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News in Brief Jan 12, 2015 16:08:19 GMT

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Hackers leak bank emails after extortion attempt fails

TorrentLocker Ransomware Hits ANZ Region

New Variant of Vawtrak Banking Trojan Delivered by Chanitor Downloader

ELLO Privacy - What You Need To Know;

Hackers Anonymous declare (cyber)war on terrorists after Paris attacks (Je Suis Charlie)

Ubuntu Convergence Is Here and Working, This Music App Is Living Proof

Systemd and Upstart Comparison and Usage on Ubuntu 15.04 Detailed in Great New Wiki

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News in Brief Jan 13, 2015 18:20:27 GMT

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MSRT January 2015 – Dyzap

Japanese one-click fraud evolves to lock smartphone browsers

Vulnerability found in AMD processor firmware

Google flushes 61% of Android users down the security toilet

Why DNS in OS X 10.10 is broken, and what you can do to fix it

Linux AIO Linux Mint 17.1 Project Offers All ISO Images on a Single Disc

ExTix 15.1 Is Now Based on Ubuntu 14.10 and GNOME 3.14 – Gallery

Bioinformatics Distro Bio-Linux 8.0.5 Now Available for Download

Important OpenSSL Exploits Fixed in All Supported Ubuntu OSes

Adobe Flash Player 16.0.0.257 Now Available for Download

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News in Brief Jan 14, 2015 18:48:52 GMT

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The end of mainstream support for Windows 7. Learn from past mistakes

Corel vulnerabilities could allow hackers in via DLL hijacking

LinkedIn Alert: Scammers use security update to phish for credentials

Crowti update - CryptoWall 3.0

Avoid this Outlook Phish

Good at Games? Steam Scammers Suggest You Join a League

Payment Card Data Breach at Park ‘N Fly

Apache Patches Qpid Message Broker Against DoS Condition

Firefox 35 Fixes Three Critical Vulnerabilities

Skeleton Key-Type of Malware Logs In as Any User on Active Directory Systems

Recent Crypto-Ransomware Attacks: A Global Threat

Photo Editing Suite jAlbum 12.4 Brings Better RAM Management

Mozilla Launches Thunderbird 31.4.0 with Better Add-on Manager

Google Chrome Stable Updated with New Flash Version

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News in Brief Jan 15, 2015 18:15:12 GMT

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Ouch! Home router security "bypass" actually means no security AT ALL

Insta-sham: Instagram fixes its not-so-private photo bug… well, sort of

Keysweeper: proof that it’s relatively simple to hack a wireless keyboard

Bogus Oracle Patches Flung by Malicious Websites

LinkedIn Phishing Uses HTML File to Steal Credentials

“Mac Defender” Scare Used in Tech Support Scams Targeting Mac Owners

New Variant of Carberp Trojan Hits Australia

Google AdSense Used for Malvertising Campaign

The Linux Mint Project Announces the MintBox Mini PC

Outlook.com Email Attachments Can Now Be Saved to OneDrive

New Anti-Virus in Windows 10? Not Yet, Says Microsoft

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News in Brief Jan 19, 2015 16:38:56 GMT

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Has The Antivirus Industry Gone Mad?!

NSA Had Intel on the Sony Hack Long Before the Attack [NYT]

Canada Bans Installation of Software Updates Without User’s Explicit Consent

Hackers for hire? Hacker's List - for those with no ethics or espionage skills

Adobe's Photoshop Ditched for Krita at French University Due to Lack of Support

The Easiest Way to Batch-Rename Files on OS X

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News in Brief Jan 21, 2015 16:41:25 GMT

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Big bag of fixes: Oracle's Critical Patches for Jan 2015 close 160 holes, 93 remotely exploitable

Emoji’s vulnerable to hacks and a company’s reputation destroyed thanks to bugs

Google Drive and Maps Engine Leak Name Info for Email Accounts

CTB-Locker: Multilingual Malware Demands Ransom

Stellarium 0.13.2 Is a Premium Planetarium App Available for Free

Thunderbird 31.4.0 Lands in Ubuntu Repos

RPM Vulnerabilities Fixed in Ubuntu OSes

Windows 10 Event: Two Things That Microsoft Will Keep Secret Today

Microsoft Disclosed User Data to the FBI in 45 Minutes as Part of Charlie Hebdo Probe

57 technical terms that all true geeks should know

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News in Brief Jan 22, 2015 22:04:07 GMT

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An analysis of Regin's Hopscotch and Legspin

Flash Greets 2015 With New Zero-Day

iPhones having spyware built-in?

Coca-Cola Advanced Fee Scam Returns

Account Stealing Wallpaper App Found in Google Play Store

Your Browser is Out of Date – or is it?

