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Copyrighting pornography; are unsecured WiFi owners to blame?

Two US lawsuits, both involving producers of adult content, raise interesting questions: is the owner of an unsecured WiFi responsible for all downloaded material, and can you copyright pornography?
08 February 2012

2011 review: CNI targetted, spam down, botnets up

Malicious spam grows, Blackhole dominates and critical national infrastructures are targeted, says M86 in its latest report.
08 February 2012

Disaster Recovery is health industry’s biggest headache

A survey by BridgeHead Software shows disaster recovery (DR) is increasingly prioritized for investment by IT professionals within the health industry.
08 February 2012

Food and beverage industry has unsavory history of data breachesFood and beverage industry has unsavory history of data breaches

The food and beverage industry is the top target for cybercriminals for the second year in a row, according to the 2012 Global Security Report by Trustwave SpiderLabs.
07 February 2012

QuickBooks scam leads victims down a BlackHoleQuickBooks scam leads victims down a BlackHole

Spammers are targeting QuickBooks users in a tax-related scam that links to a BlackHole exploit kit.
07 February 2012

South Korean researchers warn of stepped up cyberattacks from the NorthSouth Korean researchers warn of stepped up cyberattacks from the North

South Korean researchers are warning that a number of political events this year could trigger an increase in cyberattacks from North Korea.
07 February 2012

Australia's central bank to bolster its DDoS attack protectionAustralia's central bank to bolster its DDoS attack protection

Australia’s central bank is seeking help from information security providers to beef up its protection against distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks.
07 February 2012

ICS-CERT warns critical infrastructure companies about brute force attacks

The US Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team (ICS-CERT) is warning critical infrastructure companies about brute force attacks against industrial control systems with secure shell (SSH) command-line access.
07 February 2012

Safer Internet Day 2012: Schools and (ISC)2 Professionals Work Together to Educate Children

Parents are unaware of behavioural pitfalls that lead to their children's tiredness in lessons, exposure to abusive and predatory behaviour, and poor habits as they grow up.
07 February 2012

Adobe Flash sandbox comes to Firefox on WindowsAdobe Flash sandbox comes to Firefox on Windows

Adobe has announced the release of a beta version of a Protected Mode (sandboxed) Flash Player for Firefox running on Windows Vista and Windows 7.
07 February 2012

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