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Google Wallet PIN vulnerable through brute-force attack

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:40:00 GMT

Google Wallet, the new NFC system that purports to turn your phone into a credit card, can be compromised using a brute-force attack - and that raises questions about its security.(image)

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Hitachi releases first Ultrastar 25nm SLC SSDs for storage arrays

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:37:00 GMT

Hitachi Global Storage Technologies have unveiled the new Ultrastar SSD400S.B, which it describes as the first enterprise-class, single-level cell NAND flash solid-state drive (SSD) that uses 25nm technology.(image)

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Oracle buying Taleo for £1.2 billion in direct hit at SAP

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:54:00 GMT

Oracle is buying cloud-based talent management and employee recruitment software vendor Taleo for roughly US$1.9 billion, the company announced Thursday. The move comes shortly after SAP's move to acquire SuccessFactors, a close competitor of Taleo, for US$3.4 billion in a deal that has yet to close.(image)

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Criminals open 'factory outlet' to sell stolen Facebook and Twitter logins

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:09:00 GMT

Security company Trusteer has discovered a ‘factory outlet’ selling user logins for Facebook and Twitter harvested as a sideline during attempts to steal online bank credentials.(image)

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Raspberry Pi cheap PC set to launch this month

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:32:00 GMT

Raspberry Pi Foundation's £20 PC will become available by the end of this month, and buyers hope it could fill in as a low-power desktop, while being an alternative to more expensive open source hardware.(image)

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Citadel banking virus adopts open source development

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:13:00 GMT

A computer Trojan that targets online banking users is evolving and spreading rapidly because its creators have adopted an open-source development model, according to researchers from cyberthreat management firm Seculert.(image)

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Google Chrome will no longer check for revoked SSL certificates

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:37:00 GMT

Google plans to remove online certificate revocation checks from future versions of Chrome, because it considers the process inefficient and slow.(image)

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Government's CRC scheme boosts data centre energy management

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:20:00 GMT

Almost three-quarters of data centres now have energy management policies in place – a massive leap since before the launch of the government’s CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme in 2010.(image)

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UK police open three new regional cybercrime hubs

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:02:00 GMT

Three new regional e-crime hubs have been opened at locations around the UK, with the aim of providing police forces with localised support for dealing with cybercrime.(image)

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Google to launch cloud storage 'Drive' soon - reports

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:49:00 GMT

Google is rumoured to be on the verge of launching a new cloud-based storage product, which has been described as the search giant's answer to Dropbox.(image)

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No flash for Chrome on Android, says Adobe

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:30:00 GMT

Chrome for Android will not run Flash Player, the popular software that Apple has famously banned, Adobe confirmed.(image)

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Social network Pinterest scrutinised for embedding tracking code

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:57:00 GMT

Pinterest has been accused of secretly embedding code in user content to generate revenue just as the new social networking site is enjoying a surge in popularity.(image)

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Spammers pretend to be popular developers to distribute rogue Android apps

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:00:00 GMT

Spammers are impersonating well-known Android software developers in order to distribute rogue apps through the official Android Market.(image)

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UK PC sales plummet as vendors pray for Windows 8

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:41:00 GMT

UK PC sales dropped a recessionary 20 percent in the final quarter of 2011 with only one branded vendor, Apple, increasing sales, according to Gartner’s latest figures.(image)

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Skype and Lync integration a 'compelling opportunity'

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:37:00 GMT

Microsoft is looking at creating a bridge between Lync, its enterprise IM, voice and video communications product, and Skype as part of its broader initiative to extend the Office platform, a company executive said on Wednesday.(image)

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Satellite communication encryption cracked by scientists

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:36:00 GMT

Researchers at a university in Bochum, Germany claim to have cracked encryption algorithms of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) that are used to secure certain civilian satellite phone communications.(image)

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Microsoft hints at Windows 8 consumer beta in February

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:20:00 GMT

Microsoft may launch the Consumer Preview of Windows on February 29th. Members of the press recently received an invitation to a special Windows 8 Customer Preview event in Barcelona as part of the Mobile World Congress trade show.(image)

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Google offers Amazon vouchers for customer web tracking

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:12:00 GMT

Amid widespread concern about its new privacy policies, Google is now facing criticism over an offer to give users Amazon gift certificates if they open their web movements to the company in a programme called Screenwise.(image)

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Swagg Security claims Foxconn hack over poor working conditions

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:11:00 GMT

Hackers claimed to have stolen internal data from Apple supplier Foxconn, and leaked the information online, in response to media reports of poor working conditions at the electronics manufacturer's factories in China.(image)

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Trustwave issued digital certificate allowing SSL spying

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:33:00 GMT

Digital certificate authority Trustwave revealed that it has issued a digital certificate that enabled an unnamed private company to spy on SSL-protected connections within its corporate network, an action that prompted the Mozilla community to debate whether the CA's root certificate should be removed from Firefox.(image)

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Facebook photo viewer now mimics Google counterpart

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:25:00 GMT

Facebook has tweaked its photo viewer interface, making it look a lot like its counterpart on Google . The new widescreen photo viewer is now live for most Facebook users, who dont have scroll down anymore to see the comments for a certain photo.(image)

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Weave open-source data visualisation project rolled out to public

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:25:00 GMT

When two Boston-area organisations rolled out an interactive data visualisation website last month, it represented one of the largest public uses yet for the open-source project Weave - and more are on the way.(image)

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Antivirus software powerless to stop data breach attacks, study finds

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:22:00 GMT

Large numbers of data breaches are being initiated by targeted malware that antivirus software simply can’t detect, an analysis of 300 real-world incidents from 2011 has suggested.(image)

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Researchers use heat to speed up data storage 100-fold

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:51:00 GMT

European researchers may have found a way to speed up data storage 100-fold, breaking one barrier holding back how fast data can be transferred.(image)

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Open source ThreadFix tool consolidates security bugs

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:45:00 GMT

Enterprise coders can now use an open source web application that lets them consolidate software vulnerability data from a range of scanning and test tools. With a centralised view and reporting and management tools, ThreadFix speeds the work needed to fix software bugs and vulnerabilities, including those in proliferating mobile apps.(image)

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