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Personal data of 65,000 FoxyBingo players sold for cash
A former gambling industry worker who sold personal data relating to over 65,000 online bingo players has been found guilty under the Data Protection Act.
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Hide and seek with site injections
Step into the shoes of a site administrators attempting to check if their sites have been hacked or not, by taking a look at a couple of recent attacks against web sites.
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Anonymous and LulzSec trawl Google Code search for security holes
A new report suggests that Google's Code Search is being used by groups such as LulzSec and Anonymous to find passwords and other private data, gain access to secure networks and decide who their next...
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Apple's iOS 5.0.1 is out - should you upgrade?
Apple's latest iOS update is out. The new version bumps iOS5 up to 5.0.1, and is Apple's first update available over-the-air. Question is, should you update right away?
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You practice safe computing, so why do you still see malware?
Think you are a security aware computer user, but still get occasional security alerts and pop-ups? Follow these tips to help keep your Mac or PC clean as a whistle.
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Facebook nears settlement with FTC on privacy opt-in
The settlement addresses charges that the company misled users about how it would use their personal information. Facebook would be required to obtain user consent before making “material retroactive...
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Shopping spree at Morrisons? Nope, another Facebook scam...
Food prices are high, morale is low, so who wouldn't want nice big £150 gift card from Morrisons? Facebook scammers lure social networking users into a survey scam in the run-up to Christmas.
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Facebook WON'T donate 45 cents per share for beaten boy's surgery. It's a hoax!
Almost 200,000 Facebook users have been duped into sharing and reposting a message about a 14 year old boy who was allegedly beaten badly by his stepfather after protecting his little sister from being...
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Ambulance service disrupted by computer virus infection
Anyone who still thinks that virus-writing is "mostly harmless" and only really impacts the foolish who don't have backups, should consider what the possible consequences of taking down the systems of...
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Hacked Sky News Twitter account claims James Murdoch arrested
The Sky News business Twitter account was apparently hacked last night to display a false message claiming that News Corporation's Chief Executive and Chairman James Murdoch had been arrested by police...
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Leveson phone hacking inquiry interrupted.. by a Trojan horse
The first day of an inquiry into phone hacking by the British media was briefly interrupted today, by a Trojan horse.
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Anonymous threatens Mexican politicians and City of Toronto
Anonymous are threatening to attack the City of Toronto if they evict the occupy protesters from St. James Park. They have also hacked political websites in Mexico during this weekend's election...
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Amazon Kindle Fire launches, a second look at Silk privacy
Amazon began delivering Kindle Fire tablets today, which include their cloud-accelerated browser Silk. I took a look at their response to the EFF on the privacy concerns around cloud surfing and...
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Bogus Bank of America Google Plus page attacks their reputation
Hacker pranksters have created a bogus Bank of America profile on the Google Plus service. Is this harmless hijinx, or an indication of future Google Plus abuse?
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Facebook users hit by hardcore porn, violence and animal abuse images
Explicit and violent images have flooded the newsfeeds of many Facebook users in the last 24 hours or so. The content, which includes photoshopped photos of celebrities such as Justin Bieber, pictures...
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Divorcing couple ordered to hand over Facebook and dating site passwords
The courts have no problem separating individuals from their supposed privacy and confidentiality, regardless of what Twitter, Facebook et al. might state in their terms of service. “It would be...
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Facebook explains pornographic shock spam, hints at browser vulnerability
Facebook has released a statement about the fast spreading offensive messages that have been posted to many users walls. They claim there is a browser vulnerability that allowed users to paste...
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Anatomy of an Attack comes to Melbourne, Australia
Live in the Melbourne, Victoria area? Join us for Anatomy of an Attack on 22 November 2011. Live elsewhere? Find out more about AoA events in your region, and check out our educational online videos.
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Don't fall for the Recovering American Soldier hoax
A message spreads on Facebook telling you how you can send a Christmas card to an anonymous American soldier - but all is not what it seems.
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FBI investigates Santa Clara University hack which changed exam grades
Examination grades changed by hacker, as university calls in the FBI to investigate.
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