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Apple's Gatekeeper security feature leaves a lot to be desired
Apple is introducing a new security feature called Gatekeeper in its upcoming OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion release. Read on to find out what it does and how it measures up.
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Researchers take another crack at SSL
Just how unique is is your private key? Is there a chance that someone else, without any malice aforethought, might unexpectedly end up with a key pair that is identical or at least dangerously similar...
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Second passport for South Africans? It's spam of the day
If these spammers want to get a higher return on their email campaign they might want to try targeting just South African internet users in future.
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Canadian politician accuses bill opposition of siding with child porn peddlars
Canadian politician causes stir, saying anyone who objects to the "Protecting Children from Online Predators Act" sides with child pornographers. Do statements like this serve anything more than...
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Bogus Twitter and Wikipedia sites fined and booted offline
Two typosquatting sites, "Wikapedia.com" and "Twtter.com," have been forced offline and fined £100,000 ($156,000) each by a UK telephone regulatory agency. Learn tips on how you can avoid falling...
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Trust and society: a review of Liars & Outliers by Bruce Schneier
Paul Baccas reviews Bruce Schneier's latest book.
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We want to hear from you (and you might just get a free book out of it)
Calling IT managers... You're busy. Everyone expects everything to be working smoothly. Bet you'd like some useful articles to make your life a bit easier? Tell us what these are and be in with a...
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Vikileaks Twitter campaign falls over, but Vic Toews still standing
While the fury over Canadian Public Safety Minister Vic Toews' really, really poor choice of words continues to snowball, Vikileaks Twitter campaign was shut down last night.
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Ex-girlfriend sex videos, browser plugins and Facebook survey scams
Scammers are up to their old tricks on Facebook, tricking users into visiting revenue-generating survey scam websites by appearing to offer sex videos.
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Don't lose your Klingon inheritance. It's spam of the day
Our Klingon anti-virus product has been told it could receive a massive inheritance. Hmm.. does anyone smell anything a bit Ferengi about this?
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'X' is named. Alleged computer hacker at the centre of News of the World scandal
Security consultant Philip Campbell Smith is alleged to have used a Trojan horse to hack into a computer belonging to Ian Hurst, a former British army intelligence officer who handled IRA informers in...
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Pirate Bay faces UK web block
The High Court in London has paved the way for what could become a nationwide ban on accessing the notorious Pirate Bay file-sharing website.
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Alleged fraudster has until next week to decrypt her hard drive for prosecutors
Prosecutors are keen to discover what is on the encrypted laptop of Ramona Fricosu, a Colorado woman accused of committing financial fraud. The case has raised interesting questions of whether you can...
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Beware Changelog spammed-out malware attack
Internet users are receiving emails claiming to contain a changelog - but the files attached are really designed to infect computers.
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IRS releases its top 'Dirty Dozen' tax scams
Ushering in tax season, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released its annual "Dirty Dozen" tax scams for 2012.
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IMP or CCDP? Who cares, it's still storing your data
The Communications Capabilities Development Programme is the British government's attempt at rehashing the opposing Labour party's failed surveillance reforms. The Interception Modernisation Programme...
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YouPorn passwords available for download, thousands of users exposed
Want a free password for one of the world's most popular adult websites? YouPorn, one of the world's most popular porn video websites appears to have been caught with its pants down.
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Megaupload's Kim Dotcom bursts the jail bubble
File sharing entrepreneur Kim Dotcom, the larger-than-life figure who was controversially busted by the cops hiding in a panic room in his $30 million mansion in New Zealand, has finally convinced a...
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Firefox for Android and SMS messages? A dangerous mix
Concerns are raised over the beta version of Firefox for Android, after it demands that users allow it to access your smartphone's ability to send and receive SMS messages. Could such a permission be a...
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