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- gcluley: iCloud used to recover stolen iPhone after thief took photos of himself and pals on Disney cruise http://t.co/3BUgez3Rabout 7 hours ago
- chetwisniewski: iCloud used to recover stolen iPhone from thief after he took photos of himself and friends on a Disney cruise http://t.co/sc7TgvcUabout 8 hours ago
- gcluley: R/t Whoops! Yahoo leaks its own private key via new Axis Chrome extension http://t.co/YS1vidjF #facepalmabout 10 hours ago
- SophosLabs: Angry Birds malware – How a firm has been fined £50,000 for profiting from fake Android apps http://t.co/EIqV32iWabout 12 hours ago
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Bredolab: Jail for man who masterminded botnet of 30 million computers
A man who was in command of a botnet of some 30 million computers worldwide has been sentenced to four years jail in Armenia.
India becomes the king of the spammers, stealing America's crown
SophosLabs reports on the top twelve spam relaying countries for January - March 2012.
SSCC 87 - Mac botnet, Global Payments, Flash Player updater, AES-NI and cloud encryption
David Schwartzberg is this week's guest on the Chet Chat to talk about the data breach at Global Payments, a new Mac botnet and Flash Player updating. David also explained the new AES-NI encryption acceleration in Intel chips and a new way to safely store files in the cloud.
"600,000+ Macs are in this botnet, including 274 in Cupertino"
Malware targeting users of Macintosh computers appears to be spreading quickly. One anti-virus vendor is reporting more than 600,000 OS X computers are part of a newly assembled botnet.
Microsoft and US Marshals bring down Zeus botnet servers [VIDEO]
Microsoft, working with others in the financial services and computer security industry, has disrupted a number of botnets being used by the Zeus malware family, allegedly responsible for nearly half a billion dollars in damages.
Accused Kelihos malware mastermind protests his innocence
A Russian man who has been accused by Microsoft of being the mastermind behind the Kelihos botnet has used his LiveJournal blog to protest his innocence.
Microsoft's Kelihos botnet suspect used to work for computer security firm
Microsoft has alleged that a computer security firm's ex-employee is the mastermind behind the Kelihos botnet.
How five members of the Koobface malware gang were unmasked
The in-depth story of how five men have been identified as part of the Koobface gang, in a detailed investigation conducted by independent researcher Jan Drömer and Dirk Kollberg of SophosLabs.
A must-read!
Koobface malware gang - the noose tightens?
Members of the Koobface malware gang might be feeling a little hot under the collar as evidence has begun to spill onto the internet about the alleged identity of one of its members.
And there's more information still to come..
Half of all spam is relayed via Asian computers
What countries are responsible for relaying the most spam?
Sophos releases its latest "dirty dozen" report.
It's Halloween - let's kill some zombies!
It's Halloween. A time for ghosties and ghoulies and long-leggedy beasties, and things that go bump in the night.
What better time can there be to kill some zombies?
Nimda, Lion hole, scam bust, dot CZ dot CC and RIP Steve - 60 Sec Security
Enjoy the latest security news in brief by watching 60 Second Security!
This episode: learning from the 10-year-old Nimda virus, finding a password hole in Lion, taking down support scammers and the dot CZ dot CC domain, and farewelling Steve Jobs.
The m00p malware investigation - was justice done?
The Virus Bulletin conference is told about the investigation into a modern malware-writing gang.
But with only two of the cybercriminals sentenced, was justice really done?
SSCC 74 - fighting hi-tech crime, Kelihos botnet, iCode for USA, Amazon Silk tablet, Mac malware and the BEAST
This week, Chet and Paul Ducklin discuss the interesting and important topics of the past week: fighting hi-tech crime, tackling the Kelihos botnet, taking on zombified home users, examining the risks of Amazon's new Silk tablet, and understanding the BEAST!
Microsoft's botnet shutdown won't stop Mac malware
After Microsoft's shutdown of the Kelihos botnet on Monday some suggested it would slow down Mac malware purveyors. While the shutdown of the botnet and the cz.cc domain will help, it's only temporary.
'Indestructible' rootkit rumours are greatly exaggerated! Stand down from high alert!
LulzSec has sailed away - if not off the edge of the world, at least into a part of space and time from which it can no longer trigger scared, and scary, headlines.
It seems we needed something to replace LulzSec, and it looks as though we've found it: the indestructible rootkit!
MasterCard.com brought down in apparent Wikileaks-motivated internet attack
MasterCard's website was knocked offline following what appears to be a WikiLeaks-inspired internet attack by hacktivists against it.
Once again, a denial-of-service attack is a hactivist's best friend - but don't forget they're illegal.
World Cup DDoS blackmailer sentenced to jail
A man who extorted money out of online gambling websites in the run-up to the 2010 Football World Cup in South Africa has been sent to jail.
Spam king faces jail after admitting child sex charges
One of the world's most notorious spammers faces jail after admitting that he had sex with under-age girls.
Zeus Botnet still going strong... targetting NACHA members
Chances are, you or someone you know has received an email purporting to be from NACHA saying your ACH membership has expired. Unless you're in the Financial Payments industry however, you might not know what this is.
