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News in Brief Sept 20, 2013 15:47:53 GMT

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HIPAA 9/23 compliance deadline looms as breaches continue

Cybercriminals Abuse the Internet Archive for Scams, Malware Distribution

New File Encrypting Ransomware CryptoLocker Targets Organizations

British Spy Agency Is Behind Belgacom Hack, Snowden Leaks Show

Organizations That Fail to Upgrade to 2048-Bit SSL Certificates Are Sitting Ducks

Pump and Dump Spam Claims Apple Is Launching “Secret New Product”

iOS 7 lockscreen hole discovered already - all your private photos could end up online!

Can Companies Fight Against Targeted Attacks?

Fedora 20 Alpha "Heisenbug" to Arrive on September 24

MySQL 5.6.14 Officially Released

Recovery Linux Distro SystemRescueCd 3.8.0 Gets the Latest GParted

The Ultimate Hacking Tools Featured in BackBox Linux 3.09

Stay Completely Anonymous on the Web with Tails 0.21 Secure Operating System

iPhone 5s Teardown – What’s Inside Apple’s Golden Gem

Guide: How to Downgrade from iOS 7 to iOS 6

Microsoft Acknowledges Botched KB2589275 Update, Releases Workaround

Win 8 App Remover Helps You Get Rid of Metro Tools Instantly – Free Download

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News in Brief Sept 23, 2013 13:42:40 GMT

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Firefox burns Chrome in our trustworthy browser poll

Data Exfiltration in Targeted Attacks

Known unknowns – detecting rootkits under OS X

“Do not keep sensitive data on iPhone,” group warns after latex-fingerprint hack

Happy 10th Birthday, Fedora!

Canonical Makes the Search in Ubuntu 13.10 Completely Anonymous

iFixit Tears Down iPhone 5c – Video

iPhone 5s & iPhone 5c Drop Test – Video

Hackers Keep Exploiting IE Flaw As Microsoft Is Still Working on Patch

Windows 8.1 Installation Still Returning 0x101-0x20017 Errors

Windows 8.1 SkyDrive Not Syncing

Medibuntu Project Is Now Dead

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News in Brief Sept 24, 2013 14:28:36 GMT

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Teen privacy "eviscerated" by planned Facebook changes

LinkedIn denies hacking into users' email

Craigslist SMS Spam Scam, with a Twist

iOS 7 Bug Allows Calls From “Emergency Call” Screen

Apache Struts 2.3.15.2 Released to Fix Two Vulnerabilities

Fake DivX Plugin Leads to Malware Disguised as Image File

Guide: Remove Qvo6 Browser Hijacker

Canonical Fixes LibRaw Exploit in Ubuntu 13.04

Gparted 0.16.2-1b No Longer Activates LVM Partitions

BlueStacks for Windows Receives Another Update – Free Download

Fully Working Dolphin 4.0 Wii Emulator Released on Ubuntu 13.04

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News in Brief Sept 27, 2013 15:48:34 GMT

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Print A Tree, Pop An Ad

Win32/Napolar – A new bot on the block

Over 70% of WordPress Installations Are Vulnerable to Hackers

Researchers Find Way to Detect Direct Memory Access Malware

Apple Releases Apple TV 6.0 with 57 Bug Fixes

New Ransomware Prank Affects Chrome, Safari Browsers

Mevade and Sefnit: Stealthy click fraud

Paying for Social Media

ARP Spoofing And Lateral Movement

iOS 7 Cripples BBC iPlayer App

Microsoft Relaunches Botched KB2817630 Update

Download Portable VLC Media Player 2.1.0

OpenOffice.org 4.0.1 Now Available for Download

New Windows 9 Details Revealed

Feds Admit to Hacking Tor

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News in Brief Sept 30, 2013 16:14:22 GMT

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The Ghost in the (Portable) Machine: Securing Mobile Banking

Use of .avi & .mp3 Extension Leads to Pharmacy Spam

Grappling with the ZeroAccess Botnet

VPN Provider Proxy.sh Admits Sniffing Traffic to Identify Hacker

ThreatMetrix Enhances TrustDefender with New Malware Detection Capabilities

John McAfee to Build Gadget That Protects Users Against NSA Spying

Fake “You Sent a Mobile Payment” PayPal Emails Used in Phishing Scam

Scam Alert: Facebook “Unblock Government” Emails Point to Phishing Site

Cyberoam Launches NG Series Next-Generation Firewall Appliance

OpenELEC 3.2.1 Arrives with the Latest Intel Drivers

Education-Oriented Skolelinux 7.1 Officially Released

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News in Brief Oct 1, 2013 15:08:28 GMT

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Do these 3 essential security tasks for your family today

Cybersecurity Awareness Month: 10th anniversary, 10 topical tales

National Cyber Security Awareness Month - let's all do our bit to help

UK to hire hundreds of hackers for new £500m cyber-battalion (now the s***s hit the fan)

Ramnit Malware Creates FTP Network From Victims’ Computers

Ad Plus instead of AdBlock Plus

Over Half of Android Device Owners Don’t Use Security Software

Malware Alert: Invalid File Email Reminder from the IRS

Your corporate network is already compromised: are your internal web apps ready for attackers?

