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Latest Mac malware warning gets no love
Latest Mac malware warning gets no love
A new piece of malware targeting the Mac has been identified by security firm Sophos, as the developer believed to have created a similar trojan for Windows denies having any hand in the Mac-based version.
March 1, 2011
Essex police track iPhone thief using on-handset app
Essex police track iPhone thief using on-handset app
Police in Essex are urging iPhone users to install and register a 'Find my iPhone' app on their mobiles, following the successful recovery of a woman's phone late last month using the software.
March 1, 2011
iPhone cracking competition criticised by three-time winner
iPhone cracking competition criticised by three-time winner
The simmering row between security experts and white hat hackers over so-called cracking contests has boiled over, with the organisers of the Pwn2Own competition – which opens on 9 March in Vancouver – defending their role in the industry.
March 1, 2011
Google blames software update for Gmail failure
Google blames software update for Gmail failure
Google has blamed a bug in a storage software update for weekend interruptions to its Gmail service in which thousands of users lost e-mail contacts and folders.
March 1, 2011
Cybercrime complaints are second highest in decade, says IC³
Cybercrime complaints are second highest in decade, says IC³
Complaints lodged with the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC³) totaled 303,809 in 2010, the second highest level in the center’s 10-year history.
March 1, 2011
Sophos warns on 'beta test' Mac OS X backdoor trojan
Sophos warns on 'beta test' Mac OS X backdoor trojan
It used to be a reflection of the maturity of the computer software marketplace that applications went through beta testing to iron out bugs. Now it seems the same process applies to malware, as Sophos is warning users to be on alert for a beta test of a new Mac OS X trojan.
Feb. 28, 2011
Obfuscated multi-browser banking trojan spotted by Spain's S21sec
Obfuscated multi-browser banking trojan spotted by Spain's S21sec
A Spanish IT security research firm has spotted a man-in-the-browser trojan that injects HTML in all of the mainstream Web browsers and uses rootkit techniques to hide its presence.
Feb. 28, 2011
UPDATE: Stolen network equipment causes Vodafone UK network outage
UPDATE: Stolen network equipment causes Vodafone UK network outage
The theft of specialist equipment has prevented thousands of users from accessing the Vodafone network.
Feb. 28, 2011
Texas man acknowledges hack of NASA computers
Texas man acknowledges hack of NASA computers
A 26-year-old man from Houston plead guilty to hacking and wire fraud charges last week in a case involving the 2008–09 breach of a Minnesota-based company. In a separate incident, however, he will apparently avoid criminal charges for accessing two NASA servers.
Feb. 28, 2011
Two Android viruses circulating in the wild
Two Android viruses circulating in the wild
Two Google Android viruses have been spotted circulating and infecting users’ smartphones in the wild. The viruses are potentially nasty because one – SW.SecurePhone – uploads data to remote servers from the users' handset, while the other – SW.Qieting – auto-forwards messages to a remote number.
Feb. 28, 2011
SpamIt and Glavmed pharmacy spam campaigns generate $50m a year
SpamIt and Glavmed pharmacy spam campaigns generate $50m a year
Reports are coming in that a cybercriminal gang - with members who were involved in the Storm and Waledac worms - have raked in more than $150 million promoting unlicensed online pharmacies between May 2007 and June 2010.
Feb. 25, 2011
Mass General takes $1 million hit for losing 193 patient records
Mass General takes $1 million hit for losing 193 patient records
Following closely on the heels of its first Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) privacy rule fine, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has doled out a $1 million fine against Massachusetts General Hospital for a data breach involving 192 patients begin treated for infectious diseases.
Feb. 25, 2011