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Virgin Media to warn malware-infected customers

IT SECURITY NEWS - Mon, 08/16/2010 - 13:49
Lines up letters

Virgin Media subscribers whose computers are part of a botnet can expect a letter warning them to tighten up their security, under a new initiative based on data collected by independent malware trackers.…

Virgin Media to warn malware-infected customers

SPYWARE NEWS - Mon, 08/16/2010 - 13:49
Lines up letters

Virgin Media subscribers whose computers are part of a botnet can expect a letter warning them to tighten up their security, under a new initiative based on data collected by independent malware trackers.…

Virgin Media to warn malware-infected customers

ANTI-VIRUS NEWS - Mon, 08/16/2010 - 13:49
Lines up letters

Virgin Media subscribers whose computers are part of a botnet can expect a letter warning them to tighten up their security, under a new initiative based on data collected by independent malware trackers.…

Craigslist 'killer' kills himself

IT SECURITY NEWS - Mon, 08/16/2010 - 13:14
Suspected prison suicide

Philip Markoff, the man accused of using Craigslist to hire sex workers who he then attacked, has been found dead in his cell where he was awaiting trial.…

Survey scammers exploit Facebook dislike lure

IT SECURITY NEWS - Mon, 08/16/2010 - 12:35
D. Odgybloke likes this

Chancers are punting a survey scam on Facebook that poses as a curmudgeonly response to the social network's 'Like' button.…

Survey scammers exploit Facebook dislike lure

ANTI-SPAM NEWS - Mon, 08/16/2010 - 12:35
D. Odgybloke likes this

Chancers are punting a survey scam on Facebook that poses as a curmudgeonly response to the social network's 'Like' button.…

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Underground credit card clearing house hacked

IT SECURITY NEWS - Mon, 08/16/2010 - 11:44
Lay down with dogs - caught fleas

An underground credit card clearing house has itself been hacked, an investigation by Trend Micro has confirmed.…

Man sentenced for DIY gift-card cloning

IT SECURITY NEWS - Sat, 08/14/2010 - 02:32
Apple, Best Buy, and Macy's scammed

A 22-year-old Oregon man has been sentenced to 18 months probation for stealing $6,000 worth of merchandise using gift card–cloning gear he found online.…

Hackers spoof car warning system

IT SECURITY NEWS - Fri, 08/13/2010 - 17:25
Blowout

Computer scientists have brought new meaning to the term war driving by hacking into a moving car's wirelessly-connected warning systems and generating fake error messages.…

Opera and QuickTime updates slay buffer bugs

IT SECURITY NEWS - Fri, 08/13/2010 - 14:33
Client side fixes are go

Opera has fixed a high-risk flaw in its browser software.…

Rise in Latvian botnets prompts Spamhaus row

IT SECURITY NEWS - Fri, 08/13/2010 - 14:01
Small nation battles rudeness

Concerns over the rising tide of nuisance and malicious email from Latvia have sparked an acrimonious dispute between anti-spam organisation Spamhaus and the country's top-level domain registry.…

Waledac zombie attacks rise from the grave

IT SECURITY NEWS - Fri, 08/13/2010 - 12:27
As hard to kill as a horror movie baddie

Updated  Update: Trend Labs has reclassified the malware as a Bredolab variant instead of Waledac. That means the central premise of out original story - that Waladec - is back from the grave - is wrong.

Waledac zombie attacks rise from the grave

ANTI-SPAM NEWS - Fri, 08/13/2010 - 12:27
As hard to kill as a horror movie baddie

Updated  Update: Trend Labs has reclassified the malware as a Bredolab variant instead of Waledac. That means the central premise of out original story - that Waladec - is back from the grave - is wrong.

Security flaw creates Android, Palm Pre snoop risk

IT SECURITY NEWS - Fri, 08/13/2010 - 11:24
It's like James Bond! But not

Security researchers have uncovered a flaw that creates a means to plant bugging software on Palm Pre devices.…

Security flaw creates Android, Palm Pre snoop risk

SPYWARE NEWS - Fri, 08/13/2010 - 11:24
It's like James Bond! But not

Security researchers have uncovered a flaw that creates a means to plant bugging software on Palm Pre devices.…

Security flaw creates Android, Palm Pre snoop risk

ANTI-VIRUS NEWS - Fri, 08/13/2010 - 11:24
It's like James Bond! But not

Security researchers have uncovered a flaw that creates a means to plant bugging software on Palm Pre devices.…

RIM tries to placate everyone

IT SECURITY NEWS - Fri, 08/13/2010 - 11:18
Impossible task sure to irritate all parties

Updated  RIM, operator of the BlackBerry service, has been explaining that customers' security and government contracts are equally important, and that it really, really, doesn't have any keys to hand over.…

NTLM authentication: still broken after all these years

IT SECURITY NEWS - Fri, 08/13/2010 - 01:33
Popular tech imperils users

A 15-year-old vulnerability in technology used to authenticate users on Windows and Unix networks continues to put the organizations that rely on it at risk, a security researcher said on Thursday.…

Server-based botnet floods net with brutish SSH attacks

IT SECURITY NEWS - Thu, 08/12/2010 - 19:50
PHP patch laggards to blame

Updated  A server-based botnet that preys on insecure websites is flooding the net with attacks that attempt to guess the login credentials for secure shells protecting Linux boxes, routers, and other network devices.…

Taxman warns on phone fraud

SMALL BUSINESS IT NEWS - Thu, 08/12/2010 - 16:29
Look this gift horse in the mouth

Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs is warning people not to fall for unsolicited phone calls claiming to be offering tax rebates.…

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