Roboteer1 Goes Free for iPhone and iPad

avast! Free Antivirus 8.0 Is Ready for OS X Mavericks

Opera Web Browser 18 Update Released on Windows and Mac

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News in Brief Oct 2, 2013 14:23:13 GMT

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Are Biometrics the Future of Security?

Fake Obamacare Emails Lure Users to Scam Websites

Three ways to get past the lock screen in Apple’s new iOS 7

Software Defense: mitigating stack corruption vulnerabilties

Fake Facebook Mobile Page Steals Credit Card Details

Facebook Graph Search can now paw through your posts and status updates

18 Free Security Tools for SysAdmins

Avira Free AntiVirus 2014 14.0.0.383 Released

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News in Brief Oct 3, 2013 16:03:45 GMT

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Creepy T-shirts designed to baffle Facebook facial-recognition software

8 tips for safer online banking

DeepWeb and Cybercrime – it is not just the Silk Road

Spammers Use Kenya Terrorist Attack to Spread Malware

Targeted exploit

GitHub Hit by Large Scale DDOS Attack – 10/3/2013

R.I.P. Microsoft Points Scams (Hopefully)

SparkyLinux 3.1 Is an Interesting Blend Between LXDE and a Dock

iOS 7 Jailbreak: Hackers Say They May Have All the Pieces Ready

Microsoft Releases Windows 8.1 Upgrade Information for Windows XP, Vista Users

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News in Brief Oct 7, 2013 16:37:58 GMT

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Kuluoz Voicemail Spam Drops Signed Certificate Winwebsec

Adobe Data Breach: Secure Your Accounts

IT Security – The Coming Cloud Wars

Skorpion smartphone charger lights up if your phone contains malware

Who goes there? Voice-recognizing biometrics are set to take off, claims Nuance exec

Beware of poisoned apples

Facebook Scam: Win a Free iPhone 6

Fake Message from Tiscali.co.uk Email Address Spreads Trojan

Hoax Alert: WhatsApp Will Become Chargeable

Phishing Alert: Halifax Bank Unconfirmed Payment Notification

Internet Explorer Not a Safe Choice Right Now, Expert Says

Ubuntu Touch Can Import Google Contacts

Point Linux 2.2 Is an Interesting Debian and MATE Combination

Antivirus Live CD 7.1-0.98 Can Clean Any Operating System Known to Man

How to Fix a Bricked iOS 7 iPhone

Microsoft Ignores PRISM Claims, Dumps P2P and Moves Skype Entirely to the Cloud

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News in Brief Oct 10, 2013 21:14:38 GMT

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Twitter Still Being Used By Shady Hackers

Tech Support Scams: Coming to a Mac near you

BlackBerry Warns of Vulnerability Impacting Enterprise Service 10

Beware of “Compulsory Companies House WebFiling” Phishing Emails

Bing Ads Lead to Sirefef Malware, Experts Warn

Facebook Scam: Virgin Australia Tickets Giveaway

Phishing Alert: We Noticed Unusual Activity in Your American Express Account

Fake United Airlines “You’ve Been Upgraded” Emails Spread Malware

Fake Payment Slip Emails Carry Malware

10 ways to make your .NET projects play nice with others

Smartphone users want more protection – and don’t mind being fingerprinted, says Paypal

First Look at Cinnamon 2.0 on Arch Linux

Users Afraid to Install the Latest Windows Updates

Microsoft Suggests That No Windows 7 Service Pack 2 Is Coming

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News in Brief Oct 14, 2013 14:36:55 GMT

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Facebook's "Who can look up your timeline by name" privacy tool bites the dust

Microsoft "failed update" phish might well sound believable - watch out!

Captain, Where Is Your Ship – Compromising Vessel Tracking Systems

419 Scammers Take Advantage of Festival of Lights

Quitting Facebook: should you consider virtual identity suicide?

