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Virus downs Australian ambulance dispatch service

The dispatch system of the Ambulance Service of New South Wales – the Australian most populous state – has been downed on Saturday by an unspecified virus. The …

Companies sever ties with HBGary

The HBGary breach and the publication of internal company documents – including the potentially damning proposal developed by HBGary, Palantir Technologies and Berico …

SMS Trojan masquerading as valentine-sending mobile application

It’s Valentine’s Day, and for all of you who are getting ready to send a valentine to the special people in your life, Microsoft has a warning: be careful what …

Fake scanned documents lead to Zeus infection

A new spam e-mail campaign is currently underway, and takes the form of a document scanned and sent by a Xerox WorkCentre Pro scanner: The attachment is a specially crafted …

Researcher offers free voice and text encryption app to Egyptians

The explosive situation in Egypt has mobilized many repression-hating individuals in the world to try to do something to support the country’s citizens in their efforts …

Nigerian scammers impersonate FBI agents

The so-called “Nigerian scams” have been a staple for online scammers for a while now, most of whom are located in Nigeria – ergo the name. Attempts might …

Chinese hackers behind espionage attacks hitting Western oil firms?

Hackers have targeted five international oil companies and have extracted sensitive corporate information about oil- and gas-field operations, project financing and bidding, …

2-step authentication finally available to Google’s non-paying customers

Google’s corporate users have had the option of using two-factor (two-step) authentication for nearly five months now, and the time has finally come for non-paying …

HBGary breach revelations and repercussions

A few days ago, the Internet group Anonymous downed security firm HBGary’s website and breached its networks, downloading a serious amount of confidential information …

Credit score checking app triggers Trojan download

The main reason people get scammed and/or their computer infected online is because they can’t contain their curiosity, and that is precisely the thing on which the …

iPhones and iPads reveal passwords regardless of passcode protection

Losing your iPhone or iPad equals having your passwords compromised – even if the device is protected with a passcode. The results of an experiment conducted by Jens …

400,000 e-mail addresses stolen in Irish job website breach

Names and e-mail addresses of some 400,000 job seekers have been harvested by hackers who have breached the RecruitIreland.com site and its systems. The site has been taken …

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