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Kaspersky: Malware found signed with stolen digital certificate

Kaspersky Lab has warned of new malware spotted making the rounds that is signed with a valid digital certificate. The presumably stolen digital certificate was issued by Symantec VeriSign to Swiss

E-vote system picks cartoon robot for school board job

E-voting technology is intended to reduce the high cost typically associated with voting, but e-voting systems seem to attract controversy wherever they go. When Washington, D.C. recently tested a

Police arrest 25 Anonymous members in international blitz

Police have arrested 25 alleged members of the Anonymous hacktivist group in an international operation spread across four countries, according to Interpol. The suspects range from 17 to 40 years

Growing number of GPS jammers a threat to infrastructure

The growing use of GPS jamming devices and the availability of low-cost ones are a serious concern, says Bob Cockshott, director of position, navigation and timing technology for the ICT Knowledge

Hacker posts Symantec's pcAnywhere code

A hacker posted the source code for Symantec's pcAnywhere product Tuesday, following a failed attempt to extort $50,000 from the security company, Reuters reported. The previous day, Symantec

Symantec warns against use of pcAnywhere in wake of code theft

Symantec has issued a warning to its customers to disable pcAnywhere remote access software after verifying that the source code was indeed stolen in a 2006 breach. A group of hackers identifying

Hackers infiltrated U.S. Chamber of Commerce computers

If your company is a member of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, your membership information may have been exposed to Chinese hackers who infiltrated the Chamber's systems. The hackers had access to the

Hacker tries blackmail to get job at Marriott

Some hackers are in it for financial gain, others want to make a political statement, and then there are those who just want a job. A Hungarian man has pleaded guilty to planting backdoor malware on

Texas water plant hacker: Password was just 3 characters

Unhappy with recent reports of how officials tried to downplay the threat of cyber attacks on critical infrastructure, a twenty-something hacker broke into a water utility in Texas and posted

Estonians arrested in massive, global clickjacking scheme

Six individuals charged with reaping more than $14 million in a fraud scheme that infected four million computers with malware were arrested in Estonia Tuesday, according to the FBI. In the United