419 Scam Alert: Win Millions in Yahoo Lottery

GitHub Down Due to DDOS Attack – 10/14/2013

Company Admits Its Employees Bundled Malware with Xunlei Download Manager

Cyber-warriors, your country needs you: Governments hit by “shortage” of experts

Some D-Link routers contain “backdoor” which allows remote access, researcher warns

Flying Blue Phish Takes to the Skies

Microsoft Issues Windows XP Death Reminder Ahead of Windows 8.1 Launch

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News in Brief Oct 15, 2013 16:39:17 GMT

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This Urausy Ransomware Dun Goofed

Malware Infections in POS Devices Cause Massive Losses for South African Banks

Cybercriminals Use Egobot Trojan to Target South Korea-Related Organizations

Android Scareware Delivered via Advertising SDK

Pharmaceutical ‘phishing’

Infostealer.Nemim: How a Pervasive Infostealer Continues to Evolve

US cities increasingly ignoring privacy, gobbling up data on residents

How to remove your face from Google's upcoming Shared Endorsement ads

How to Run Internet Explorer on Mac OS X

The Most Complete Apple 1 Computer – Estimated to Fetch €400.000 / $500,000

How Microsoft Ruined Patch Tuesday’s 10th Anniversary

Avast! 2014 Stable Has "Hardened" Protection Mode and "Rescue Disk"

VirtualBox 4.3.0 Available for Download

Microsoft Admits That Most Windows XP Users Are Moving to Windows 7

How Microsoft Made Internet Explorer Faster in Windows 8.1: Website Pre-Rendering

Microsoft “Still Working” on KB2862330 Windows 7 Update Fix

BullGuard launches its most advanced Internet Security software suite yet

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News in Brief Oct 16, 2013 15:28:27 GMT

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Survey Bypasser Sounds the Inception Horn

40 inappropriate actions to take against an unlocked PC

Critical Java Update Plugs 51 Security Holes

avast! Browser Cleanup still at work

Hoax Alert: Too Many Usernames on Kik Messenger

Researchers Identify Two Sandbox Escape Vulnerabilities in IBM SDK for Java 7.0

Microsoft Releases Office for Mac 2011 14.3.8 Update

Phishing is for the birds

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Mobile has been released!

Lavabit reopens for brief window to let users get at their data

GRUB2 Editor 0.6.4 Is the Perfect Tool for Your GRUB Needs

Microsoft Blocks Leaked Windows 8.1 Keys with GA Rollup Updates

UK Police to Install Windows 8 in Patrol Cars

Opera 18 Updated on Both Windows and Mac – Free Download

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News in Brief Oct 19, 2013 15:03:19 GMT

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Making phishing more complex - on purpose

CryptoLocker ransomware - see how it works, learn about prevention, cleanup and recovery

British Users Targeted By Health-Related ZBOT Spam

Fake Dynamoo’s Blog Domain Used to Host Malware Distributed via Dropbox Spam

Fake Avaya Voice Message Notifications Carry Malware

Why Bother With Software Updates?

CentOS 5.10 Is Now Available for Download

Simplicity Linux 13.10 Is a Surprising Puppy-Based Distribution

Small and Powerful Tiny Core Linux 5.0.2 Distribution Is Now Out

Elementary OS' Beautiful Dock Plank Gets a New Version

Microsoft Fixes KB951847 Botched Windows Update

Essential reading for Visual Studio 2013, MVC 5 and Web API 2

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News in Brief Oct 21, 2013 14:43:51 GMT

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Chrome support for XP to continue after Microsoft ditches it - helpful, or dangerous?

Fake BlackBerry BBM apps *still* in Google Play Store, one month after failed official release

Malware Alert: Confirm Your Sky Offer

Mozillux 13.10 Distro Now Features Firefox and Thunderbird 24

Download Dolphin Browser 6.5.1 for iPad

Microsoft Launches Recovery Image to Fix Bricked Windows RT 8.1 Tablets

Users Getting Another Update Error: This PC Can’t Run Windows 8.1

IE11 on Windows 8.1 Also Breaks Down Microsoft’s Own Outlook

Microsoft Security Essentials 4.3.219 Released for Download

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Lighthouse: bubbs, could you please ask these questions on the main forum. Nobody looks in here! Oct 11, 2019 0:47:50 GMT *

bubbatie1: actually win 10 refuses to install on my win 7 comp.help Oct 10, 2019 0:24:38 GMT

bubbatie: if win 7 is becoming obsolete what free upgrade should i do ? Oct 4, 2019 18:47:34 GMT

Lighthouse: Yeah, it does.Could you send me an email please. Look for the address in my profile. Oct 2, 2019 3:25:16 GMT

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Lighthouse: Not hardly any I'm sad to say Sept 28, 2019 23:31:39 GMT

bubbatie1: is everyone still active ? Sept 27, 2019 17:38:52 GMT

bubbatie1: hi all im back again been a wild ride Sept 27, 2019 17:38:24 GMT

Lighthouse: Hey bubbatie, have a good one:) Jul 29, 2018 12:08:31 GMT

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Lighthouse: A very Happy Birthday to you Brian Mar 17, 2018 16:49:48 GMT

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Admin_Vistamike: semi flat hedgehog run over by a semi deflated tyre? Jan 27, 2018 1:25:23 GMT

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