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Japanese researchers check IDs with eyeball twitch
'Spoof-proof' biometrics
Biometric identity scanners are attracting more attention as safe way to handle user authentication and security. But a team of Japanese researchers claim current methods are bunk if approached by a sufficiently sophisticated intruder.?
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Crimeware giants form botnet tag team
Rock Phish's big, fat, fast-flux network
The Rock Phish gang - one of the net's most notorious phishing outfits - has teamed up with another criminal heavyweight called Asprox in overhauling its network with state-of-the-art technology, according to researchers from RSA.?
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Sophos DNS snafu creates update problems
Bad hair day nothing to do with hackers
Domain name system problems left some users of Sophos unable to get security updates on Friday. The same issue, blamed on a mistake by one of the security firm's service providers rather than hostile action, left many surfers unable to access its main sophos.com website.?
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Boffins use heartbeat to thwart wireless implant hack
Chinese cardiac crypto
Interfering with wireless medical implants sounds like a movie threat plot rather than a real risk - but if there is a threat, Chinese boffins have come up with an ingenious solution for combating it.?
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North Korean Mata Hari in alleged cyber-spy plot
Tales of sex, spying and spyware
Updated South Korea has accused its neighbour North Korea of cyber-espionage during the trial of a suspected Mata Hari-style spy. However some political commentators are suggesting that the case against alleged spy Won Jeong Hwa is unsupported by evidence and riddled with inconsistencies.?
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Report: IRS networks riddled with vulns, rogue servers
Taxpayer beware
The US Internal Revenue Service is putting tax payers at risk by operating thousands of web servers that contain security vulnerabilities or have not received proper authorization, a new report has concluded.?
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Open source release takes Linux rootkits mainstream
Script kiddies, the DR will see you now
The art of burying invisible malware deep inside a Linux machine is about to go mainstream, thanks to a new open-source rootkit released Thursday by Immunity Inc., a firm that supplies tools for penetration testers.?
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Scammers skirt spam shields with help from Adobe Flash
The Viagra two step
Online scammers have found a new way to skirt anti-spam filters, this time by making use of Adobe Flash files hosted on free websites.?
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Mythbusters busted over RFID gagging
Host backtracks on corporate pressure claims
The co-host of popular science television show Mythbusters has backtracked on claims that the Discovery Channel spiked a planned exploration of RFID security after coming under commercial pressure from credit card companies.?
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Phone phishers hop on filesharing legal threats bandwagon
Didn't see that coming... oh
Fraudsters have begun cold-calling householders to accuse them of copyright infringement online and threaten them with court action, an ISP has reported.?
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