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Microsoft releases FixIt for critical flaw in 100 apps
Microsoft has released a software tool that helps system administrators protect PCs against a critical class of vulnerabilities found in more than 100 applications from a variety of software makers.…
Survey scammers serve up supposed shelter from survey scams
Cheeky scammers are offering prospective marks an application that supposedly shields them from exposure to survey scams.…
Survey scammers serve up supposed shelter from survey scams
Cheeky scammers are offering prospective marks an application that supposedly shields them from exposure to survey scams.…
Survey scammers serve up supposed shelter from survey scams
Cheeky scammers are offering prospective marks an application that supposedly shields them from exposure to survey scams.…
Russian cops cuff 10 ransomware Trojan suspects
Russian police have arrested 10 suspected members of a ransomware gang who allegedly made millions via a locked computer malware scam.…
Hardware hackers defeat quantum crypto
Security researchers using hardware hacking techniques have unearthed generic flaws in supposedly ultra-secure quantum cryptography systems.…
CarderPlanet founder charged in $9.4m RBS WorldPay hack
A man accused of being one of the most prolific sellers of credit-card data has been charged with participating in the brazen hack of RBS WorldPay in 2008 that funneled about $9.4m out of the payment processor in just 12 hours.…
Judge bashes warrantless cellphone tracking
A federal magistrate has ruled that information pulled from cellphone towers provides such an intimate portrait of a customer's life that government investigators must get a warrant before obtaining it.…
Fake TweetDeck update lures prompt password resets
Compromised Twitter accounts have been used to post links to an exploit portal that poses as a download site for an update to TweetDeck, the popular micro-blogging client software package.…
Fake TweetDeck update lures prompt password resets
Compromised Twitter accounts have been used to post links to an exploit portal that poses as a download site for an update to TweetDeck, the popular micro-blogging client software package.…
Crooks said swiped church funds were for sex crime victims
Scammers who made off with $600,000 after breaking into the bank account of a Catholic diocese claim the funds have been earmarked for the victims of paedophile priests.…
Scotch tape maker buys biometric tech firm
Updated Industrial conglomerate 3M has agree to buy biometric security firm Cogent Systems in a deal valued at $943m.…
E-voting critic released on bail (finally)
A computer scientist who exposed serious vulnerabilities in India's electronic voting machines was released on bail over the weekend after seven days in police custody.…
Apple QuickTime backdoor creates code-execution peril
A security researcher has unearthed a “bizarre” flaw in Apple's QuickTime Player that can be exploited to remotely execute malicious code on Windows-based PCs, even those running the most recent versions of operating system.…
Apple QuickTime backdoor creates code-execution peril
A security researcher has unearthed a “bizarre” flaw in Apple's QuickTime Player that can be exploited to remotely execute malicious code on Windows-based PCs, even those running the most recent versions of operating system.…
Apple QuickTime backdoor creates code-execution peril
A security researcher has unearthed a “bizarre” flaw in Apple's QuickTime Player that can be exploited to remotely execute malicious code on Windows-based PCs, even those running the most recent versions of operating system.…
Once-prolific Pushdo botnet crippled
Security researchers have disrupted the botnet known as Pushdo, a coup that over the past 48 hours has almost completely choked the torrent of junkmail from the once-prolific spam network.…
Once-prolific Pushdo botnet crippled
Security researchers have disrupted the botnet known as Pushdo, a coup that over the past 48 hours has almost completely choked the torrent of junkmail from the once-prolific spam network.…
Once-prolific Pushdo botnet crippled
Security researchers have disrupted the botnet known as Pushdo, a coup that over the past 48 hours has almost completely choked the torrent of junkmail from the once-prolific spam network.…
Police extend detention of e-voting critic
A computer scientist who exposed serious vulnerabilities in India's electronic voting machines will remain in police custody until at least Saturday, seven days after he was arrested, news websites reported.…