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Osama Shoot down video scam spreads on Facebook
Facebook users are being tempted to click on links to what purports to be a video of Osama bin Laden being shot, in the latest scam to exploit the hot news story of the Al Qaeda leader's death. Read more…
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Zeus Botnet still going strong... targetting NACHA members
Chances are, you or someone you know has received an email purporting to be from NACHA saying your ACH membership has expired. Unless you're in the Financial Payments industry however, you might not...
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Lord Gaga video banned? Twitter rogue app spread by scammers
Scammers are seeding an attack against Twitter users, posing as a banned video of "Lord Gaga" in an attempt to compromise accounts. Using a selection of newly created Twitter accounts, which have the...
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Pre-teens at risk after X Factor hackers steal private data from wannabe...
The personal information of more than 250,000 people, including children as young as 12 years old, may have been stolen from the producers of the X-Factor TV show. Read more…
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Apple iOS update quashes location tracking "bug"
Apple has released an iOS update for the iPhone and iPad, addressing concerns that the devices were tracking users' locations. Read more…
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FBI says you've been visiting illegal websites? It's a malware attack
Cybercriminals have spammed out a malicious attack, posing as a notification from the FBI that you have been visiting illegal websites. Read more…
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Mac fake anti-virus attack adopts new disguise
New versions of the latest malware to hit Mac OS X users have come to light, following the discovery earlier this week of fake anti-virus attacks being spread by SEO poisoning. Read more…
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Sophos to acquire Astaro - some reactions
Earlier today Sophos announced its plan to acquire Astaro, a world-leader in internet security appliances. See how people have responded to the news. Read more…
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Mac fake anti-virus attack gets dirty to ensnare victims
The latest variants of the new Mac malware use particularly dirty tricks to catch out unsuspecting users. Read more…
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Mother's Day search terms lead to Mac rogue security software
The worlds first advertisement pretending to be a security scanner targeting Apple Mac users has hit the scene. It has been a busy week for criminals targeting OS X computers as we have seen several...
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Sony succumbs to another hack leaking 2,500 "old records"
Sony has acknowledged another system has been compromised by hackers and names and addresses of 2,500 more people have been stolen and published. Read more…
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SSCC 59 - bin Laden, Sony, LastPass, Patch Tuesday and Mac malware
This week's Chet Chat guest is Richard Wang. Richard and Chester spoke about Sony, bin Laden scams, LastPass, the upcoming Patch Tuesday and the recent rise in Apple Mac malware. Read more…
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Hours spent on Twitter? Don't click on scam spreading virally on Twitter
Another rogue application is spreading between unsuspecting Twitter users, claiming to tell you how many hours you have spent on on the network. The messages all look pretty similar, and use a...
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How Mother's Day Facebook celebrations can lead to identity theft
Last time, we explained why you shouldn't reveal your Royal Wedding guest name. Now we have to warn you that celebrating Mother's Day on Facebook can lead to you giving away too much personal...
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Patch Tuesday - June 2011 - 16 bulletins, 9 critical
It's time to patch! Today is Patch Tuesday for June 2011, and it's a big one. Read on for the details and advice from SophosLabs. Read more…
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Patch Tuesday part two - Adobe patches Reader, Flash and more
Adobe's Patch Tuesday quarterly release is out and fixes many critical vulnerabilities. Time to patch Reader, Acrobat, Shockwave, Flash, ColdFusion, LifeCycle and Blaze... Read more…
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EVE Online and other gaming websites hit by LulzSec DDoS attack
EVE Online, Minecraft, League of Legends and Escapist Magazine all feel the pain as their websites are attacked by LulzSec. Read more…
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Poll: Do you find LulzSec's activities amusing?
Are LulzSec amusing you with their DDoS attacks, website hacks and exposure of personal information? Or are you just not getting the joke? Take our poll now. Read more…
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USB Autorun malware on the wane
The prevalence of Autorun malware appears to have dropped significantly, following Microsoft pushing out an update to change the behaviour of the Windows technology. Read more…
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CIA website brought down by DDoS attack, LulzSec hackers claim responsibility
The CIA's website is currently inaccessible, having apparently fallen foul of a LulzSec distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. Read more…
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