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Reuters hacked again
16.08.2012
Reuters' blogging platform has been hacked for the second time in two weeks, and this time false news that Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal had died was posted on one of the journalists' blog.
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Reuters hack was due to old WordPress version
07.08.2012
While the individuals responsible for the recent hijacking of Reuters' blogging platform and one of its Twitter accounts are still unknown, it has emerged that the attackers likely managed to hack the former because Reuters still used an older version of WordPress.
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Guard your website against malicious activity with WebsiteDefender
06.06.2012
Acunetix released WebsiteDefender, an online security monitoring service which helps you secure websites against malware and hacker activity.
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1,000+ WordPress sites compromised through automatic update feature
04.05.2012
More than 1,000 WordPress blogs have been modified to redirect visitors to sites serving malware, affiliate and pay-per-click redirectors, and low quality PPC search result aggregators, through the WordPress' automatic update feature.
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New WordPress update a must for users
23.04.2012
A new stable version of the popular free open source blogging tool WordPress is available for download, and users are advised to do get a move on and install it, as it's a security update for all previous versions.
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IT security jobs: What's in demand and how to meet it
Posted on 15 May 2013. | Let's say you want a career in information security, where do you start? What credentials do you need? What are employers looking for? Read on to find some answers.

Is Microsoft is reading your Skype communications?
Posted on 15 May 2013. | The question of whether Skype allows U.S. intelligence and law enforcement agencies to access the communications exchanged by its users has still not been adequately answered by Microsoft.

Internet Explorer best at blocking malware
Posted on 14 May 2013. | While Chrome’s malware download protection improved significantly, Internet Explorer 10 continues to outperform the other browsers with a block rate of 99.96%.

Researcher refuses to help Saudi telco to spy on people
Posted on 14 May 2013. | You would think that a Saudi Arabian telecom firm interested in monitoring its users' mobile communications would not be asking a well-known pro-privacy researcher for help, but you would be wrong.

Malicious browser extensions are hijacking Facebook accounts
Posted on 13 May 2013. | Facebook users - especially those in Brazil - are being targeted with malicious browser extensions trying to hijack Facebook profiles, warns Microsoft.
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