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How the unredacted US cables were revealed to the public

It seems that the cat is out of the box. Only a few days after former WikiLeaks staffer Herbert Snorrason refused to say who inadvertently made public the password for the …

Alleged Anonymous members arrested in Ireland

Two more alleged Anonymous members have been arrested yesterday in Ireland in connection to the January defacement of the website belonging to the Fine Gael political party. …

Morto worm surprises again

As it turns out, the recently discovered Morto worm that has been spreading in the wild has more than one never-before-seen characteristic. Not only does it spread by using …

Has LulzSec member Kayla been arrested?

Two men were arrested yesterday by the Metropolitan Police Service’s Central e-Crime Unit in connection with cyber attacks executed by hacktivist groups Anonymous and …

SDHC memory card with wireless LAN

Toshiba will launch an SDHC memory card with embedded wireless LAN functionality to meet the SD Memory Card Standard. The new card, “FlashAir”, has an 8GB capacity …

Parallels Mobile app for iOS

The new Parallels Mobile app for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch gives users complete control of their Mac, including OS X Lion and Windows, plus all of their applications, files …

Blackhat SEO spam is a global problem

If you have wondered whether to switch your go-to search engine for another – perhaps more localized? – in order to avoid the seemingly ubiquitous poisoned search …

Cyber crooks misusing audit tool to breach VoIP servers

Every now and then, cyber criminals misuse “good” software in order to do bad things, and the latest instance of this modus operandi has been spotted by NSS Labs …

Mozilla, Tor Project, Yahoo targeted through DigiNotar attack

Following the admission that the rogue SSL certificate that allowed attackers to impersonate Google was missed by auditors and that several dozen other certificates were …

U.S. cities most vulnerable to online threats

Who is most at risk of fraudulent credit card charges, stolen identities, email security breaches or lost personal data? An AVG survey of online and mobile consumer behaviors …

Linux source code repository compromised

The Kernel.org website – home to the Linux project and the primary repository for the Linux kernel source code – sports a warning notifying its users of a security …

AVG Internet Security 2012 released

AVG announced the availability of AVG Internet Security 2012, the latest edition of its internet security software. In addition to AVG’s multi-layered protection, …

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