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CIA website brought down by DDoS attack, LulzSec hackers claim responsibility

16

Jun

2011

The CIA website at cia.gov is currently inaccessible, having apparently fallen foul of a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack by hackers. Almost inevitably, fingers are pointing towards the notorious LulzSec hacktivist group who have made a name for themselves recently with a series of attacks against corporations, organisations and websites – sometimes forcing them offline, and […]

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LinkedIn site has security vulnerabilities: expert

23

May

2011

BOSTON (Reuters) – LinkedIn's professional networking website has security flaws that makes users' accounts vulnerable to attack by hackers who could break in without ever needing passwords, according to a security researcher who identified the problem. News of the vulnerability surfaced over the weekend, only days after LinkedIn Corp went public last week with a […]

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Mac App Store exposes users to security risks, claims researcher

18

May

2011

If you are using the Apple Mac App Store you might be putting your computer’s security at risk. That’s the finding of security researcher Joshua Long who has warned that the App Store has not published the latest versions of various applications, despite the fact they can include critical security updates. Here’s part of Long’s […]

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