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Vodafone just joined the app store universe.  Their new service is called Vodafone360 and it aims to put together your contact information in one place, allow you to purchase digital content like music, and features apps.  One of the apps Vodafone has already pushed is “Keeper Mobile,” which is a… Continue Reading »

Privacy experts are warning Netflix to cancel its upcoming research contest, citing serious concerns over the company’s plans to hand over user data to contestants.  The contest, like the one held previously, asks contestants to develop technology that will help it better predict what movies a customer will like.  On… Continue Reading »

Windows 7 will be the most secure Windows version to date.  Okay I agree, that really isn’t saying much, now is it?  Windows has never been bulletproof, that’s why the underground economy of cybercrime is booming.  But this is different.  Windows 7 may very well be a security powerhouse.  Security… Continue Reading »

Visitors to the New York Times website over the weekend got an unwelcome surprise in the form of malicious ads serving scareware.  The ads instigated a browser hijack and redirect visitors to best-antivirus03.com, a rogue site serving up fake anti-virus software.  The Times is aware of the issue and posted… Continue Reading »

Everyone loves Facebook.  It’s fun, it’s useful, and it can be downright addicting.  Thanks to its ever increasing popularity it can also be dangerous.  Hackers and scammers are well aware of the large audience on Facebook and do what they can to take advantage of it.  Here are a few… Continue Reading »

For all the time we’ve been using cell phones, we’ve never had to worry about someone else trying to control them, unless they steal them, that is.  It’s just not something one would think about, especially not when using the iPhone.  Apple has a history of security with its desktops,… Continue Reading »

Have you ever checked your email and found a flood of “delivery failed” messages (also known as bounce backs) but they are for messages you never sent?  Congratulations, you’ve been spoofed - or rather your email address has.  Email spoofing is one of the oldest tools in a spammer’s book. … Continue Reading »

Today let’s take a look at botnets.  This is the tool of choice for spammers everywhere.  A botnet is a collection of computers, known as zombies, that have been infected by malware.  The malware enables the criminal in charge of the group, also known as the bot master, to control… Continue Reading »

Three brothers were convicted in a London court for their parts in a fraud operation that revolved around stealing credit and debit card numbers and making fake cards to use them with.  Ahmed Charmaga received 4 and a half years in prison, while his brothers Mahmoud and Mohammed received 5… Continue Reading »

Although many previously thought that the distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks last week originated in North Korea, the latest reports indicate that the source was actually the United Kingdom. This is according to a study done by a Vietnamese computer security company, Bach Khoa Internetwork Security (BKIS).  In a… Continue Reading »