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45 million U.S. individuals manipulate their identities

When does a little white lie become fraud? An estimated 45 million people in the U.S. have deliberately manipulated their identities in applications for credit, cell phone …

EA password reset due to LulzSec hack?

Electronic Arts (EA) customers have been receiving emails from the company notifying them that their passwords have been reset “to ensure account security”. Graham …

Bitcoin-mining Trojan spotted

Bitcoin has received lately a lot of attention from users and from the media, so it’s no wonder that cyber criminals have also figured out ways to take advantage of its …

Free anti-virus technology for Amazon EC2

AVG announced free anti-virus technology for Amazon EC2 users. The preconfigured software bundled within an Amazon Machine Image (AMI) is now available on the Amazon Web …

iOS and Android more secure than PCs?

While the most popular mobile platforms in use today were designed with security in mind, these provisions are not always sufficient to protect sensitive enterprise assets …

Solution for Popureb rootkit infection

Bootkits are kernel-mode rootkit variants that hide in the computer’s master boot record (MBR) and are notoriously difficult to spot and, sometimes, to eradicate. …

Gannett Government Media user information stolen

The Gannett Government Media family of websites suffered a cyber attack on resulting in unauthorized access to files containing user information. The information in those …

Hackers publish stolen PayPal login credentials

LulzSec has been assimilated back into Anonymous, but their AntiSec campaign keeps going. It seems that their final wish has been granted for now, and other hacking groups …

Thousands of Tumblr accounts compromised

Tumblr users have been targeted with an aggressive phishing campaign in the last week or so and are still being lured into entering their login credentials for access to adult …

Encrypted voice calling for the iPhone

Cellcrypt Mobile for iPhone provides voice call encryption for commercially available off-the-shelf cell phones using government-certified security through an easy-to-use …

Security vendor applauds LulzSec attacks

In an unexpected move for a security company, SecurEnvoy today said that cyber break-ins and advanced malware incidents, such as the recent DDoS attack by LulzSec, should …

Identity theft doesn’t take vacations

Identity theft is a real risk and one that is amplified during the summer months. Recent survey results indicated that, whether booking flights at home, logging on at a Wi-Fi …

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