘happiness’

Miscreants broke into Twitter’s admin system on Sunday night using a simple password guessing hack, it has emerged.…

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Witless protection

An email error inadvertently disclosed the names of more than 20 confidential informants in a federal investigation to reporters.…

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Alleged two-year dodginess using British identities

An Indian call centre manager is under investigation over allegations he used the identities of Brits to run an insurance fraud scam.…

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