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May 17, 2012 – 4:32 am | Comments Off

 
A local baker wants to warn other businesses about a scam in which someone almost cheated her out of a thousand dollars’ worth of cupcakes.

“I’ve had big orders, but not that big — it’s huge,” Sarah Johnson recalled herself saying when she received an e-mail order for 450 cupcakes.
Johnson works out of her Cobb County home producing “Sarah’s Heavenly Cupcakes.” She was also surprised the …

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Cyber romance scams cost US victims $50 million in 2011

May 17, 2012 – 3:48 pm | Comments Off

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]

May 17, 2012 – 2:40 pm | Comments Off

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

May 17, 2012 – 1:33 pm | Comments Off

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

May 17, 2012 – 10:12 am | Comments Off

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

May 17, 2012 – 9:05 am | Comments Off

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

May 16, 2012 – 3:20 pm | Comments Off

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

May 16, 2012 – 2:15 pm | Comments Off

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?

May 16, 2012 – 11:55 am | Comments Off

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

May 15, 2012 – 11:37 pm | Comments Off

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

May 15, 2012 – 2:43 pm | Comments Off

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

May 15, 2012 – 1:36 pm | Comments Off

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

May 15, 2012 – 11:21 am | Comments Off

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!

May 15, 2012 – 7:59 am | Comments Off

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

May 14, 2012 – 4:24 pm | Comments Off

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]

May 14, 2012 – 2:12 pm | Comments Off

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

May 14, 2012 – 9:41 am | Comments Off

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

May 14, 2012 – 9:41 am | Comments Off

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!

May 14, 2012 – 2:56 am | Comments Off

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

May 11, 2012 – 1:31 pm | Comments Off

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

May 11, 2012 – 12:22 pm | Comments Off

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

May 11, 2012 – 12:22 pm | Comments Off

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

May 11, 2012 – 11:14 am | Comments Off

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

May 11, 2012 – 1:11 am | Comments Off

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

May 10, 2012 – 3:09 pm | Comments Off

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

May 10, 2012 – 2:02 pm | Comments Off

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

May 10, 2012 – 9:35 am | Comments Off

What’s wrong with this picture?
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