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The H Security
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IT security news and features
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Twitter refines tracking, adds Do Not Track support
Do Not Track is based on the idea that user changes to default browser settings related to privacy should have an effect on the way service providers online handle personal data
 
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Global Payments breach reportedly worse than expected
According to a report, the security breach at credit card processing company Global Payments extends back even further than was previously believed and may affect more than seven million accounts
 
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British hackers get jail terms
One hacker took over a Facebook account and received 12 months in jail while the other ran keylogging trojans and sold stolen credentials as a sideline to committing a series of burglaries; this earned 18 months in jail
 
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DoS vulnerability in Bitcoin
The developers of the Bitcoin software have fixed a problem in the client that allowed users to perform DoS attacks on other user's nodes. Details of the nature of the vulnerability have not yet been disclosed
 
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Apache details OpenOffice 3.4 security fixes
Following the release of 3.4.0 last week, the Apache Software Foundation has now detailed the security fixes in the new version of the open source productivity suite and said that it has already been downloaded more than one million times
 
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