Security

A former secretary successfully changed her daughter's grade from an F to an M and her son's grade from a 98 to a 99. She used the school district's superintendent's password to pull off the deeds.

published 3 hours ago by Emil Protalinski

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Okta adds a chief security officer and new marketing director as it hits the 130 customer mark.

published 4 hours ago by Larry Dignan

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A serious security flaw in Oracle Database 11g and 10g flagged by the company in April will not get a permanent fix as the work is too tricky, the company has said

published 5 hours ago by Tom Espiner

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Video sharing site introduces new technology to blurs faces in uploaded videos, to preserve anonymity of activists and protect identities of people in videos.

published 11 hours ago by Ellyne Phneah

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Brad Stephenson went on a five-month shopping spree after he found a loophole in one of Nike's website. When the Secret Service caught up with him, he had stolen $81,419.58 in Nike merchandise.

published 16 hours ago by Emil Protalinski

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Cybercriminals recently created a fake Skype app for Android that is really malware in disguise. Microsoft, which owns Skype, has finally caught on and is warning its users about the threat.

published 17 hours ago by Emil Protalinski

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Following the recent slew of attacks against various websites that resulted in millions of user accounts being compromised, comes this little statistic: fraudsters traded 12 million pieces of personal information online in just Q1 2012.

published 18 hours ago by Emil Protalinski

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Security researchers have helped authorities locate and take down Grum, the third largest known botnet. Grum is responsible for some 18 percent of the spam sent worldwide, and this accomplishment should noticeably reduce junk mail levels.

published 19 hours ago by Emil Protalinski

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Don't think of SAP as just an ERP or CRM vendor. It's bringing together two technologies of the future, today.

published 20 hours ago by Eric Lai

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Apple is starting to provide a solution to the hacking of its In-App Purchase program for iOS. The company has added unique identifiers to the receipts of purchases but there's still more to be done before app developers are protected.

published 21 hours ago by Emil Protalinski

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Scammers are spamming a new e-mail that claims you were tagged in a photo added on the social network. The e-mail includes a link to a webpage that uses the Blackhole exploit kit to put malware onto your computer, before quietly redirecting you to a Facebook profile as if nothing was amiss.

published 24 hours ago by Emil Protalinski

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This year's Summer Olympics are less than two weeks away. That means you should already be wary of scams and spam heading your way. Be sure to remind family and friends to avoid e-mails and websites claiming you've won something related to the Games.

published 2 days ago by Emil Protalinski

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Some Dropbox users have started seeing a sudden increase in spam, even if they only use their e-mail address for the file storage service. Dropbox launched an investigation and now even hired experts to further look into the issue.

published 2 days ago by Emil Protalinski

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OAuth 2.0 is already catching fire as the spec to secure native mobile apps and API calls.

published 2 days ago by John Fontana

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The risk of state-sponsored malware escaping into the wild is 'something we've got to live with', the Cabinet Office has said, as MPs push for the UK to build its own Stuxnet-like software

published 2 days ago by Tom Espiner

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