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Up to 1.7m people's data missing
Source: BBC NewsPosted at 16:30:00, Mon 13th October 2008 by Administrator
A missing computer hard drive may have contained details of 1.7 million people who had enquired about joining the armed forces, the government has said.
Deloitte loses hundreds of thousands of pension details
Source: The RegisterPosted at 12:55:09, Mon 13th October 2008 by Administrator
Vodafone, rail union and others. Deloitte has admitted losing a laptop containing thousands of people's pension details, but said the data was encrypted and the machine password-protected, and it had no evidence the data had been misused.
World Bank denies hackers pwned key systems
Source: The RegisterPosted at 12:55:09, Mon 13th October 2008 by Administrator
'They never got in'. The World Bank has denied reports that hackers penetrated its network on multiple occasions over the last year.
EDS loses hard drive holding armed forces data
Source: Out-LawPosted at 11:08:13, Mon 13th October 2008 by Administrator
The Ministry of Defence confirmed on Friday that it has launched an investigation into the loss of a computer hard drive with the private details of thousands of members of the armed forces.
Asus offers replacement Eee Boxes after Japanese virus trike
Source: The RegisterPosted at 10:22:09, Mon 13th October 2008 by Administrator
Limited impact. Asus today claimed it had "resolved" the unfortunate appearance of a virus on Eee Box mini desktop PCs sold in Japan.
World Bank hit by cyberattacks, claims report
Source: ZDNet UK SecurityPosted at 10:08:06, Mon 13th October 2008 by Administrator
Up to 40 servers have been penetrated in a series of attacks that have been under investigation by the FBI since last year, according to a report by Fox News.
World's largest quantum-encrypted network unveiled
Source: ZDNet UK SecurityPosted at 09:55:05, Mon 13th October 2008 by Administrator
The network is the result of more than four years of work, with organisations from 12 countries working to integrate quantum cryptography into a modern business network.
IDS Signature for DATAC RealWin SCADA Sever Exploit
Source: Digital BondPosted at 22:55:39, Sun 12th October 2008 by Administrator
This vulnerability was made public a few days ago now, and we’ve put together a signature to detect it. This is another very simple stack based overflow, seeing far to many of these in SCADA software, I hope vendors have already started doing some internal code audits to find these with the increased exposure.
Phishers adapt old scams to exploit bank turmoil
Source: The RegisterPosted at 10:08:10, Sun 12th October 2008 by Administrator
Mergers spawn malicious emails. Scammers are exploiting meltdown in the banking sector in an attempt to trick users into handing over sensitive financial information.
Organized crime tampers with European card swipe devices
Source: The RegisterPosted at 23:38:09, Fri 10th October 2008 by Administrator
Customer data beamed overseas. Hundreds of card swipers used by retail stores across Europe are believed to have been tampered by organized crime syndicates in China and Pakistan, according to US National Counterintelligence Executive Joel Brenner.
