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Cyber hacktivist group Anonymous has announced that on September 24, they will have a “Day of Vengeance” across the United States that is aimed to defend the right of the people to peacefully protest. In an official press release posted by the group on Pastebin, Anonymous said that they will be joined by other cyber liberation groups in its attacks on “Wall Street, Corrupt Banking Institutions – and the NYC Police Department.” The said attack is reported to take place in a number of cities across the US at...

Global defense and security company BAE Systems has developed a series of antennas that will reduce the load soldiers have to carry while providing them with connectivity and high-level battlefield data. The newly developed antenna, called the Body Wearable Antenna (BWA) enables soldiers to communicate with other soldiers without the need for the usual radio whip-antennas that weighs a lot. By weaving the antennas into soldiers’ uniforms, it allows very effective communication and helps improve agility. A BWA concept has been developed...

ila Security has made a series of security accessories aimed for women to restore their confidence whenever they are alone. Let’s face it, one of the most important things that we need to focus on daily is our security and we have to find means to increase our security when we are away from our homes. Most women admit they feel uneasy when they’re walking to work, jogging alone in the park, staying in unfamiliar surroundings or just crossing a deserted car park. When under threat, women tend to lose their ability to scream...

As Google’s Android becomes more and more popular, it also becomes the target of more malware, trojan, and spyware attacks. Trend Micro Labs has reported a new malware that disguises itself as a Google+ app that is capable of answering all incoming calls automatically. The malware, which is only identified as ANDROIDOS_NICKISPY.C, has no confirmed origin. Trend Micro detailed its findings in a blog post, where it says that the malicious application, called “Google++,” trick users by disguising itself as a real Google+...

Researchers at Computer Associates Security have identified new a strain of malware that secretly records phone conversations on Android phones. The new threat to smartphones that run Google’s Android operating system is an advance on earlier trojans examined by the security firm that logs incoming and outgoing call details in a text file, according to Dinesh Venkatesan, a researcher at CA Security. The researcher said that the new Android malware “walks an additional mile” as it is capable of recording phone conversations...

The blogosphere is alight with news of Media giant Gawker being hit by hackers, Mediaite suggests that the comment database has been hacked and Gawker themselves suggests users change the passwords to avoid further security compromises. In all there are around 1.5 million users in the database which includes information such as email addresses, usernames and passwords of Gawker users. Initially Gawker played down the hack and denied that the data base had been touched – they obviously knew a hack had occurred and I would imagine were...

Sony has announced that it will be launching the world’s smallest HD video camera that is able to record in full glorious high definition 720p, 30fps video and will have a host of features to help ensure that your voyeur video recording is of a much better quality once you’ve secreted the camera somewhere suitable. The Image Sensing Solutions department claim that it is being aimed at security and industry but we reckon there’s probably some other intended uses for it in various specialist markets. The camera is smaller...

There is speculation all over the internet and in the press about the Conficker virus. It is believed by experts that the Conficker virus has already infected more than 10 million PC’s and tomorrow April 1st is expected to be the day that all the infected machines join as one to cause mayhem on the internet. It is believed that the virus will create a huge network of robots that will set about contacting selected sites to cause a ‘denial of service’ message to be generated and the sites concerned will inevitably crash from the amount...