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News in Brief Jan 24, 2014 17:06:49 GMT

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Are our passwords really that bad? And does it really matter?

Keygens For Engineering, Scientific Software Leads To FAKEAV

From Latin America with love, Jumcar strikes again

Experts Warn Users of Facebook Music Theme Scam

Five Great Plugins That Turn Calibre into an Awesome eBook Reader and Editor for Linux

Wayland 1.4 Final Lands with Lots of Fixes

Linux-Powered Smart Rifles Will Change the Nature of Warfare, US Army Starts Buying Them

Windows XP Is Dead, Transform Ubuntu and Linux Mint into Windows XP

Download Epson Printer Drivers v2.16 for OS X

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News in Brief Jan 28, 2014 15:01:32 GMT

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A Look Into CPL Malware

Fake Adobe Flash Update Aimed At Turkish Users

File Infectors and ZBOT Team Up, Again

Worm Attack! Your mailbox is under threat

Mandela’s millions

Nigerian polyglots

Researchers Discover First Android Bootkit, 350,000 Devices Already Infected

Malware Alert: Skype Missed Voice Message

Account Verification Scam Still Making the Rounds on Facebook

If You Hate Windows 8 and Windows XP, Zorin OS 8 Is the Perfect Alternative

openSUSE 12.2 Is Officially Dead

Gnote 3.11.1 Brings New Features, Bugfixes, and Updated Translations

Free Accounting Software GnuCash 2.6.1 Gets Improved Foreign Currency Reports

Win Toolkit 1.4.31.7 Available for Download

Opera 19 Stable Now Available for Download

Google plans to dump Adobe CSS tech to make Blink fast, not rich

Report from the future: Data Privacy in the year 2044

Have a Good Data Privacy Day folks!!!

Now please state your PIN number after the beep.....BEEP

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News in Brief Jan 28, 2014 19:54:48 GMT

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Java Bot Can Launch DDOS Attacks from Windows, Mac and Linux Machines

Security researchers have come across a malicious Java application that’s designed to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks from infected computers.
The interesting thing about this threat is that since it’s based on Java, it’s cross platform,
which means that it can run on Windows, Linux and Mac OS computers.>>>

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News in Brief Feb 3, 2014 16:37:17 GMT

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Demystifying Point of Sale Malware and Attacks

A Glimpse Behind "The Mask"

Big box LatAm hack (2nd part – Email brute-force and spam)

ANZ Phishing Scam: Upgrade to Our New System Technology

Fake Big W Facebook Page Promises Phones, iPads and TVs

For your convenience, please disable security warnings

What a fake antivirus attack on a trusted website looks like

Xubuntu 13.10 Can Look like Mac OS with "Macbuntu like for XFCE" Theme

PC-BSD 10 Officially Released, XBMC and MythTV Removed

NVIDIA Starts Contributing to Open Source Drivers, Linus Torvalds Gives It a Thumbs Up

iOS Holds Phone Numbers Hostage, Horrible iMessage Bug Exposed

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News in Brief Feb 4, 2014 18:34:54 GMT

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Move over, Superbowl - here come the latest "Dirty Dozen" SPAMPIONSHIP tables!

Scams Circulate After German Email Accounts Get Hacked

Defending Against Tor-Using Malware, Part 2

Localized malvertising affects some OpenDNS users

Abused update of GOM Player poses a threat

Fake Acknowledgement Letters Used to Distribute Malware

Council of Europe Ransomware Blocks Users from Accessing the Internet

Experts Identify 12 Rogue Chrome Extensions Installed by 180,000 Users

NameChanger Fake AV Has over 200 Names, Uses Social Engineering Kit to Spread

Here’s how Bell was hacked – SQL injection blow-by-blow

Browser security gets a boost with updates to Chrome and Firefox for Android

How to Install LibreOffice 4.2 on Ubuntu 12.04 and Ubuntu 13.10

Zorin OS 8 Educational Is Developed Specifically for Windows Users – Screenshot Tour

Adobe Flash Player 12.0.0.44 Released

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News in Brief Feb 5, 2014 15:39:40 GMT

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Misleading advertisements lead to hijacked browser settings

The Rise of Android Scarevertising

Big box LatAm hack (3rd part – infection by Office files)

13 Security Holes Fixed with the Release of Firefox 27

Fake “Barclays Transaction Notification” Emails Used to Distribute Malware

Black Lab Linux Wants to Replace Windows XP, Promises Support Until 2019

VLC Media Player 2.1.3 Fixes DVB-T2 Tuning on Linux

Evasi0n 1.0.5 Jailbreak Tool Released with Support for iOS 7.0.5

Start Menu X 5.1 Now Available for Download

Microsoft Launches New Disk Space Tool in Windows 8.1 Update 1

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News in Brief Feb 6, 2014 17:35:25 GMT

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Google Chrome will warn you when it's been hijacked

