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Mass login attempts compromise 24,000 Nintendo site accounts

Some 24,000 user accounts – but luckily no user financial information – were compromised in mass login attempts to the Club Nintendo website. The global website is …

Global security threats focus of Technology Against Crime Forum

Senior representatives from governments, law enforcement, industry, security and academia from around the world are gathering in Lyon for the first Technology Against Crime …

Workers do not trust employers with personal data

Workers using their own mobile devices for work remain fearful of their employer accessing their personal information. A new Aruba Networks report features a study of over …

London Olympics cyber attack fears

The BBC has released details from 2012 Olympic Games officials about fears that the opening ceremony might have come under cyber-attack. Here are some comments from industry …

EMC acquires Aveksa

EMC has acquired privately held Aveksa, which will operate within the RSA security division as part of RSA’s Identity Trust Management product group, bringing leading …

Multi-platform Java RAT targeting government agencies

A new spear-phishing campaign targeting government agencies mostly in the US, Canada, Australia, a few European countries and the Russian Federation has been spotted by …

“Pinterest Tool” scam aimed at stealing login credentials

Last week we warned about fake “Password changed” emails targeting users of the popular photo-sharing website, but there has been a general uptick in …

McAfee makes next generation firewall available immediately

McAfee today reached a milestone in its acquisition of Stonesoft by completing the tender offer that was announced on May 6. Stonesoft’s high performance technology …

Ultra Electronics to launch EnergyGuard

Ultra Electronics will be launching its new SCADA protection solution, EnergyGuard, at October’s Oil & Gas ICS Cyber Security Forum. EnergyGuard is designed to …

Week in review: Android bug invalidates code signing protection, EU to launch inquiry into US surveillance programs

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, reviews, articles and interviews: NSA hacking and spying on EU officials The German Der Spiegel …

EU adopts stricter penalties for cyber criminals

Cyber criminals will face tougher penalties in the EU, under new rules adopted by Parliament on Thursday. The draft directive, already informally agreed with member states, …

Critical Cryptocat group chat bug fixed

A critical security vulnerability in Cryptocat versions older than 2.0.42 has been patched and developers are urging users to update to the latest available version of the …

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