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“Gameover” malware revival – is it really up from the canvas?
Is the recent re-appearance of the Gameover malware a flash in the pan, or part of a concerted effort at reviving the threat? What do we need to do to knock it out altogether?
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CNET website and 1 million passwords compromised by Russian hacker group
CNET, the popular tech news and reviews website, was compromised over the weekend by Russian hackers called "W0rm," CNET's parent company confirmed yesterday.
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Germany considers replacing email with typewriters to evade spying
The country's pondering manual typewriters, however, unlike Russia's reported embrace of electric typewriters last year. Russia should be well aware that you can plug a keylogger into those...
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SSCC 156 - Warbiking in Manhattan, hubris for Google, and how less can be...
Sophos experts Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin are back with this week's security podcast, turning plain old news into advice you can use.
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'Hidden from Google' site remembers the pages Google's forced to forget
The newly launched site is archiving the pages Google was forced to de-index in the name of opening up to the internet as a whole the discussion regarding what should or should not be "forgotten."
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Google+ drops real name policy. What do you think? [POLL]
Following years of criticism, Google announced on Tuesday that it is waving goodbye to the real names policy it employed to block the use of pseudonyms on its Google+ social network.
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Oracle's "Patch Tuesday" brings 113 patches across 13 product families
Oracle's July 2014 security patches are out, and there's a ton of them. Literally and figuratively...
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Child abuse images dragnet snares 660 suspected paedophiles
Doctors, teachers, scout leaders, care workers and former police officers - all professions that entail unsupervised access to children - were among 660 who've been arrested in an unprecedented child...
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13-year-old girl arrested for Facebook death threats against entire town
Despite specific threats to kill a 12-year-old cancer patient along with the entire population of a Texas town, Facebook initially stonewalled police's efforts to find the identity of whoever was...
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BlackBerry takes a pop at privacy-focused Blackphone
There's a public spat between BlackBerry and Blackphone, the spunky start-up company trying to break into the crowded mobile market with promises of air-tight security. Can BlackBerry survive the...
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Cisco warns of big remote management hole in tiny routers
Even little routers can have giant holes, as Cisco warns in a just-published security advisory.
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Notorious Shylock banking malware taken out by law enforcement
Law enforcement action led by the National Crime Agency (NCA) in the UK has knocked out the infrastructure of a banking malware known as Shylock, because of excerpts from Shakespeare's Merchant of...
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Introducing Jibo: adorable home robot or the Eye of Sauron?
Launched by famed MIT Media Labs roboticist Cynthia Breazeal, he's poised to smile, dance, and giggle his way into our hearts, our homes, and hopefully not into the lucrative position of pawning data...
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Bing follows Google by offering 'right to be forgotten' form
It's unclear whether Microsoft will take a similar approach to Google in the way it handles Bing search results. The situation certainly needs clarification and the big 3 search engines have been...
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Which web browser do you trust the most? [POLL]
The web browser could be considered the most important piece of software we use on a daily basis, which is why a relationship of trust comes into play - we rely on our browser to secure our...
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SysAdmins… do we have a prize for you!
Last year, we gave away a pizza party to one lucky sys admin. This year, some very nice people in charge of the budget have given us a bit more money...
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It’s all about trust! 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Watch 60 Second Security for 19 July 2014 - it's all about trust!
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Monday review - the hot 20 stories of the week
Catch up with everything we wrote in the last seven days - it's weekly roundup time.
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New York proposes strict regulations for Bitcoin
The rules are strict. Will the community pay heed, or will it ignore attempts to control this wild landscape?
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Jailed Apple phishing duo also imported pickpockets and cloned credit cards
How's this for irony? A pair of fraudsters phished bank account details out of over 150 Apple users by sending them hairy-scary messages about their accounts having been compromised.
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