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Iran government systems to be taken off the Internet for protection

Remember when Iran expressed its intention of setting up a national Internet disconnected from the World Wide Web in order to keep its citizens safe from Western ideas and …

Reuters hack was due to old WordPress version

While the individuals responsible for the recent hijacking of Reuters’ blogging platform and one of its Twitter accounts are still unknown, it has emerged that the …

Gizmodo hack reveals worrying flaws in data management policies

Mat Honan, the former Gizmodo employee who’s personal Twitter account compromise resulted in the temporary hijacking of the tech blog’s Twitter account, has …

Employees targeted with faked emails from payroll services firms

Administrators at companies that outsourced payroll management to outside firms have recently been heavily targeted with malicious emails supposedly coming from those very …

Malicious Olympic 2012 Android apps spotted

The Olympic Games currently underway in London have proven to be one of the best lures for cyber scammers and other cyber crooks: we’ve had Olympic-themed spam emails …

“Microsoft support” scammers still cold calling users

The old “Microsoft support center” scam is back. It is likely that it never went away, but lately the scammers have increased their efforts, targeting users again …

80% of “Olympic” domains are scammy

Popular global events such as the Olympic Games are a boon to cyber crooks, as they know for sure that a huge amount of people will be turning to the Internet to search for …

Reuters’ blogging platform and Twitter hacked

It has been a tough end of the week for international news agency Reuters, as it first had its blogging platform hijacked on Friday by still unknown attackers, then its …

Gizmodo’s Twitter hijacked following hack of iCloud account

Followers of popular technology weblog Gizmodo have been faced with some very offensive tweets coming from the site’s Twitter account on Friday. Many have accurately …

Sensitive info of 8,000 people compromised in US EPA breach

5,100 current employees of the US Environmental Protection Agency and around 2,700 “other individuals” have been notified of a breach into the agency’s …

US banks targeted with advance-fee scams

It seems that gullible or desperate individuals aren’t the only ones who fall for advance-fee scams, as the US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has recently …

Bogus AT&T emails lead to malware

A massive phishing campaign masquerading as billing information from the telecom giant has been targeting its customers in the last few days: The email shows the recipient …

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