Public Wi-Fi hacked by seven year old in 10 minutes

Windows Holographic: Microsoft goes full throttle into virtual reality

Proposal to Drop 32-bit Support for Fedora 23 Is Being Made

Black Lab Linux Xfce 6.0 SR 1.1 Features a Heavily Modified Desktop

warlock Moderator Administrator I just work here but, I'll take the blame. Posts: 833	News in Brief Jan 22, 2015 22:57:54 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by warlock on Jan 22, 2015 22:57:54 GMT Lots of good information here today Neil. Thanks.

Admin_Vistamike Administrator Vistamike Here be dragons..and a lot of help!! Posts: 1,679	News in Brief Jan 24, 2015 12:04:12 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Admin_Vistamike on Jan 24, 2015 12:04:12 GMT Yep! But was surprised to see Black Lab Linux 5.0.1 Enterprise prices at $120 though

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News in Brief Jan 26, 2015 17:02:45 GMT

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China capable of massive DDoS attacks

Glitch in Marriott Hotel Web Service Leaks Reservation and Payment Info

Ransomware Scam Pushes Teen to Suicide

Google reveals trio of security vulnerabilities in OS X

Firefox 35.0.1 Now Available for Download – My God, It's Full of Fixes

IPFire Is a Powerful Firewall Distro and It Was Just Updated

How to Remove Adware from Your Mac

How to Enable Continuum in Windows 10 Build 9926

How to Disable Cortana in Windows 10 Build 9926

Windows 7 and Windows 8 Users Can Now Upgrade to Windows 10 Technical Preview

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News in Brief Jan 29, 2015 15:14:01 GMT

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The GHOST vulnerability - what you need to know

Hotels that block personal Wi-Fi hotspots will get busted, says FCC

IT vendors cry foul at new Chinese security rules requiring built-in backdoors

Why You Shouldn't Completely Trust Files Signed with Digital Certificates

Security of Home Surveillance Cameras

Lizard Squad strikes again!

Top 10 Ways PUPs Sneak Onto Your Computer. And How To Avoid Them.

12-Year-Old Targeted Attack Tool Still Makes Trouble

Popular Adult Site Slings Flash Player Exploit in Malvertising Campaign

Broadband Cancellation Email from Telstra Spreads Malware

Backdoor.Winnti attackers have a skeleton in their closet?

MSIL/Agent.PYO: Have botnet, will travel

Over 5,000 US gas stations vulnerable to remote hacks

Are you being tracked? How to spot a tracking app on your phone

Office for Android tablets is here—just mind the system requirements

What we know about Project Spartan: extensions and performance, yes, Windows 7, no

Have you seen what you look like online?

GParted Live Now Supports Microsoft's New Filesystem, ReFS

VLC for Windows Phone Updated with Dark Theme and 720p Support (beta)

Not a Metro Fan? Here's How to Enable the Old Windows Update in Windows 10

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News in Brief Jan 30, 2015 17:36:03 GMT

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Facebook to fill with (more!) kittens in Wickr's message-hiding scheme

New DYRE Variant Hijacks Microsoft Outlook, Expands Targeted Banks

New Malware Downloader Outfoxes Antivirus Detection

Cutwail Botnet Increases Activity, Targets Swiss Users with Tinybanker

System Center Endpoint Protection support for Windows Server 2003

LibreOffice 4.4 brings better looks and OpenGL to your presentations

PfSense 2.2 Open Source Firewall Receives Important Security Update

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News in Brief Feb 2, 2015 15:24:47 GMT

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Anatomy of a browser dilemma - how HSTS 'supercookies' make you choose between privacy or security

Google to change privacy policy after settling case with ICO

Trend Micro Discovers New Adobe Flash Zero-Day Exploit Used in Malvertisements

WebRTC in Firefox and Chrome Reveals IPs Behind VPN

HipChat Warns of Security Breach

Raptr Networking Service Hacked, User Data Compromised (*no salt? tut, tut)

Facebook porn scam infects 110k users in 48 hours

How to Change Your Apple ID

Microsoft Makes Windows 10 Free for Raspberry Pi 2 (*Also see Rasberry Pie 2 Intro>>>)

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News in Brief Feb 3, 2015 18:20:56 GMT

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Google redesigns security warnings after 70% of Chrome users ignore them

Apps on Google Play Pose As Games and Infect Millions of Users with Adware

Suspended Facebook Account Scam Points to Malware

Android Banking Trojan Is Controlled via SMS

Security Flaws in SerVision HVG Video Gateway Grant Access to the Web Interface

digiKam 4.7.0 Is Out, Preparations Are Made for KDE Frameworks 5 Support

Windows RT Becomes the New Vista: Microsoft Kills Last Nokia Tablet Running It

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News in Brief Feb 4, 2015 15:51:04 GMT

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