Unpatched, highly critical vulnerability in Firefox 2.0

[Quote]
"This weakness has been known since June but no patch has yet been made available. The developers claimed to have fixed the problem in 1.5.0.5. So why did they release 2.0 without a fix? If "security" is what makes FireFox better, how do we explain known vulnerabilities unpatched on major releases?"

[Read More]

British the most spied-on people in western world

[Quote]
"The linkage of databases and surveillance systems mean Brits are now having their movements tracked, habits profiled and photograph taken hundreds of times a day."

[Read More]

Windows Live Barcode Launches

[Quote]
"No this isn't an April Fool's joke. Windows Live Barcode enables users to store their own data in QR codes, which are already present on Spaces for markets like Japan."

[Read More]

US online brokers hit by pump and dump fraud

[Quote]
"Hackers in Eastern Europe and Asia have been infiltrating customer accounts at US online brokers and making unauthorised trades to artificially inflate the price of some stocks. The 'pump and dump' fraud has reportedly cost E*Trade at least $18 million in the third quarter alone."

[Read More]

Hacking contactless credit cards made easy

[Quote]
"US security researchers have demonstrated how easy it might be for crooks to read sensitive personal information from RFID-based credit and debit cards."

[Read More]

Police wrongly raid home based on IP !!

[Quote]
"Demonstrations of government stupidity seem to know no bound.How long before no one respects our current form of government and law enforcement?"

[Read More]

FREE Memory Upgrade for your laptop

[Quote]
"A gang (from BBC's The Real Hustle) set up a shop offering free memory upgrades to laptops. People leave their laptops with the gang to pick them up later, see what happens..."

[Read More]