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Popular Twitter account hacked by spammers

Spammers have recently hacked the account of Twitter phenomenon “Sh*tMyDadSays”, posting a message to the popular page’s 1.8 million followers. The tweet, …

Hotmail gets full-session HTTPS

Firesheep‘s developers can be satisfied. Not only has Microsoft started contemplating SSL for Bing but – as of yesterday – has provided its Hotmail users …

AVG Technologies to acquire DroidSecurity

AVG Technologies announced the acquisition of Tel Aviv-based DroidSecurity, a company focused on protecting smartphones, tablets and other devices running on Android. In …

A viable answer to the botnet problem?

As the recent case of the Bredolab botnet takedown has shown yet again, going after C&Cs is ultimately a failed tactic for shutting botnets down. Obviously, it is time to …

Man loses millions in computer virus-related scam

A US court has heard that a couple conned at least $6 million from the great-grandson of an oil industry tycoon after he brought his virus-infected computer in for repair. …

Microsoft patches 11 vulnerabilities

Today Microsoft released three security bulletins which address 11 vulnerabilities affecting Microsoft Office and Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway. Of note, only one …

Backup for Facebook Fan Pages

Backupify announced its backup and archival solution for Facebook fan pages. Backupify for Facebook makes it easy to avoid data loss and to mitigate the risks associated with …

Latest IE 0-day exploit finds its way into Eleonore toolkit

Microsoft will likely be forced to issue an out-of-band-patch for the zero-day vulnerability affecting Internet Explorer that has been discovered being exploited in the wild …

Toy robots can guard your home

Worried about burglars ransacking your house? Buy yourself some toy robots! It is what Robert Oschler, a Florida-based programmer, did. He bought a Rovio – a Wi-Fi …

Microsoft Kinect may be eavesdropping on you

Released only five days ago, Microsoft’s Kinect seems poised to start a revolution in gaming. And if you are one of the lucky people who already managed to get their …

G20 summit related malicious spam campaign

Spammers are taking advantage of the oddest things. The lately detected spam messages concerning the upcoming G-20 summit in Korea is an example of such a specifically …

Data breaches cost hospitals billions

Data breaches of patient information cost healthcare organizations nearly $6 billion annually, and that many breaches go undetected, according to a study by the Ponemon …

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