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Article | 18/04/2013 Popular home routers contain critical security vulnerabilities

Thirteen popular home and small office routers contain security problems that could allow a hacker to snoop or modify network traffic, according to ne...

Article | 18/04/2013 Gift card SMS spam drops after FTC action, Cloudmark finds

The volume of mobile spam messages touting free gift cards sharply fell after the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed complaints in early March ...

Article | 17/04/2013 AVG releases free 'TuneUp' application for Android devices

Security vendor AVG has released an application for Android that lets users adjust power settings and manage applications to conserve battery power.

Article | 16/04/2013 Symantec report finds small businesses battered by cybercrime

Cybercriminals are increasingly targeting small businesses due to their less sophisticated defenses, according to a new report from Symantec.

Article | 16/04/2013 Google search manipulation starves some websites of traffic

Google's placement of its own flight-finding service in search results is resulting in lower click-through rates for companies that have not bought ad...

Article | 15/04/2013 Gambling software developer moves to fix poker game flaws

A poker software developer plans to implement a fix this week for a vulnerability recently discovered by two security researchers who analyzed one of ...

Article | 12/04/2013 Microsoft amends security update after reports of system errors

Microsoft has amended a security update containing a patch that reportedly caused errors in some third-party software.

Article | 12/04/2013 Researchers find vulnerabilities in online poker applications

A review of poker applications shows that many suffer security flaws, putting players at risk of attack, according to a Malta-based security company.

Article | 11/04/2013 Bitcoin volatility caused by surge in demand, slow software

Bitcoin's roller-coaster price swings on Wednesday were caused by an influx of new buyers and software that couldn't keep up, according to the largest...

Article | 10/04/2013 Facebook, Pandora and Twitter seize mobile ad display market

An IDC study has found sweeping changes in how mobile display advertisements are sold, with Facebook, Pandora and Twitter successfully wresting away c...

Article | 10/04/2013 Ubisoft takes download service offline after breach

Ubisoft Entertainment said Wednesday it took its Uplay download service offline until it fixes an issue that reportedly allowed hackers to download ga...

Article | 9/04/2013 EPIC presses FBI in lawsuit for details on biometric database

A privacy watchdog has filed a lawsuit contending the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation has failed to provide requested technical information about...

Article | 4/04/2013 Mt. Gox under largest DDoS attack as bitcoin price surges

The largest bitcoin exchange said Thursday it is fighting an intense distributed denial-of-service attack it believes is intended at manipulating the ...

Article | 4/04/2013 Bitcoin storage service, Instawallet, suffers database attack

An online bitcoin storage service, Instawallet, said Wednesday it is accepting claims for stolen bitcoins after the company's database was fraudulentl...

Article | 3/04/2013 Online electronics retailer has successful trial with bitcoin-only transactions

An online electronics retailer, Bitcoinstore, has had such a successful trial run accepting only bitcoins for payment that it will continue operating.