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Whitelisting project helps industrial control systems owners find suspicious files

Industrial control systems have been at the center of some scary security stories recently, but investigating malware infections in such environments is not easy because analysts often having a hard time telling suspicious and good files apart.

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Iranian hackers compromised airlines, airports, critical infrastructure companies

For the past two years, a team of Iranian hackers has compromised computers and networks belonging to over 50 organizations from 16 countries, including airlines, defense contractors, universities, military installations, hospitals, airports, telecommunications firms, government agencies, and energy and gas companies.

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Knock Knock! Who's there? Skybell Version 2.0!

The peephole is a brilliant low-tech invention that lets you see who's at your front door without having to open it. But it requires you to put your eye right up to the hole, putting you in very close proximity to the person on the other side.

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Cheapest tablets pose biggest security risks

The super-cheap Android tablets everyone bought on Black Friday and Cyber Monday could pose problems for enterprises when they arrive at the workplace after the holidays.

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Interpol crackdown as 118 people arrested at airports for plane ticket fraud

A global police crackdown co-ordinated by Interpol has seen the arrest of 118 people accused of using stolen or fake debit and credit cards to buy airplane tickets.

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Making a hash of passwords

Last week, I went to a project meeting so I could provide security insights as some consulting software developers updated us on the customer-facing application they're building for us. But I was dumbfounded when they asked me, "How should we encrypt the passwords?" Will developers never learn?

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Report: Startup promises to catch 100% of network attacks with unique detection technology

Startup TrustPipe is announcing a security platform that categorizes network-based attacks and blocks them. The company claims that in two years of testing the software has never let attackers compromise the systems it has been protecting.

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GLA chairman wants body worn cameras for front line workers

Body-worn cameras should be routinely available for front line public sector workers such as ambulance staff and parking officers as well as police, according to Greater London Assembly (GLA) chairman Roger Evans.

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Cyber security is one of six new industries of the future, says IET report

Cyber security is one of six ‘hot' new industries the UK will excel at as long as it makes the necessary investment in its education and engineering base, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has argued in a new report.

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New point-of-sale malware on underground markets for $2,000

A new kind of point-of-sale malware similar to that which struck Target is being sold in underground markets for US$2,000.

16 hrs ago | Read more

Hosted identity management helps PEXA overhaul a paper-clogged industry

An Australian-built, cloud-based identity-management and authentication platform from Verizon is playing a key part in moves by electronic-conveyancing provider Property Exchange Australia (PEXA) to streamline property settlements that have traditionally been a complex, paper-intensive process.

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The week in security: Cyber Monday threat looms; Australia sets data-collection standard

Australia is apparently setting the gold standard when it comes to aggregating personal information on its citizens, with the UK said to be using the controversial Australian data-retention regime as a model for its own legislation. There's no telling how that will be received by the US National Security Agency, which was arguing that its own online surveillance programs are legal and carefully scrutinised by other parts of the government.

22 hrs ago | Read more

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