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Boy-in-the-browser gets aggressive by evading anti-malware

London (UK), 6th June 2011 : Imperva, the leader in data security, warns Boy-in-the-Browser (BITB) attacks are gaining force as they continue to evade traditional anti-malware software.

Tomer Bitton, from the Imperva Application Defense Center, explains, “Many are familiar with Man-in-the-Browser (MitB) attacks, but most are unaware of the lesser known Boy-in-the-Browser (BitB). Not as sophisticated as MitB, BitB malware has evolved from traditional key loggers and browser session records. The recent spate of BitB trojans that targeted Chilean banks, and their customers, demonstrates that this type of attack is gaining force and continues to evade traditional anti-malware software.”

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EMC lack of investment to blame for RSA disasters says Philip Lieberman

London 08/06/2011 The news that RSA, the security division of EMC, has acknowledged that information stolen from its network was used to carry out a cyber attack against Lockheed Martin and is to replace all of the 40 million SecurID hardware tokens in existence is a big setback for the IT security industry said Philip Lieberman, President and CEO of Lieberman Software.

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Chief constable warns of student hacking

Cumbria's deputy chief constable Stuart Hyde, has warned people of the need to keep computer security strong after research revealed a culture of hacking among students.

He was speaking after research by the country’s police chiefs claimed nearly one in four college and university students surveyed had hacked into computer systems. The survey was carried out among 1,000 college and university students across five universities in London and three in northern England.

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