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Consent will be required for cookies in Europe

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:56:00 +0000

EDITORIAL: A law that demands consent to internet cookies has been approved and will be in force across the EU within 18 months. It is so breathtakingly stupid that the normally law-abiding business may be tempted to bend the rules to breaking point.

CBS 60 Minutes tackles cyber-terrorism

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:07:00 +0000

Could hackers get into the computer systems that run crucial elements of the world's infrastructure, such as the power grids, water works or even a nation's military arsenal? CBS News 60 Minutes reports.

Cyber war is coming, the impact could be huge

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:10:00 +0000

CBS News reports that cyber war is a reality that, according to cyber experts, the US will have to be prepared for - and soon. Admiral Mike McConnell, Former Chief of National Intelligence says tha...

Tenable Network Security Podcast - Episode 11

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:00:00 +0000

Welcome to the Tenable Network Security Podcast - Episode 11 Announcements Two New Videos Released Tenable Appliance Installation & Configuration and Web App Scanning With Credentials Using Nessus Windows 7 Audit Files have been released! Nessus ProfessionalFeed and Security Center...

Don't panic over the secret copyright treaty

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:54:00 +0000

OPINION: Secret gatherings of the world's governments are usually the stuff of fevered imaginings, but just one such gathering is this week generating its own fair share of paranoia.

Which country has the most bot-infected computers?

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:50:00 +0000

According to data compiled during October by PandaLabs, Spain tops the bot ranking with 44.49% of all computers infected by bots. These programs, once they have infected a computer, allow hackers to t...

Backdoor access for millions of Facebook and MySpace accounts

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:53:00 +0000

Yvo Schaap, a young Dutch application developer on Facebook, stumbled on a back door into any user account that accesses the application heaposs working on. He discovered the exploitable mistake while tr...

Google Dashboard: What does Google know about you?

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:07:00 +0000

Youaposve been using Gmail for ages. Every location you needed to find, every trip you organized - Google Maps was there for you. Most searches you ever started online began at Google.com. You watch most...

Twitter users troubled by locked accounts

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:25:00 +0000

If you have been using Twitter for a long enough time, chances are you have been locked out of it at least once. If you havenapost, youaposve probably seen tweets of people who have been temporarily locked ...

Video: Web application scanning with credentials using Nessus

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:30:00 +0000

Learn how to configure Nessus to use credentials and login into a web application to scan with CGI generic tests. ...