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Windows Phone 7.5 susceptible to SMS hack

14

Dec

2011

Phones running Microsoft’s newly released Windows Phone 7.5 mobile operating system are vulnerable to having their text messaging service’s knees kicked off in a denial of service attack. The flaw is simple as pie to exploit: An attacker simply sends an SMS to a Windows Phone user. According to WinRumors’s tests, Windows Phone 7.5 devices […]

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Russian election ‘cyber attack’ brings down websites

05

Dec

2011

Could elections in Russia have resulted in internet attacks on websites claiming that the vote was being fixed? This weekend’s vote, which saw a slump in support for the United Russia party of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and President Dmitry Medvedev, has taken place against a backdrop of arrests, claims of election violations, and – […]

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UK police foiled attack on royal wedding website

19

Nov

2011

Police detained a 16-year-old on Oct. 10 in relation to “a suspected attempt to encourage others to commit a distributed denial-of-service attack,” according to a spokesman from the cybercrime unit who was quoted in a report from the Associated Press. The spokesman also said that the teenager is out on bail and has not yet […]

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