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Is your home router a gaping security hole?

I always thought my router and firewall combo with its twinkling green lights was actually on my side in the fight against internet baddies. I may have to rethink this. The Register has an interesting and slightly alarming item on a possible means to compromise home internet routers. It revolves around UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) that is usual...

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Paul Penrose Head of Research at Finextra

Security: Are banks fighting a losing battle?

Some recent headlines from the past month: Barclays chairman loses £10,000 in ID fraud scam Halifax facing Chip and PIN fraud lawsuit Dutch cops arrest 14 ABN Amro customers as phishing mules Phishing losses hit $3.2. billion in 2007 – Gartner Barclays faces protest over clunky PINSentry authentication Question: Are banks losing the plot – and the ...

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