Jack Spine writes "UK intelligence agency MI5 has admitted that its website security was breached by hacker group Team Elite. A member of the hacker forum posted details of the hack last week, which took advantage of a cross-site scripting vulnerability in the site's Google embedded search. MI5 admitted the breach on Wednesday, but said that the flaw had not been exploited maliciously." Read …
July 2009
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Thu 30 Jul 2009
Thu 30 Jul 2009
Kevin Mitnick Selects FireHost as New Secure Web Hosting Provider (TopHosts.com)
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Security consultant and former 'hacker' says FireHost is best Web hosting option for preventing future attacks
Wed 29 Jul 2009
Kevin Mitnick Selects FireHost as New Secure Web Hosting Provider for Business and Personal Websites; Says FireHost Is … (Marketwire)
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DALLAS, TX–(Marketwire - July 30, 2009) - Kevin Mitnick , one of the most famous hackers in the 1980s and '90s and now a leading security consultant, has selected FireHost as his new secure hosting provider moving forward. Mitnick's website, mitnicksecurity.com , which was managed by a third-party hosting provider, has been compromised multiple times and defaced by hackers. Due to his …
Wed 29 Jul 2009
Kevin Mitnick Selects FireHost as New Secure Web Hosting Provider for Business and Personal Websites; Says FireHost Is … (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
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DALLAS, TX–(Marketwire - 07/30/09) - Kevin Mitnick , one of the most famous hackers in the 1980s and '90s and now a leading security consultant, has selected FireHost as his new secure hosting provider moving forward. Mitnick's website, mitnicksecurity.com , which was managed by a third-party hosting provider, has been compromised multiple times and defaced by hackers. Due to his high-profile …
Tue 28 Jul 2009
Denim Group Teams Up with WhiteHat Security (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
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SAN ANTONIO & LAS VEGAS—-Today at Black Hat USA 2009, Denim Group, an IT consultancy that develops secure software and helps organizations assess and mitigate risks with their existing software, announced today that it has teamed with WhiteHat Security, the leading provider of website risk management solutions.
Mon 27 Jul 2009
Verisign SSL certs hit 4 million mark (Computer Business Review)
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Established in 1957, the British Computer Society … Teneo is an infrastructure optimization company, p …
Mon 27 Jul 2009
For at least the next week users of Adobe's Acrobat Reader and Flash Player will be vulnerable to a zero-day exploit now rated as 'highly critical', security companies are warning.
Mon 27 Jul 2009
Adobe users susceptible to 'highly critical' attacks (PC Advisor)
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Acrobat, Reader and Flash Player exposed For at least the next week users of Adobe's Acrobat Reader and Flash Player will be vulnerable to a zero-day exploit now rated as ‘highly critical', security companies are warning.
Sun 19 Jul 2009
UPDATED: McAfee claims its Total Protection Service 5.0 is the only comprehensive solution on the market.
Fri 17 Jul 2009
Comodo Is Gold Sponsor at Government Webmaster Conference (SYS-CON Media)
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When local government webmasters from around the country gather at Galveston in September, Comodo will be there to greet them. As a Gold Sponsor of the event, Comodo Group will showcase some exciting new solutions from the Comodo companies, including solutions for endpoint security and PKI management. read more