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- gcluley: Metropolitan Police malware warning issued – beware the ransomware attack! http://t.co/A0GaLCghabout 2 hours ago
- gcluley: Sigh.. no, Facebook is not ending on March 15th 2012. Hoax spreads quickly [VIDEO] http://t.co/LmGayH3Labout 3 hours ago
- SophosLabs: RT @NakedSecurity Dutch ISP KPN hacked, credentials and personal information leaked http://t.co/W5qbrLkJ04:46 PM February 11, 2012
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Facebook scam with a difference - Social Tagging Worldwide avoids rogue apps
Sick of reading about rogue apps on Facebook? Here's a Facebook scam with a difference.
A "profile viewer" scam under the name Social Tagging Worldwide tricks you via the clipboard, not via the usual rogue app.
Theme Park accident video used as bait by Facebook viral scammers
This weekend Facebook users have seen their online friends seemingly pass around links claiming to point to video footage of theme park accidents in either Alton Towers in the UK, Summertime Theme Park Australia, or Universal Studios in Hollywood. But all is not what it seems.
French law requires service providers to store and surrender passwords
Last month the French government passed new legislation dictating that service providers keep records of every username, password, activity, data/time and email address for 12 months.
Do we really need more of our information being stored in even more places?
Microsoft readies Godzilla-sized security patch for Windows users
This one is a monster.
Microsoft has lined up for Windows users this coming Patch Tuesday a staggering 17 security bulletins (nine of which have been given Microsoft's highest severity rating of "critical"), addressing 64 security vulnerabilities.
IE6, Tsunami scams, Pwn2own, RSA hack, Epsilon breach - 90 Sec News - March 2011
Don't just read the latest computer security news - watch it in 90 seconds!
This month: help get rid of IE6, avoid tsunami scams, check out Pwn2own, be surprised at RSA, and groan at Epsilon.
Facebook is closing all accounts today? Nope, it's a viral rogue application
A new viral scam is being spread across Facebook by a rogue application, tricking users into believing that Facebook is closing all accounts today.
Don't be tricked into believing the scam is true - or you could be putting money into the bad guys' pockets.
SSCC 55 - More SSL CA problems, RSA update and Chrome blocking more dangerous content
Tony Ross joins Chester Wisniewski this week to discuss the latest news on SSL Certificate Authorities ignoring signing guidelines. They also talk about the RSA breach, the Epsilon email leakage, Chrome adding malicious download filtering and more.
Keystroke loggers now available for iOS?
You can now load a keylogger on your jailbroken iDevice. Is this really what iOS users have been looking for? Perhaps another reason not to play outside of Apple's walled garden.
Georgian granny takes down nation's internet.. single-handedly
Did you see the story about a 75-year-old Georgian woman who went digging for copper, sliced through an underground cable and cut off 90% of the internet services to Armenia? You couldn't make it up...
Facial recognition software that blurs your sensitive data when you're not looking at it
A product called "PrivateEye" uses your computer's webcam to identity your face. While you're looking at the screen, PrivateEye's facial recognition software knows not to do anything - but as soon as you look away, the contents of your screen become an unintelligible blur.
Photo tagged as a Facebook bunnygirl? Beware viral scam
Facebook users, both male and female, are finding that they have been tagged in a photo of a young woman dressed as a bunnygirl.
Scammers are exploiting Facebook's loosely-controlled photo tagging capability to get their messages in front of as many people as possible.
LinkedIn makes it too easy to leak contacts' email addresses
It's surprisingly easy to accidentally reveal someone's email address on LinkedIn.
Should the business network look again at how it is guarding its members' privacy?
Are you dead? Please reply at once!
There's so much unreconstructed spam these days - old-school spam which doesn't make the slightest attempt to disguise its outrageous bogosity - that finding amusing examples is a like searching for a stalk of hay in a haystack.
But here's one that's well worth seeing.
Flaw in ISC's dhclient could allow remote code execution
Unix/Linux users may be vulnerable to a new flaw in ISC's DHCP client. ISC is advising users to apply mitigation or update to their latest release.
EFF uncovers further evidence of SSL CA bad behavior
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has published a report showing the SSL certificate industry has been ignoring policies and signing tens of thousands of invalid certificates.
Hackers hijack top Russian football club's website
Fans of FC Zenit Saint Petersburg, one of Russia's top football clubs, got a surprise this morning if they visited the team's website.
Instead of seeing stories and images of their favourite soccer players in action, they were presented with a page of insults directed at the city's political leaders.
Is Hacker TV sitcom a true reflection of computer security industry?
Tonight, TV network FOX will be launching an ethical hacker comedy called 'Breaking In'. From everything I see online about it, it sounds like, FINALLY, we have a show that gives you true insight into the world of cyber security and penetrative testing.
Google extends Safe Browsing to Chrome downloads
Google announced a new security feature today for the Google Chrome product. The Chrome team are enhancing the implementation of their Safe Browsing API service to include downloaded files.
Linda Smith / Jason Lee Facebook virus hoax spreads quickly
Messages being shared across Facebook warn users not to add as a Facebook friend people called "Linda Smith" or "Jason Lee" because you will be infected by a virus.
But should you trust the warnings?
What's scarier to businesses: losing data or hackers?
Yesterday, the SCCE and HCCA revealed survey results showing that compliance professionals think their networks are well protected against hackers, but are nervous about accidental data loss by employees or third-parties. Perhaps separating out these threats isn't the best way to think about security.
