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2.4 million Ontario voters’ private info compromised
Elections Ontario, an agency tasked with the organization and conduct of general elections and by-elections in Canada’s Ontario region, is warning voters about the loss …
Bogus wire rejection notices lead to exploit kit
Fake notices about a rejected wire transfer have been hitting inboxes around the world, trying to trick recipients to download the attached malicious file, Sophos warns. The …
World’s third largest botnet receives mortal blow
Grum, a botnet responsible for 17.4 percent of the world’s spam emails, finally seems to be dead. In the last few days, Dutch authorities have shut down two of the …
Guy steals $80,000 worth of Nike items via website loophole
A former college baseball player from Virginia managed to get his hands on Nike merchandise worth over $80,000 for free after having found and exploited a loophole in one of …
Compromised online accounts for sale
The recently unearthed website of a service specializing in selling access to compromised email and social networking accounts of Russian and Ukrainian users offers a …
Spam for Dropbox users raises speculations about breach
European Dropbox users have been inundated with spam advertising gambling websites, prompting speculations about a possible breach of the company’s systems. The news …
Android malware is booming
Trend Micro’s January prediction that some 11,000 pieces of Android malware will be detected by June this year has proved completely inaccurate, as the number of …
Fake Facebook photo tag notification leads to malware
Beware of fake Facebook emails telling you that you’ve been tagged in a photo, as you could easily end up infected with malware. The emails do visually resemble messages …
Firefox gains Google encrypted search by default
With this latest Firefox release (v14.0.1), Mozilla has fixed a slew of security vulnerabilities, including five deemed critical that may have allowed hackers to run attacker …
WoW players targeted with in-game phishing schemes
It should not be a surprise that when Blizzard announced closed beta testing for Mists of Pandaria – the fourth expansion pack for the massively popular World of …
Google will block Chrome add-ons from third-party sites
Google has instituted a new rule that should keep Chrome users safe from malicious add-ons: starting with version 21.0.1180.41 (currently in beta), the browser will block all …
Bogus O2 “account security update” emails tricking users
Phishers are taking advantage of the recent network problems that left O2 mobile customers scrambling for a connection and are trying to convince them to share account details …
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