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03 September 2010 >_Spammers latch onto Ping to pump iPhone survey scamsQuick off the mark Spammers have been quick off the mark in exploiting Apple's new iTunes social network to punt survey scams.… 03 September 2010 >_Symantec Snoop Dogg rap contest site rickrolled#hackiswacked Symantec's attempts to link up with Snoop Dogg to launch a cybercrime rap contest have descended into farce after it emerged that vulnerabilities with a dedicated site can be easily rickrolled.… 03 September 2010 >_Phone bugging scandal reignited as NotW suspends reporterThe story that refuses to die New allegations of phone hacking at the News of the World have resulted in the suspension of one of the Sunday paper's reporters, pending legal and disciplinary action over allegations of tapping into the voicemail messages of an unnamed television personality.… 02 September 2010 >_Microsoft freshens retro code lock-down toolTeaching old apps new tricks Microsoft has released a new version of a software tool that developers and administrators can use to harden older applications against common vulnerabilities.… 02 September 2010 >_iTunes update plugs WebKit flawPing-pong The latest version of iTunes for Windows addresses 13 security vulnerabilities, as well as adding much-publicised social networking functionality.… 02 September 2010 >_Symantec and Snoop Dogg launch cybercrime rap contestNow thass geekster Symantec has teamed up with rapper Snoop Dogg to launch a cybercrime rap contest.… 02 September 2010 >_Cyber-jihadists deface home of teddy bears' picnicGet their Belvoirs mixed up Geographically mixed-up Algerian hackers made themselves look rather silly by defacing the website of an English stately home instead of Belvoir Fortress in Israel, their intended target.… 01 September 2010 >_Feds crack phone clone scam that cost Sprint mMore than 10,000 accounts spoofed Federal prosecutors have uncovered a scam that used tens of thousands of cloned cellphones to defraud Sprint out of m in lost long distance revenue.… 01 September 2010 >_Microsoft releases FixIt for critical flaw in 100 appsRelief for Firefox, Nvidia, PowerPoint Microsoft has released a software tool that helps system administrators protect PCs against a critical class of vulnerabilities found in more than 100 applications from a variety of software makers.… 01 September 2010 >_Survey scammers serve up supposed shelter from survey scamsKind of ironic when you think about it Cheeky scammers are offering prospective marks an application that supposedly shields them from exposure to survey scams.… 01 September 2010 >_Russian cops cuff 10 ransomware Trojan suspectsCybercrime gang allegedly raked in m Russian police have arrested 10 suspected members of a ransomware gang who allegedly made millions via a locked computer malware scam.… 01 September 2010 >_Hardware hackers defeat quantum cryptoTripping the light fantastic Security researchers using hardware hacking techniques have unearthed generic flaws in supposedly ultra-secure quantum cryptography systems.… 31 August 2010 >_CarderPlanet founder charged in .4m RBS WorldPay hackAnd then there were nine A man accused of being one of the most prolific sellers of credit-card data has been charged with participating in the brazen hack of RBS WorldPay in 2008 that funneled about .4m out of the payment processor in just 12 hours.… 31 August 2010 >_Judge bashes warrantless cellphone trackingTower data protected by Fourth Amendment A federal magistrate has ruled that information pulled from cellphone towers provides such an intimate portrait of a customer's life that government investigators must get a warrant before obtaining it.…
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