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Jewish Chronicle site downed by hackers
Metropolitan Police are investigating after Turkish hackers take down the newspaper's website.
Video: Cisco spotlights sophisticated web attacks
It’s a dangerous time for web surfers – care must now be taken to not fall victim to some increasingly savvy internet criminals.
One infected webpage every five seconds during 2008
The statistics show that web attacks are increasing with no hope of relief in sight - with SQL injections looking to be a particular threat.
Facebook gives security software away to protect users
Social networking giant Facebook is offering users McAfee security software to shield them against attacks.
Chinese schools deny hacking Google
A pair of Chinese schools claim they had nothing to do with the attacks against Google.
‘Severe’ flaws in Firefox and Opera patched
Browser giants Firefox and Opera have been patched up to protect against hacking attacks.
Microsoft warns users off Safari
'Carpet-bombing' interoperability flaw leaves Windows users open to malicious attacks when using Apple's Safari browser, the Windows maker claims.
Porn surfing Apple Mac users hit by worm attacks
If you think that you’re safe surfing for porn on a Mac computer, you’re sadly mistaken.
MPack malware more dangerous than phishing attacks
Expert warns that the MPack malware toolkit gives criminals the means to steal bank account details without users going near a phishing website.
Data theft tops downtime in web security survey
The threat of data-stealing malware has overtaken systems downtime due to cyber attacks as the top global web security concern.
Italian police arrest phishing gang
Crackdown on major phishing gang leads to the arrest of 24 people behind the attacks on thousands of websites used to commit identity theft.
Did Google cyber attacks exploit unknown IE flaw?
Security giant McAfee believes that the attack on tech giant Google exploited a new browser flaw.
McAfee mess as anti-virus attacks brings down PCs
Enterprise systems running McAfee anti-virus were caught in a false-positive debacle.
UK is a spam and phishing hotspot
Anti-spam firm calls for collaborative action to stem a fast-growing tide of spam and phishing attacks it has found originated and aimed at UK users.
US politicians pass $400 million cyber security bill
Legislation to fund cyber security research and training has faced little opposition from a House of Representatives still reeling from a spate of...
Google expected to tweak Gmail security this week
A range of improvements are expected to shore up Gmail against hacking and phishing attacks, including an additional line of defence for lost...
Critical infrastructure 'under attack' from cyber criminals
The latest security report from McAfee has shown our daily utilities of gas, oil and electricity are under threat from an increasing number of...
JANET fights back against email attacks
The company behind the UK educational computer network invests in email appliance technology from Sophos to combat the growing problems of spam,...
China denies Google hack involvement
A spokesperson from the Chinese government has denied the country played any part in the Google hack attacks revealed last week.
Cyber attack ‘knocked out' US government websites
Reports claim that denial of service attacks knocked out or slowed government websites in the US and South Korea.<br>
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