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Cyber romance scams cost US victims $50 million in 2011
Who doesn’t love a good romance story? Oh, probably those who have ended up losing out on a lot of money.
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Backups are good – but don’t forget to check your backups work [VIDEO]
The “Toy Story 2″ movie was nearly lost forever because of failing backup software.
Watch the video to find out the story, and how the classic animated movie was recovered.
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Call of Duty Trojan horse creator ends up in jail, after drunken college raid
A British man who spread a spyware Trojan horse posing as a patch for the popular video game “Call of Duty”, has ended up with an 18 month jail sentence.
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British hacker jailed for one year for breaking into Facebook account
Southwark Crown Court has sentenced a 21-year-old British man to a jail in prison after he admitted hacking into the Facebook account of a US citizen, and accessing private messages.
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SSCC 90 – A walk around Interop 2012 with John Shier
This week’s Chet Chat comes to you live from the show floor at Interop 2012. John Shier and Chet Wisniewski have some fun and share highlights from the expo hall.
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Free Sophos Anti-Virus app for your Android
To help you better safeguard your Android phone and tablet, Sophos just published Sophos Mobile Security for Android in Google Play. Oh, and it’s free!
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Fake anti-virus disguises used by Android malware
The Android malware threat is growing.
And it’s no surprise to see similar social engineering tricks that have worked on other operating systems in the past also being used on the Android platform.
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Magic mirror on the wall, what’s the best smartphone of all?
Until last week, iPhone’s Siri would respond to “What is the best smartphone?” with – gulp – iPhone’s competitor Nokia Lumia 900. This “bug” has now been fixed by Apple, but Nokia are making sure everyone is aware that Apple is overriding the software.
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Global Payments breach continues to bewilder, accusations abound
The fallout from the breach of payment card processor Global Payments continues to widen, yet more information does not bring more clarity. Banks are uncovering more fraud related to the incident, but information about the theft is not being released by Global Payments.
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Rihanna sex video trap used by Facebook scammers.. again
You would think that if there had been a widespread scam on Facebook two months ago, that it wouldn’t be capable of spreading using identical wording now, wouldn’t you?
Sadly, it seems the answer is “no”.
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Seeing ads on Wikipedia? You may have malware
Wikipedia warns its millions of users about how cybercriminals can inject adverts into webpages.
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Judge ordering blocks to Pirate Bay is corrupt, says Pirate Party founder
The judge who ordered blocks to Pirate Bay sites turns out to have 1) a history of handing down verdicts that violate free speech and 2) been making some cash on the side by teaching alongside the plaintiff in an anti-piracy course. Does this make him corrupt?
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The full AusCERT 2012 #sophospuzzle – cut, paste, solve, NERF!
Here is the full text of the #sophospuzzle from this year’s AusCERT T-shirt.
Cut, paste, solve and get in the running to win a NERF gun.
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DHL malware campaign strikes again, designed to infect Windows PCs
Received an email from DHL about a failed package delivery?
Be on your guard. Malware authors are up to their old tricks once more.
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Hidden camera: FBI seizes – and then returns – anonymizing email server [VIDEO]
The FBI, investigating bomb threats, seized the server of a group, known as May First/People Link (MF/PL), that offers encrypted data services to people fighting oppressive regimes. Four days later, they returned it. What is going on?
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LinkedIn spam campaign promotes Viagra-pushing website
Have you received a message from LinkedIn asking you to confirm your email address?
Well, be careful before you click on the link in your inbox, as it could be scammers trying to dupe you into doing something else entirely.
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LinkedIn spam campaign promotes Viagra-pushing website
Have you received a message from LinkedIn asking you to confirm your email address?
Well, be careful before you click on the link in your inbox, as it could be scammers trying to dupe you into doing something else entirely.
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Calling all #sophospuzzle fans – AusCERT is here, and so is #DECODEME 2012!
Join those who are attending the AusCERT 2012 conference, and get stuck into the latest #sophospuzzle.
You don’t have to be at the conference to enter and win!
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The Pirate Bay gives thumbs-down on Anonymous DDoS attack on Virgin Media
File-sharing site The Pirate Bay has denounced an Anonymous DDoS campaign that took down Virgin Media, calling it an “ugly” method that’s no better than the UK court order for ISPs to block users from getting to The Pirate Bay.
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Adobe’s fix for Photoshop CS5 security issue? Buy Photoshop CS6
Way to alienate a loyal customerbase, Adobe.
Adobe is making users pay of its Photoshop, Illustrator and Flash Professionl products pay hundreds of dollars to fix security flaws.
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Adobe’s fix for Photoshop CS5 security issue? Buy Photoshop CS6
Way to alienate a loyal customerbase, Adobe.
Adobe is making users pay of its Photoshop, Illustrator and Flash Professionl products pay hundreds of dollars to fix security flaws.
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Pirate Party censored from helping people bypass Pirate Bay block
Dutch court orders the Pirate Party, a political party in favour of free sharing of information and data, remove all links and workaround instructions on how to bypass the ISP block on The Pirate Bay.
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MLT – Suspected member of TeamPoison hacking gang arrested
A teenage boy, believed to go by the online handle “MLT” and to be a member of the notorious TeamPoison hacking gang, has been arrested by British police.
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FTC puts Myspace on the naughty step for selling users’ private information
Myspace settles charges with The FTC for sharing the private information and web browsing habits of its 25 million users with advertisers. Do you think it’s enough of a slap on the wrist?
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What the FBI didn’t tell us about the hotel malware threat
Do you use the internet in hotels when travelling abroad? Do you think it’s safe to do so?
The FBI thinks you should be careful.. but is being surprisingly coy about the details.
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Security tip: When being interviewed on TV, make sure passwords aren’t written behind you
What’s wrong with this picture?
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