February 2012
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Data loss? Not always Means your Hacked
Recently UCLA announced 16,000 patients were potential victims of identity theft because a doctor’s home office was broken into and burglarized.
This is an unfortunate example of an employee taking home a laptop or storage device from the office resulting in a serious data breach.
The thief may have no idea what he has in his hands, but the damage is done, the data is breached.
UCLA had to send...
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Twitter and Facebook more addictive than...
We’re no longer surprised when we come across research that claims checking emails, tweets and scrolling through Facebook is addictive. Just go into any office around midday and you’ll see good, hard proof of that.
However, a new study of our everyday desires has found that the urge to keep on top of our emails and check what our friends are doing online is stronger than the desire to...
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Super Bowl Scams!
The Super Bowl, the much-hyped championship American pro football game, will be broadcast this Sunday night to an estimated 200 million people. Any major sporting event from the Australian Open to the World Cup brings out scammers hoping to cash in on the excitement. The most popular ways to separate you from your money are by peddling knock-off team jerseys, counterfeit memorabilia, and fake...
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Anonymous spies on FBI / UK Police hacking...
A recording of a confidential conference call between the FBI and UK law enforcement officers at the Metropolitan Police has been released by Anonymous on the internet.
The inference has to be that hackers were able to secretly access the call because they have compromised a police investigator’s email account.
The 16 minute conversation, which has been posted to a number of sites...
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Kaspersky Lab Joins Samsung Enterprise Alliance...
Kaspersky Lab, a leading developer of secure content and threat management solutions, announces that it has become a Golden Member of the Samsung Enterprise Alliance Program. The new global partnership is ushering in much closer cooperation between the companies and inclusion of Kaspersky Lab’s products on a wide range of Samsung devices.
Commenting on the new partnership, Garry Kondakov, Chief...
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Word to the Wise: Phishing scam claiming to be...
E-mail phishing scams using the Better Business Bureau’s name and logo continue to proliferate across the web. Most of the e-mails carry the famous BBB torch logo and come with the subject line “Complaint from your customers” or “Urgent: Your Prompt Reply is Necessary” but new subject lines are still popping up.
The e-mails have a link or an attachment containing malicious phishing malware...
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Anonymous eyes Europe over 'censorship' measure
Hacktivist group Anonymous are now targeting European websites over a controversial measure that critics said may curtail freedom of expression.
Anonymous is setting its sights on the European Parliament and supporters of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), tech site CNET reported.
“Critics say ACTA is even worse than SOPA in that it allows for closed door negotiations...
January 2012
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5 Ways to Protect your Computer
Despite the popularity of real time communications like instant messaging, as well as updates via Facebook and Twitter, most workplaces still use and rely on email. As handy as email can be, it can also be dangerous. Attachments can contain viruses, and email messages can hide phishing links that lead you to fake websites in an attempt to steal your login information.
Tech giants including...
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Mega Upload Update
Conversations intercepted by the FBI showed associates of alleged internet pirate Kim Dotcom were worried that he would run off with the firm’s money if they got into trouble.
Their fears were made public, as the German millionaire was denied bail in the North Shore District Court yesterday. He was remanded in custody until February 22 for an extradition hearing.
His lawyer says...
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Google Maps Service for Filipino's during...
Search giant Google has added public alerts to its Google Maps service, bringing users relevant emergency alerts such as weather disturbances. Google Public Alerts engineer Steve Hakusa said the Google Crisis Response team is working on providing such critical emergency information during crises. “If a major weather event is headed for your area, you might go online to search for the...
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Twiiter on Censorship
A lot of digital ink has been spilled about Twitter’s announcement that it can now censor tweets on a country-by-country basis. The move has prompted a growing number of users to organize under the hashtag #TwitterBlackout and pledge to boycott the service on January 28 by refusing to tweet. But these users are misguided — Twitter’s new policy is actually good for activists.
For a number of...
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Privacy breach linked to a piece of paper
The simple act of providing a piece of paper has become a lesson in how to protect personal information.
