ATM skimming attacks rise in Europe but losses fall

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• ATM skimming attacks rise in Europe but losses fall
• Half of home Wi-Fi networks vulnerable to hacking
• UK responsible for one in every 20 spam messages
• Cloud computing security skeptics abound
• A quarter of WiFi networks unsecured, finds survey
• DHS scoured social media sites during Obama inauguration for 'items of interest'
• Human error gave spammers keys to Microsoft systems
• RIM Patches Another Flaw in BlackBerry Enterprise Server
• Repairing Mail passwords
• BLADE, on heels of IBM buy, pops 40G Ethernet data center switch
• Cisco's top 10 rivals

ATM skimming attacks rise in Europe but losses fall Posted: 14 Oct 2010 09:00 AM PDT European banks reported a record number of skimming attacks, where payment card details were captured by criminals as bank customers tried to withdraw cash from ATMs.

Half of home Wi-Fi networks vulnerable to hacking Posted: 14 Oct 2010 09:00 AM PDT Nearly half of all home Wi-Fi networks could be hacked within five seconds, says CPP.

UK responsible for one in every 20 spam messages Posted: 14 Oct 2010 09:00 AM PDT One in every 20 spam messages comes from the UK, says Sophos.

Cloud computing security skeptics abound Posted: 14 Oct 2010 09:00 AM PDT The prospect of data security in cloud computing — particularly public-cloud computing — has security professionals taking a cautious approach.

A quarter of WiFi networks unsecured, finds survey Posted: 14 Oct 2010 09:00 AM PDT Years after WiFi security was supposed to have gone 'critical', a quarter of access points in the UK remain open and unsecured, a new 'wardriving' survey has discovered.

DHS scoured social media sites during Obama inauguration for 'items of interest' Posted: 14 Oct 2010 09:00 AM PDT A rights advocacy group is expressing concern over what it contends was an overly broad surveillance of social networking sites conducted by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in the days leading up to last years presidential inauguration.

Human error gave spammers keys to Microsoft systems Posted: 14 Oct 2010 09:00 AM PDT Microsoft blamed human error after two computers on its network were hacked and then misused by spammers to promote questionable online pharmaceutical websites.

RIM Patches Another Flaw in BlackBerry Enterprise Server Posted: 13 Oct 2010 09:00 AM PDT Research In Motion yesterday released an "interim security update" for BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) 5.0 Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Microsoft Exchange and IBM Lotus Domino due to a vulnerability that could have potentially allowed a hacker or other malicious person access to organizations' BES infrastructure. That flaw could have also been used to execute Denial of Service (DoS) attacks, according to the BlackBerry-maker. And it affects not just the full version of BES, but the free BES Express, as well.

Repairing Mail passwords Posted: 13 Oct 2010 09:00 AM PDT Reader Ron Sharp faces a forgetful Mail. He writes:

BLADE, on heels of IBM buy, pops 40G Ethernet data center switch Posted: 14 Oct 2010 09:00 AM PDT BLADE Network Technologies, the data center switch vendor being acquired by IBM, this week unveiled a top-of-rack 10G switch with 40G Ethernet uplinks, making it one of the first vendors to ship the new standard high-speed technology.

Cisco's top 10 rivals Posted: 13 Oct 2010 09:00 AM PDT Competition is only getting tougher for Cisco as it continues to expand in 30 or so new markets while attempting to maintain growth in its core routing and switching businesses.

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