Comcast servers compromised by same attackers as Bell Canada

Malware Uses ZWS Compression for Evasion Tactic

Protecting Your Social Accounts for Safer Internet Day

Banclip, ShadesRat, and Malware Detections

Paul Walker’s Death Used to Spread Personalized Trojan Horses

Encrypted Java Archive Trojan bankers from Brazil

Largest Website in Sweden Spreading Malicious Code

Fake HMRC VAT Return Submission Emails Still Making the Rounds

Flash Player Exploits Leverage Zero-Day Vulnerability

Sometimes Linux and Windows Give the Same Ridiculous and Funny Error Messages

Scientific Linux 6.5 Officially Released

Files United Released for Mac OS X – File Browser, Document Manager, Cloud Access

Defraggler 2.17 Available for Download

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News in Brief Feb 17, 2014 16:28:05 GMT

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Hitting the Data Jackpot

Here’s how to spot and avoid eBay scams

“Account Credited” Emails Used to Distribute Cross-Platform Malware

Linksys Is Preparing Firmware Fix to Protect Users Against “TheMoon” Worm

Fake “QuickPay Profile Update” Emails Lead to Phishing Site

Kaspersky Says Computrace Is Vulnerable, Absolute Software Denies Accusations

Google acquires sound authentication start-up SlickLogin

Spammers Abuse Open Redirect Vulnerability in CNN Subdomain

Phishing Alert: Dutch Internet Users Targeted with Fake Rabobank Notifications

AppArmor 2.8.3 Arrives with a Fix for Samba 4 Profile

ClamAV Antivirus Frontend ClamTk 5.04 Is Now Available for Download

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News in Brief Feb 19, 2014 19:16:38 GMT

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Observing COM within Malicious Code

“Product Testing UK” Scam Facebook Page Lures Users by Promising iPhones

Belkin Says Vulnerabilities in WeMo Devices Have Already Been Fixed

DOS, XSS and Data Injection Flaws Fixed in Rails 4.0.3, 3.2.17 and 4.1.0.beta2

Experts Warn Users About “Facebook Password Hacker” Apps on Google Play

Security App of the Week: Remediate VBS Worm

Windows Crash Reports Used to Find Zero-Day Attacks

Bridge Linux 2014.02 Arrives with GRUB Fixes

OS X Mavericks 10.9.2 to Include Much Coveted Fix for MacBook Users

“Your Apple ID Was Used to Download OS X Mavericks” – No, It Wasn’t

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News in Brief Feb 24, 2014 18:27:00 GMT

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Anatomy of a "goto fail" - Apple's SSL bug explained, plus an unofficial patch!

South Korea concocting Stuxnet-like virus to infect enemies

Fake PayPal “Survey Program” Email Wants Card Details

Red Handed – a Crime Reporting App for iPhone

Banking Malware Distributed via YouTube Ads

British Airways Customers Warned of “Order Processed” Phishing Emails

Fake CNN and Fox News Emails Used to Advertise Work-from-Home Scheme

Talking Angela Hoax: There Is a Man in the Cat’s Eyes

An In-depth Analysis of Linux/Ebury

The MSRT in Action: Keeping systems safe

Researchers Develop Complete Microsoft EMET Bypass

Zorin OS 8.1 Feels like the Best Compromise to Replace Windows XP and Windows 8

Samba 4.1.5 Arrives with Windows 7 Optimizations

Monitoring Linux Distribution Network Security Toolkit Is Based on Fedora 20

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News in Brief Feb 25, 2014 15:42:43 GMT

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The first Tor Trojan for Android

Mt Gox exchange ‘disappears’ amid rumors of $350m Bitcoin heist – biggest in history

Facebook and Whatsapp: Security and privacy after the $19B deal

Facebook Scam: We’re Giving Away 180 Xbox One Consoles to Some Lucky People

CloudFlare Buys Anti-Malware Services Provider StopTheHacker

Security App of the Week: Panda Cloud Cleaner

Microsoft in Talks to Purchase Dailymotion Video Service [WSJ]

When Windows Inexorably Succumbs to Viruses, Antivirus Live CD 8.1-0.98.1 Can Fix It

CCleaner 4.11 Released for Download

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News in Brief Feb 26, 2014 16:35:48 GMT

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Woman claims to have been attacked for wearing Google Glass

Security Change Spam: “Your Hotmail Account Services Has Expired”

Are you sure you want to unsubscribe from our mailings?

The ‘Nigerian’ vow: our promises – your money

Viruses Can Spread via Wi-Fi Access Points like the Common Cold, Researchers Show

Bitcoin-Stealing Mac Malware Disguised as Angry Birds Game

VirtualBox 4.3.8 Officially Released with Support for X.Org Server 1.15

Microsoft’s Criticism on Government’s Open Source Plans Is “Nonsense,” LibreOffice Says

Microsoft Officially Launches Office 2013 Service Pack 1

warlock Moderator Administrator I just work here but, I'll take the blame. Posts: 833	News in Brief Feb 26, 2014 21:40:21 GMT GuiltySpark likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by warlock on Feb 26, 2014 21:40:21 GMT Thanks for yesterdays update notice for Ccleaner. I updated from here. www.piriform.com/ccleaner

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