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Major IE8 flaw makes 'safe' sites unsafe

Exclusive The latest version of Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser contains a bug that can enable serious security attacks against websites that are otherwise safe.

Web host Daily recovers after Tux-themed defacement

Lock-down follows cartoon penguin attack

Enterprise Security 27 Nov 15:56

Smut-ladened spam disguises WoW Trojan campaign

Pwned and porned

Malware 27 Nov 15:12

Toshiba worker arrested for selling copy limit busting SW

You can't do that in Japan

Crime 27 Nov 11:38

Amazon logo 75Amazon's EC2 brings new might to password cracking

Cloudonomics and the art of black-hat hacking

Bug in latest Linux gives untrusted users root access

Protections for some, but not all

Johnson refuses to intervene in McKinnon extradition

'No discretion' says Home Sec

Enterprise Security 26 Nov 22:23

Facebook swipes user's vanity URL

Analysis I am not a number, I am a squaresheep! Or not

ID 26 Nov 13:23

iPhone developer hires worm author

Strewth!

Enterprise Security 26 Nov 11:35

US Military cyber forces on the defensive in network battle

Operation Screaming Whimpering Fist

Enterprise Security 26 Nov 11:31

iPhone anti-malware stuck in state of denial

Not needed, says Apple. Won't run, say developers

Malware 25 Nov 14:53

The rise of targeted attacks

Webcast Expert musings that hit the spot

Security 25 Nov 11:31

Ralsky jailed for four years over stock fraud spam scam

Godfather of spam sent down

Spam 24 Nov 12:26

Opera update plugs heap big buffer overflow bug

Major upgrade features baked-in web server tech

Enterprise Security 24 Nov 10:44

Facebookers hit with steamy clickjacking exploit

'Click da button, baby!'

Security 23 Nov 23:18

IE bug leaks private details from 50m PDF files

Black hat recon courtesy of Microsoft

Security 23 Nov 20:54

Google hoodwinked into pushing Chrome OS scareware

Tamper tantrum

Security 23 Nov 18:46

Cisco pumps out iPhone security app

World of IT threats in your pants

Security 23 Nov 18:25

Symantec Japan website bamboozled by hacker

Plaintext passwords revealed

Enterprise Security 23 Nov 16:58

iPhone worm hjacks ING customers

Updated No messing this time

ID 23 Nov 13:28

First malicious iPhone worm slithers into wild

Jailbreakers under assault

Malware 22 Nov 22:57

FDA takes aim at illegal net pharmacies

Please don't feed the spammers

Crime 20 Nov 23:30

Hackers free Snow Leopard from Jobsian cage

Apple Atomness restored

Security 20 Nov 22:28

Potty-mouths charged for Comcast hijack

Destination '69 dick tard lane'

Crime 20 Nov 19:18

Wrecking CRU: hackers cause massive climate data breach

Secretive scientists' source code goes walkabout

Enterprise Security 20 Nov 16:51

QinetiQ mail virus patent attracts barbs

Looks a bit familiar

Malware 20 Nov 15:57

MS discovers flaw in Google plug-in for IE

Google whacked

Enterprise Security 20 Nov 11:10

Users howl as Fedora 12 gives root to unwashed masses

Updated Breaks Unix 'zero-assumption' trust model

Security 19 Nov 18:59

Scareware tool dumps smut on Windows PCs

Rogue clean-up tool poses child abuse frame risk

Security 19 Nov 18:05

Spanish payment breach prompts huge German card recall

Holidaymakers at risk of fraud

Crime 19 Nov 14:01

ISA report reveals email security lapse

Safeguarders slightly slipshod on safeguards

Enterprise Security 19 Nov 13:26

Palin claims webmail hack disrupted GOP campaign

Yes, that was the problem, Sarah

ID 19 Nov 11:56

The Register's threat predictions for 2010

Webcast What lurks in the New Year?

Security 19 Nov 09:20

Crypto pioneer and security chief exits Sun

One in the PKI?

Security 19 Nov 07:02

National Security Agency beefed Win 7 defenses

Now for Apple, Sun, and Red Hat

Security 19 Nov 04:35

Stalker video peepholed ESPN bombshell

'Erin Andrews Naked Butt'

Crime 19 Nov 01:12

Second-hand ATM trade opens up fraud risk

Craigslist cash machine contains 1,000 card numbers

ID 18 Nov 18:23

UK cybercops cuff ZeuS Trojan suspect pair

Alleged Bonnie and Clyde of malware

Crime 18 Nov 15:17

Facebook revises privacy policy

Plain English update

ID 18 Nov 14:11

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