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In news that seems like it could be lifted from an old 24 or Prison Break plotline, authorities are concerned by new research that claims hackers could remotely open the cell doors of federal prisons.In addition to staging a jailbreak, hackers could sabotage a prison’s intercom system and closed-circuit television system to cause further nightmares for federal authorities.
Apple will fix an iPad 2 security flaw with the upcoming 5.0.1 build of its iOS operating system, it’s been reported. The fix should solve a problem publicized last month with the device’s locking feature that could’ve let someone access the iPad by bypassing its Smart Cover.
A server at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) was being used to serve up attacks in a coordinated drive-by download campaign, according to research done by anti-virus firm Bitdefender.
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After tapering off, the Zeus Trojan has been staging a comeback over the last few months, possibly using a new infection routine that leverages Windows’ autorun feature even after a company update to limit infections that use it, according to research by Microsoft.
French nuclear power group Areva was the target of a cyber attack in September, according to a recent post on the website of French business magazine L’Expansion.
Computer users are taking steps to mitigate online security threats, but still only score a paltry 34 out of 100 – a solid “F” – according to a new study by Microsoft.
Hackers interfered with two U.S. satellites on four separate occasions in the last few years, according to a draft of a report from the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission obtained by Bloomberg BusinessWeek on Thursday. The attacks are believed to have been orchestrated from China.
Hackers believed to be working for the Peoples Republic of China hit computers in Japan’s Parliament with a virus according to reports from The New York Times and Wall Street Journal on Tuesday.
More than 760 organizations, 20 percent of them Fortune 100 companies, may have been compromised by RSA’s now infamous data breach in March, 2011, according to a report on Krebsonsecurity.
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