Latest news
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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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Experts highlight top data breach vulnerabilities
Posted on 22 May 2013. | Hidden vulnerabilities lie in everyday activities that can expose personal information and lead to data breach, including buying gas with a credit card or wearing a pacemaker.

A closer look at Mega cloud storage
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The CSO perspective on healthcare security and compliance
Posted on 20 May 2013. | Randall Gamby is the CSO of the Medicaid Information Service Center of New York. In this interview he discusses healthcare security and compliance challenges and offers a variety of tips.
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