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• Mayor of New Jersey town arrested on hacking and conspiracy charges

  By Lucian Constantin | 25 May, 2012 15:45

  The mayor of West New York, New Jersey, was arrested together with his son on Thursday, for allegedly hacking into a website that criticized him and his administration.

• Untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1 available for download

  By Loek Essers | 25 May, 2012 14:56

  Absinthe 2.0, the jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1, is ready and available for download, the Jailbreak Dream Team announced at the Hack in the Box conference in Amsterdam.

• Unthethered jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1 available for download

  By Loek Essers | 25 May, 2012 13:53

  Absinthe 2.0, the jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1, is ready and available for download, the Jailbreak Dream Team announced at the Hack in the Box conference in Amsterdam on Friday.

• Security researcher urges IT managers to keep up with SAP patches

  By IDG News Service staff | 25 May, 2012 09:30

  The story "Security researcher urges IT managers to keep up with SAP patches," posted on the wire Thursday, incorrectly stated the location of Onapsis in the second paragraph.

• Lawmakers call on DOJ to reopen investigation into Google Wi-Fi spying

  By Grant Gross | 24 May, 2012 23:37

  Two U.S. lawmakers have called on the U.S. Department of Justice to reopen its investigation into Google's snooping on Wi-Fi networks in 2010 after recent questions about the company's level of cooperation with federal inquiries.

• Lawmakers call on DOJ to reopen investigation into Google Wi-Fi spying

  By Grant Gross | 24 May, 2012 20:53

  Two U.S. lawmakers have called on the U.S. Department of Justice to reopen its investigation into Google's snooping on Wi-Fi networks in 2010 after recent questions about the company's level of cooperation with federal inquiries.

• Researchers propose TLS extension to detect rogue SSL certificates

  By Lucian Constantin | 24 May, 2012 20:35

  A pair of security researchers have proposed an extension to the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol that would allow browsers to detect and block fraudulently-issued SSL certificates.

• European privacy regulators want more detail on Google's policy changes

  By Peter Sayer | 24 May, 2012 17:42

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• Yahoo leaks private key, allows anyone to build Yahoo-signed Chrome extensions

  By Lucian Constantin | 24 May, 2012 16:41

  Yahoo was forced to release a new version of its Axis extension for Google Chrome after the original one contained a private key that allowed anyone to digitally sign extensions in Yahoo's name.

• Security researcher urges IT managers to keep up with SAP patches

  By Loek Essers | 24 May, 2012 16:37

  More than 95 percent of over 600 SAP systems tested by security firm Onapsis were vulnerable to espionage, sabotage and fraud, mainly because patches had not been applied, according to a researcher.

• CeBIT 2012: NAB calls for mobile app security overhaul

  By Hamish Barwick | 24 May, 2012 13:13

  Mobile malware targeting the financial services industry will continue to rise unless companies do a better job of testing apps and educating users according to National Australia Bank (NAB) head of mobile and emerging technologies, Ben Forsyth.

• Bug bounty hunters reveal eight vulnerabilities in Google services

  By Loek Essers | 24 May, 2012 12:56

  Security researchers unveiled eight vulnerabilities in Google services during the Hack in the Box conference in Amsterdam on Thursday -- but they claim to have discovered more than 100 such bugs over the past few months.

• Cyber crooks step up weapons production

  By AAP | 24 May, 2012 09:18

  Cyber criminals are cranking out new weapons at a brisk pace, tailoring malicious software for a spectrum of gadgets including smartphones, tablets, and Apple computers, a security software company says.

• McAfee reports big spike in malware

  By Cameron Scott | 23 May, 2012 20:08

  PC malware had its "busiest quarter in recent history," according to McAfee's quarterly security report released Wednesday.

• Anonymous claims it hacked a DOJ site

  By John Ribeiro | 23 May, 2012 16:43

  The U.S. Department of Justice said Tuesday it was looking into the unauthorized access of a website server in its statistics wing, after hacker group Anonymous claimed to have collected and released 1.7GB of data from it.