New flaw causes ‘Blue Screen of Death’ on Vista, Windows 7

September 11, 2009

As Microsoft prepares to release patches, researchers said they’ve seen exploit code for a new flaw that puts organizations using Vista and Windows 7 at great risk. The flaw lies in a driver used for the SMB file-sharing feature in Windows, said Bojan Zdrnja, a handler for the SANS Internet Storm Center. Exploit code was [...]

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Cellphones ID Fraud Increases

September 11, 2009

Matt Cole( Newsbeat reporter ) Explained about Cellphones Fraud in BBC Newsbeat – There has been a rise in the number of cell phone accounts being cloned or taken over by criminals.According to the UK fraud prevention service Cifas, the practice is one of the growth areas of identity theft. It has seen a 74% [...]

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A cordless future for electricity?

September 10, 2009

Electronics such as phones and laptops may start shedding their power cords within a year. That’s the prediction of Eric Giler, CEO of WiTricity, a company that’s able to power light bulbs using wireless electricity that travels several feet from a power socket. WiTricity’s version of wireless electricity — which converts power into a magnetic [...]

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Facebook Applications Used For Phishing

August 29, 2009

It would be easy to think that once someone has logged in successfully to Facebook—and not a phishing site—that the security threat is largely gone Earlier this week, however, Trend Micro researcher Rik Ferguson found at least two—if not more—malicious applications on Facebook. (These were the Posts and Stream applications.) They were used for a [...]

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