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Patch Tuesday for February 2011 - Adobe and Microsoft
Microsoft released 12 fixes as part of their monthly Patch Tuesday and Adobe released critical fixes for Flash Player, Shockwave Player and Adobe Reader/Acrobat. Read on to find out why you should...
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SSCC47- Now with transcript! Patch Tuesday, HBGary, Nasdaq hack, RBS WorldPay...
This week's podcast discusses Patch Tuesday, HBGary being hacked, the compromise at Nasdaq, the guilty plea of a RBS WorldPay hacker and Google pledging an extra $20,000 at Pwn2Own. Listen now, or...
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Microsoft says 'Good riddance' to USB Autorun
Microsoft has rolled-out an "important, non-security update" through Windows Update, changing the behaviour of Autorun when you plug a USB stick into your computer. The reason? To make it harder for...
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Sophos Security Threat Report 2011 - Web seminar now online
Watch our online web seminar where we discuss the top threats affecting businesses today. Read more…
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400,000 email addresses exposed by Irish recruitment website hack
Money mule spam is sent by fraudsters to users exposed after the security breach at RecruitIreland.com. Read more…
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Valentine's Day scams spread virally on Facebook
Is there a girl/boy you really like? Do you want to send them a love poem on Facebook? If so, you could be just the kind of person that survey scammers are looking for. Read more…
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Van Gogh Museum hit by Facebook scammers
The Facebook page of the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam has been compromised to promote a money-making survey scam. If your company taking proper measures to protect its Facebook presence? Read more…
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Facebook clickjacking: Dirty Italian schoolteacher undresses
Italian users could be at risk of being clickjacked on Facebook, as a new attack is seen spreading between users, posing as a video of a stripping schoolteacher. Read more…
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VIDEO: How to steal passwords from a locked iPhone
German researchers say that they have found a way to steal passwords stored on a locked Apple iPhone in just six minutes. Even if they don't know your iPhone's passcode. Read more…
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Vote for Graham Cluley in SC's social media awards
Most of us who know Graham Cluley will not be surprised that he's been named a finalist in Secure Computing's "Social Media Awards 2011". We at Naked Security would love your vote, as competition for...
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Memories of the Anna Kournikova worm
It's ten years since the Anna Kournikova worm spread around the world. Graham Cluley reminisces about the worm, and tells the story behind one of the world's biggest virus outbreaks. Read more…
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Night Dragon attacks: myth or reality?
Many readers will have seen the press around a series of hacking attacks that have been labelled the 'Night Dragon' attacks by McAfee. In this post, some of the common questions that these attacks pose...
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Hei Man: Scandinavian spam attack spreads Trojan horse
Cybercriminals are attempting to infect PCs with a Trojan horse by pretending it contains images of a Scandinavian Facebook user. Read more…
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Hacking the Web: Hijacking search results
Fraser Howard takes a look at a recent browser 0wning attack in which the victim's search results are hijacked, and they are inundated with popups to adult dating sites. Read more…
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Spammer's blunder leads to widespread split personality malware attack
Malware can't decide if it's pretending to come from FDIC or UPS. Beware malicious file distributed as FDIC_Document.zip! Read more…
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Hardware keyloggers discovered at public libraries
USB hardware keyloggers have been found attached to the back of two PCs in Manchester, England. Read more…
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Russian mobile users targeted by SMS Valentine Trojan
A Valentine's Day mobile application, which promises to send an romantic MMS message to a loved one, actually hides a money-making scheme that sends expensive messages to a Russian premium rate SMS...
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Turning scareware devious distribution tactics into practical protection...
Mike Wood discusses ways to thwart fake anti-virus SEO attacks with a few simple tweaks to your browser. Read more…
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Lush customers should check their credit card statements - more websites hacked
Lush, the handmade cosmetics firm, has shut its Australian and New Zealand websites after hackers apparently gained access to online customers' personal data. Read more…
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Alleged Nintendo blackmailer arrested in Spain
Spanish police have arrested a man who is alleged to have attempted to blackmail video game giant Nintendo after accessing the personal information of 4,000 gamers. Read more…
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