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VeriSign has moved to address a flaw in its Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certification technology, which could have allowed hackers to create false certificates. The Duchess of York has had a laptop stolen that contained 'intimate' family photos. Microsoft announced on Tuesday that it will issue an emergency fix on Wednesday for a dangerous zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer. Twenty-five per cent of IT workers would be prepared to take a salary cut or steal data if it meant keeping their jobs. With the emergence of new attack techniques and the reinvention of old ones, 2008 has been a year of cybercriminal innovation. New data indicates that 98 out of 100 computer users are running at least one unpatched program. Security experts are warning of socially engineered threats targeting users this holiday season. The Hitachi ID-Archive sets its focus on password randomisation. China is furious that a US congressional report has accused it of developing sophisticated cyber warfare and militarising its space programme. Symantec warned this weekend of a new worm taking advantage of a Microsoft bug, prompting the security company to raise its ThreatCon level. Security concerns over global malware epidemic. Free anti-virus provider AVG Technologies claims that Microsoft is ‘clearly’ following its lead in the security market but that it will face many challenges pursuing a free model, including a severe reseller backlash.
Hyarchis has described the formal warning issued to it by ACMA over alleged SMS spam as a ‘slap in the face’ that sets a dangerous precedent for the entire web marketing industry.
Microsoft has reported 'strong deployments' of the MS08-067 Security Bulletin. 24 Romanians believed to be part of an organised cybercrime ring were arrested during the past week. Mozilla Firefox and Opera this week issued patches for a number of vulnerabilities in their browsers. Crushing the Storm worm, the Srizbi botnet has caused a sharp rise in the circulation of malicious spam which is said to have tripled in just one week. Some users of Skype, the popular software application that enables users to make free phone calls over the internet to other Skype users, found their communication channel blocked earlier this week. Hackers continue trying to exploit a patched vulnerability in Microsoft's Graphic Display Interface (GDI), researchers said this week. Symantec announced this week plans to buy AppStream, provider of on-demand application delivery solutions.