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The Register - Security
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Max Clifford takes £1m to drop hack probe Kiss and don't tell
Celebrity publicist Max Clifford has agreed to accept a £1m plus payoff in exchange for dropping phone hacking allegations against the News of the World.… |
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Suburban woman accused of using net to recruit terrorists Feds cuff JihadJane
A suburban Pennsylvania woman who went by the online alias JihadJane used the internet to recruit Islamic terrorists and to plot the assassination of a Swedish cartoonist who depicted the Prophet Mohammed, according to a federal indictment unsealed Tuesday.… |
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Fraud-prevention service ponies up $12m for 'false' ads Agrees to safeguard customer data
An Arizona company that sells services designed to prevent identity theft has agreed to pay $12m to settle charges it oversold their effectiveness and didn't adequately protect sensitive customer data.… |
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It's official: Adobe Reader is world's most-exploited app The new Microsoft
Adobe's ubiquitous Reader application has replaced Microsoft Word as the program that's most often targeted in malware campaigns, according to figures compiled by F-Secure.… |
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New Internet Explorer code-execution attacks go wild IE 6 and 7 users targeted
Online thugs are exploiting a security bug in earlier versions of Internet Explorer that allows them to remotely execute malicious code, Microsoft warned on Tuesday.… What is your recession sales strategy?
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FA launches security probe after England team bugged Lancaster Gate-gate
Reported attempts to sell recordings of conversations between England squad players and coaches have sparked a security breach investigation at the FA.… |
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Smartphone app botnet experiment blows up a storm WeatherFist shows phone vulnerability, devs claim
Security researchers fooled nearly 8,000 iPhone and Android users into joining a mobile smartphone "botnet" under the guise of installing an apparently innocuous weather app.… |
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Vodafone ships Mariposa-infected HTC Magic Android phone comes riddled with bots
Updated Vodafone has been blamed for shipping Mariposa botnet malware and other nasties on a HTC Magic Android smartphones it supplied.… |
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Thailand approves extradition of credit card hack suspect Losses top $153m
A criminal court in Thailand has approved the extradition to the US of a Malaysian man suspected of participating in credit card thefts of more than $152m, according to a local news report.… |
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'Crazy' man cuffed for plotting cyber extortion scheme Threatened to drag firm 'through the muddiest of waters'
A California man was charged with extortion after he allegedly threatened to send millions of emails and social networking messages that maligned a large life insurance company unless he was paid almost $200,000.… |
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Ubisoft undone by anti-DRM DDoS storm Protests over anti-piracy controls hobble games firm
Ubisoft has confirmed its rights management servers were hit by a fierce DDoS attack over the weekend that left some customers unable to play its games for much of Sunday.… |
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Paypal freezes Cryptome And sits on its cash
eBay Inc has suspended Cryptome's PayPal account, confiscating donations made to the site in the past two weeks. New York architect John Young has refunded around $5,300 to donors.… What is your recession sales strategy?
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Botnet takedowns 'don't hurt crooks enough' Punching fog
The takedowns of the Mariposa and Waladec botnets last week were victories for the good guys, but security experts warn that although cybercrooks suffered a bloody nose they collectively retain the upper hand in their ongoing conflict with law enforcement and its security industry allies.… |
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Energizer Duo software suffers backdoor Trojan bother Shh, I'm hunting wabbits
A Trojan backdoor found its way into Energizer Duo USB battery charger software downloads.… |
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Patchy Windows patching leaves users insecure Third-party patch treadmill running too fast, warns security firm
Windows users need to patch their systems an average of every five days to stay ahead of security vulnerabilities, according to a study this week.… |
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Opera says bug probably can't commandeer machines Get your DEP here just in case
A security vulnerability identified in Opera can be exploited to crash users' browsers, but probably can't lead to the remote execution of malware, a company spokesman said.… Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work
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Think software patching is a hassle? You're not alone Help on the way
Underscoring a barrier to remaining secure online, the average Windows PC user has to install a software update every five days from 22 different providers, according to vulnerability tracking service Secunia.… Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing
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Scareware sellers fool Google with file switch Replacing pdfs with dodgy Flash files
Cybercrooks have developed a new technique for manipulating search engine results in order to promote the crud they sell, such as scareware packages.… |
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Argos buries unencrypted credit card data in email receipts Laminated catalogue of errors
Catalogue firm Argos has been criticised for an email security breach that exposed customers’ credit card details and CCV security numbers.… |
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Patch Tuesday will leave F1 hole unpatched Light spring sprinkle follows deluge
Microsoft is planning just two bulletins next week, covering vulnerabilities rated only as "important", as part of this month's Patch Tuesday.… |
