Greek spying case uncovers first phone switch rootkit
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A highly sophisticated spying operation that tapped into the mobile phones of Greece's prime minister and other top government officials has highlighted weaknesses in telecommunications systems that still use decades-old computer code, according to a report by two computer scientists.
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New technology can trick a caller ID box into displaying the name and phone number of an entirely different person or company than the one actually calling.
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NOVEMBER 12, 2004 (REUTERS) - In a joint operation, Greek and British police have cracked a multimillion-dollar illegal software sales ring, arresting two people and seizing thousands of pirated high-tech software programs.
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Networked multifunction devices share PC vulnerabilities to worms, hackers.
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A reconfigurable handheld device could foster a community of hardware hackers.
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This article outlines useful ways of detecting hidden modifications to a Linux kernel. Often known as rootkits, these stealthy types of malware are installed in the kernel and require special techniques by Incident handlers and Linux system administrators to be detected.
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Two very different government/non-profit organizations were both able to hack down their telecom and IT costs by bringing telephony in-house using voice over IP instead of hosted Centrex services.
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Sophisticated rootkits can hide from even the most reliable detection method currently available--hardware-based products, security researchers say.
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Recent "phishing" episodes are still often overlooked by tech-savvy users, but a lesson in history shows how entire nations have been fooled.
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A possible Trojan horse hidden in an illegal cell-phone game hits smart phones using the Symbian operating system.
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Here's how nontechnical users can secure their own instant-messaging conversations such that an attacker is unable to listen in (be it the government or a nosy neighbor).
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Greece's agency for information security on Thursday imposed a EU76m (&pound;51.2m, $100.5m) fine on Vodafone's Greek operation for failing to prevent the illegal tapping of more than 100 mobile phones, including one used by Costas Karamanlis, prime minister.
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Loading a malicious web page can give hackers access to contact information, call history and SMS text messages stored on your gadget, a security company says.
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Security hole in ePolicy Orchestrator and ProtectionPilot could let an outsider take complete control of a system.
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People sniffing wireless network traffic have many tools at their disposal to intercept sensitive data from PCs.
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Scammers and hackers are targeting the human factor in system setups. Part of a series on hot security topics.
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A flaw in a widely used DSL home gateway in the U.K. could enable a hacker to make unauthorized voice over IP calls.