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Nigerian man gets 12 years for $1.3m 419 scam

IT SECURITY NEWS - Fri, 09/03/2010 - 20:58
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.…

Spammers latch onto Ping to pump iPhone survey scams

IT SECURITY NEWS - Fri, 09/03/2010 - 12:03
Quick off the mark

Spammers have been quick off the mark in exploiting Apple's new iTunes social network to punt survey scams.…

Spammers latch onto Ping to pump iPhone survey scams

SPYWARE NEWS - Fri, 09/03/2010 - 12:03
Quick off the mark

Spammers have been quick off the mark in exploiting Apple's new iTunes social network to punt survey scams.…

Spammers latch onto Ping to pump iPhone survey scams

ANTI-VIRUS NEWS - Fri, 09/03/2010 - 12:03
Quick off the mark

Spammers have been quick off the mark in exploiting Apple's new iTunes social network to punt survey scams.…

Symantec Snoop Dogg rap contest site rickrolled

IT SECURITY NEWS - Fri, 09/03/2010 - 11:09
#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.…

Phone bugging scandal reignited as <em>NotW</em> suspends reporter

IT SECURITY NEWS - Fri, 09/03/2010 - 10:30
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.…

Microsoft freshens retro code lock-down tool

IT SECURITY NEWS - Thu, 09/02/2010 - 23:01
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.…

HMRC issues CD-rom alert to employers

SMALL BUSINESS IT NEWS - Thu, 09/02/2010 - 17:17
Quaint system to be replaced in 2011

HM Revenue and Customs has warned employers who use its Employer CD-rom to update it immediately to avoid miscalculations.…

iTunes update plugs WebKit flaw

IT SECURITY NEWS - Thu, 09/02/2010 - 16:16
Ping-pong

The latest version of iTunes for Windows addresses 13 security vulnerabilities, as well as adding much-publicised social networking functionality.…

iTunes update plugs WebKit flaw

SPYWARE NEWS - Thu, 09/02/2010 - 16:16
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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iTunes update plugs WebKit flaw

ANTI-VIRUS NEWS - Thu, 09/02/2010 - 16:16
Ping-pong

The latest version of iTunes for Windows addresses 13 security vulnerabilities, as well as adding much-publicised social networking functionality.…

Free On-Demand Webcast - Virtualizing the Hard Stuff

Symantec and Snoop Dogg launch cybercrime rap contest

IT SECURITY NEWS - Thu, 09/02/2010 - 11:24
Now thass geekster

Symantec has teamed up with rapper Snoop Dogg to launch a cybercrime rap contest.…

Cyber-jihadists deface home of teddy bears' picnic

IT SECURITY NEWS - Thu, 09/02/2010 - 10:08
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.…

Feds crack phone clone scam that cost Sprint $15m

IT SECURITY NEWS - Thu, 09/02/2010 - 01:51
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.…

Microsoft releases FixIt for critical flaw in 100 apps

IT SECURITY NEWS - Wed, 09/01/2010 - 18:57
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.…

Survey scammers serve up supposed shelter from survey scams

IT SECURITY NEWS - Wed, 09/01/2010 - 14:18
Kind of ironic when you think about it

Cheeky scammers are offering prospective marks an application that supposedly shields them from exposure to survey scams.…

Survey scammers serve up supposed shelter from survey scams

SPYWARE NEWS - Wed, 09/01/2010 - 14:18
Kind of ironic when you think about it

Cheeky scammers are offering prospective marks an application that supposedly shields them from exposure to survey scams.…

Survey scammers serve up supposed shelter from survey scams

ANTI-VIRUS NEWS - Wed, 09/01/2010 - 14:18
Kind of ironic when you think about it

Cheeky scammers are offering prospective marks an application that supposedly shields them from exposure to survey scams.…

Russian cops cuff 10 ransomware Trojan suspects

IT SECURITY NEWS - Wed, 09/01/2010 - 11:58
Cybercrime gang allegedly raked in $16m

Russian police have arrested 10 suspected members of a ransomware gang who allegedly made millions via a locked computer malware scam.…

Hardware hackers defeat quantum crypto

IT SECURITY NEWS - Wed, 09/01/2010 - 10:11
Tripping the light fantastic

Security researchers using hardware hacking techniques have unearthed generic flaws in supposedly ultra-secure quantum cryptography systems.…

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