The hackers in charge of the Flashback botnet managed to generate $14,000 from their Mac-based click fraud campaign, but have not been paid, Symantec said today.
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Sophos says they’re starting in Russia, but will expand with success
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May
2012
Guidance on Mobile POS Devices
The PCI Council has just released some very interesting (and brief, hence the “at a glance” designation) guidance on mobile payment devices and applications. The document is quite interesting, and I recommend it to everyone …
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Cyber spies have planted Java- and Flash-exploiting malware on websites focused on human rights, defense and foreign policy.
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18
May
2012
Tumblr Dating Game? No Me Gusta.
There’s a bit of a spam run taking place on Tumblr right now, in the form of a “Tumblr Dating Game”. Click to Enlarge The spam message reads as follows: “Lol half of your followers …
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If organisations had more confidence to delegate mundane tasks to junior staff and contractors they could free up more time for senior staff. [Read More...]
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Law enforcement officials today expressed concern with a bill intended to provide guidelines for how and when they can access someone’s location-based data.
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18
May
2012
The Pirate Bay Taken Down by Cyber Attack
The site has been inaccessible for over 24 hours.
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Android.Opfake is malware used to scam mobile device owners into paying a small fee for apps by sending out premium-rate SMS messages from Android devices. It has continued to grow and evolve into a threat …
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18
May
2012
Secure by Design: The Future of IT Security?
A startup called Bromium is taking on the challenge of Byzantine Fault Tolerance: Making computer systems that are dependable and secure by design.
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