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Tracking a pirated software license

When Avast Software spotted a license for its avast! Pro Antivirus software being distributed online, they decided to do a simple experiment – they didn’t take any …

Doorways on non-default ports make compromised websites harder to spot

Are negligent site and server administrators at least as much to blame for compromised sites that redirect users to doorway pages to pirated software as the cyber criminals …

Growth in social networking, mobile and infrastructure attacks

IID released its list of the top enterprise security trends for 2011. Some specific areas that will have significant spikes in attacks are social networking, mobile, and …

Juniper Networks acquires Altor Networks

Juniper Networks has acquired Altor Networks, a provider of virtualization security technology that enables organizations to secure the virtualized world. Under the terms of …

McAfee’s Secure Short URL Service not so secure

When the people at McAfee decided to launch its own URL-shortening service (mcaf.ee), they touted it as “secure” – meaning, that it would guarantee that the …

How new Facebook user profiles impact privacy

Facebook today announced its New Profile, designed to help users share their experiences, discover common interests and highlight meaningful relationships. The service will be …

Dropbox 1.0.0 RC: Selective sync, bug fixes and improvements

The popular online backup, file sync and sharing service Dropbox released version 1.0.0 RC of their desktop client. Here’s what has been fixed since 0.8.114: Stop the …

What happened to WikiLeaks over the weekend?

It has been a busy weekend for WikiLeaks. Their latest release made public a list of assets of strategic importance to the US, which are located across the globe. And while …

Amazon launches new DNS service in the cloud

Amazon Web Services announced Route 53, a DNS web service giving a way to route Internet traffic to web applications by translating human readable names into numeric IP …

Federated voice biometric database to secure and authenticate e-money

Voice Commerce launched KYC Secure, a federated database developed to secure and authenticate a consumer’s identity over their mobile phone. The first regulated mobile …

Week in review: WikiLeaks developments, rich scammers and ATM infections

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles and interviews: Release of diplomatic cables reveals Aurora attacks instigator Among the …

Cybergang infects all ATMs in Russian city

A group of fraudsters has been arrested in Yakutsk and Moscow for allegedly compromising all the ATMs in the city of Yakutsk – population: around 210,000 – in the …

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