The cautionary tale involved staff at the Bessborough Hotel and a guest who needed a piece of paper to jot down a note.
The guest, at the front desk, asked for a piece of scrap paper.
The employee handed over a sheet retrieved from a recycling bin.
However, while one side of the paper...
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UK signs ACTA!
The countries signed the treaty, which aims to harmonise copyright enforcement across much of the world, in Tokyo on Thursday. However, the signatures of the EU member states and the EU itself will count for nothing unless the European Parliament gives its approval to ACTA in June, and digital activists have urged citizens to lobby their MEPs against voting yes.
Only five EU countries did not...
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Excessive Connection
On this Day of Privacy it’s appropriate to ask ourselves, are we too connected? I used to own just my laptop and my cell phone, and that was good enough. Now, I’ve got a lot of devices, and every one of them is connected to the Internet. I’ve got Facebook and Twitter on my mobile phones and these new devices allow us to become ever more connected to the world, the opportunity for access to...
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Relative exposure to malware
If you work at an antivirus company, be sure that family members will soon ask you questions about computers and the latest malware. Sometimes, they will even send you some. The other day, I got an odd email from my cousin, soon followed by a similar note from my sister that contained this:
The two of them – completely unintentionally – sent me a personalized bit of spam/malware. This was...
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Fake Mega Upload
The people behind Megaupload might be working hard to get the site back up, but so are scammers.
Sites were popping up on Friday claiming to be the reincarnation of Megaupload, the popular website taken down by U.S. federal authorities on Thursday. But most of the imitators so far look like phishing sites, said Don Bowman, CTO for Sandvine, an Internet traffic equipment vendor.
One site has...
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Tips for Facebook Timeline apps: Beware what you...
January 21, 2012, 7:57 AM — Facebook opened the floodgates to its “new class of apps” Wednesday, unveiling its partnership with more than 60 applications that let users share more about their daily lives.
In September at the F8 developer conference, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Timeline, Facebook’s new profile design, and the forthcoming apps that “let you express...
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Password Sharing
On the heels of the Zappos cyber robbery last Sunday that left 24M customers fretting over stolen passwords and email addresses, articles are being published about how people can protect themselves online. The number one point is always about passwords. Clean up your passwords. Never Share Your Password. Create different passwords for different accounts.
Sage advice, which we at AVAST support. We...
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59% of Small Business Owners will be making...
Hampshire, UK - 3rd January 2012 - Email marketing specialist, Inbox Insight, recently conducted a survey to an audience of 500 small business owners and MD’s regarding their organisations social media plans and strategies.
Inbox Insight have released the online survey which reveals that 73% of organisations asked currently use social media, and 59% of small businesses will be making...
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AVAST in legal dispute with Apple???
Several news alerts picked up an article about an “avast! Apptrackr” application that is under attack by the Apple legal team. Wow! What is going on?! So just in case you were wondering what is happening or in case you actually read the article yourself, please be assured that it has nothing to do with our AVAST company nor is there any “avast! Apptrackr” product.
This is just an...
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Vice President Website Hacked!
Hackers launched a series of New Year’s day attacks that temporarily shut down several Philippine government websites including the office of the vice-president, officials said Monday.
Vice President Jejomar Binay said hackers calling themselves the PrivateX group brought down his official website for 15 hours Sunday and denied access to mostly migrant Filipinos checking on his...
December 2011
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Malwarebytes 1.60
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 1.60 MBAM team has been working endless nights to bring you this release before the end of the year! They are very excited to be able to announce this release and they hope you enjoy it!
New Features:
Malwarebytes Chameleon technology gets Malwarebytes Anti-Malware running even when blocked by infection.
Incremental updates (paid version only).
Ability to...
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Apple’s Terrific And Tumultuous 2011
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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…
Those words seem to encapsulate Apple’s 2011 perfectly. The year saw the company both became the most valuable company in the world and lose its founder, savior, visionary, and leader.
Earlier, Erick published his roundup of the bigger stories and themes in tech this year. Topping that list is the passing of Steve...
October 2011
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September 2011
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