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Zombified Computers get 2 week reprieve
Coming hard on the heels of the international sting two weeks ago that resulted in the arrest of nearly 100 “RATters”, law enforcement agencies in several countries again acted together to take down two very large botnets that together number well over 1.2 million compromised Windows computers, arresting a Russian hacker who allegedly managed the
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Quantum data teleportation may lead to spy-proof networks
Dutch scientists have recently announced a breakthrough in quantum mechanics that could have significant applications in networks and security. Where previous experiments in this field have demonstrated that information could be transmitted across great distances (up to 90 miles) via quantum mechanics, the researchers at Delft University were able to instantaneously transfer information between two quantum-entangled
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Facebook Addresses Friend “Spam” Complaints
Even the most diehard Facebook afficianado will admit that some days their news feed seems to be a neverending stream of banal posts from friends, making it hard to catch the posts that really matter. “Banal” not because their friends are boring, but many social media apps start out by default posting everything a user
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New Scam Locks iPhones for Ransom
A new scam to extort money out of Apple mobile device users has surfaced in Australia, with scattered reports in other countries as well. Affected devices are locked out via Apple’s own “Find my iPhone” platform with a message that demands a ransom payment of $100 USD to unlock the phone. Security analysts are unsure
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Cyber Ratters ratted out and busted
It’s a beautiful day on the internet when I can report good news instead of bad. In what appears to be a new and very positive trend in modern law enforcement, several agencies around the world came together in a global sting that bagged nearly 100 cybercriminals selling and using the Remote Access Tool (RAT)
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Java, Flash…Silverlight?
Security holes in Adobe’s Flash and Oracle’s Java have become so commonplace, it’s actually helped to raise awareness about the necessity of keeping these platforms updated, but there’s a third platform that many of you probably use everyday without ever realizing that it too needs to be patched. Would it surprise you to know that
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