Friday 3rd September 2010 | Posted in Security | No Comments »
Hunting 'mugu' in America
A Nigerian man has been sentenced to more than 12 years in US prison for orchestrating an advance payment scam that bilked victims out of more than $1.3m.…
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Quick off the mark
Spammers have been quick off the mark in exploiting Apple's new iTunes social network to punt survey scams.…
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#hackiswacked
Symantec's attempts to link up with Snoop Dogg to launch a cybercrime rap contest have descended into farce after it emerged that vulnerabilities with a dedicated site can be easily rickrolled.…
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Friday 3rd September 2010 | Posted in Security | No Comments »
The story that refuses to die
New allegations of phone hacking at the News of the World have resulted in the suspension of one of the Sunday paper's reporters, pending legal and disciplinary action over allegations of tapping into the voicemail messages of an unnamed television personality.…
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Thursday 2nd September 2010 | Posted in Security | No Comments »
Teaching old apps new tricks
Microsoft has released a new version of a software tool that developers and administrators can use to harden older applications against common vulnerabilities.…
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Thursday 2nd September 2010 | Posted in Security | No Comments »
Ping-pong
The latest version of iTunes for Windows addresses 13 security vulnerabilities, as well as adding much-publicised social networking functionality.…
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Thursday 2nd September 2010 | Posted in Security | No Comments »
Now thass geekster
Symantec has teamed up with rapper Snoop Dogg to launch a cybercrime rap contest.…
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Thursday 2nd September 2010 | Posted in Security | No Comments »
Get their Belvoirs mixed up
Geographically mixed-up Algerian hackers made themselves look rather silly by defacing the website of an English stately home instead of Belvoir Fortress in Israel, their intended target.…
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Wednesday 1st September 2010 | Posted in Security | No Comments »
More than 10,000 accounts spoofed
Federal prosecutors have uncovered a scam that used tens of thousands of cloned cellphones to defraud Sprint out of $15m in lost long distance revenue.…
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Wednesday 1st September 2010 | Posted in Security | No Comments »
Relief for Firefox, Nvidia, PowerPoint
Microsoft has released a software tool that helps system administrators protect PCs against a critical class of vulnerabilities found in more than 100 applications from a variety of software makers.…
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