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Article | 17/05/2013 Alleged tech support scammers settle FTC charges
Operators of two alleged tech support scams that charged consumers hundreds of dollars to supposedly fix their computers have settled charges from the...
Article | 17/05/2013 Police arrest Anonymous suspects in Italy
Italian police arrested four suspected hackers Friday, accusing them of having taken control of the Italian branch of the Anonymous network.
Article | 17/05/2013 Researchers uncover new global cyberespionage operation dubbed SafeNet
Security researchers from Trend Micro have uncovered an active cyberespionage operation that so far has compromised computers belonging to government ...
Article | 17/05/2013 New Mac spyware found on Angolan activist's computer
Previously unknown Mac OS X spyware, signed with a valid Apple Developer ID, has turned up on the laptop of an activist from Angola at a human rights ...
Article | 17/05/2013 In a sea of malware, viruses make a small comeback
The computer virus seems to be making a subtle comeback.
Article | 16/05/2013 Four former LulzSec members sentenced to prison in the UK
Four British men associated with the LulzSec hacker collective received prison sentences Thursday for their roles in cyberattacks launched by the grou...
Article | 16/05/2013 Pushdo botnet is evolving, becomes more resilient to takedown attempts
Security researchers from Damballa have found a new variant of the Pushdo malware that's better at hiding its malicious network traffic and is more re...
Article | 15/05/2013 Syrian Internet service comes back online
Internet traffic in and out of war-torn Syria has been restored after a disruption of nearly eight and a half hours, according to Internet traffic cha...
Article | 15/05/2013 Russia signs international privacy pact
Russia on Wednesday took a step toward protecting private data by ratifying the so-called Convention 108, established in 1981 and legally binding in 4...
Article | 15/05/2013 Researchers uncover large cyberfraud operation targeting Australian bank customers
Security researchers from Russian cybercrime investigations firm Group-IB have uncovered a cyberfraud operation that uses specialized financial malwar...
Article | 14/05/2013 Microsoft rushes Explorer 8 patch release
Just 11 days after issuing an advisory, Microsoft has released a patch for a bug in Internet Explorer 8 that bedeviled the U.S. Department of Labor ea...
Article | 14/05/2013 Adobe releases critical security updates for Reader, Flash Player and ColdFusion
Adobe has released scheduled security updates for its Reader, Acrobat, Flash Player and ColdFusion products on Tuesday in order to fix many critical v...
Article | 14/05/2013 Android threats growing in number and complexity, report says
The Android threat landscape is growing in both size and complexity with cybercriminals adopting new distribution methods and building Android-focused...
Article | 14/05/2013 China still safe for IT outsourcing, despite US security concerns, says vendor
China's reputation for security may have been marred by recent U.S. accusations of state-sponsored hacking but the nation is still a safe place as a t...
Article | 14/05/2013 Intel's McAfee brings biometric authentication to cloud storage
Intel is introducing new ideas to secure the public cloud, offering a service in which online files can be accessed after users are verified by an aut...