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Linux.Fokirtor

- Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Risk Level: Very Low.

W32.Changeup!gen42

- Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Risk Level: Low. Type: Worm.

Android.Fakedaum

- Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Trojan.Tarodrop.M

- Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Android.Basedao

- Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Packed.Generic.424

- Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

W32.Gosys!gen1

- Sun, 16 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Risk Level: Low. Type: Worm.

Backdoor.Tranwos!gen1

- Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Trojan.Tracur!gen4

- Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Trojan.Botime

- Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

W32.Zbot

- Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Worm.

Trojan.Zeroaccess!g49

- Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Trojan.Zbot!gen46

- Tue, 11 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Risk Level: Low. Type: Trojan.

Trojan.Kilim

- Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Packed.Generic.421

- Tue, 11 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Packed.Generic.422

- Tue, 11 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Backdoor.Kboy

- Mon, 10 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Trojan.Coinliteminer

- Sun, 9 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Android.Simhosy

- Sun, 9 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Trojan.Zbot!gen45

- Fri, 7 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Risk Level: Low. Type: Trojan.

Backdoor.Boda!gen1

- Sat, 8 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Trojan.Mdropper.AD

- Thu, 6 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Packed.Generic.419

- Thu, 6 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Packed.Generic.420

- Thu, 6 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Trojan.Zeroaccess!g48

- Fri, 7 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Trojan.Zeroaccess!g47

- Fri, 7 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Android.Phospy

- Fri, 7 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Trojan.Travnet!gen2

- Wed, 5 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Trojan.Travnet!gen3

- Wed, 5 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Trojan.Travnet!gen1

- Wed, 5 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Trojan.FakeAV!gen105

- Tue, 4 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Android.Obad

- Tue, 4 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

SONAR.Changeup!gen2

- Tue, 4 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Risk Level: Low. Type: Worm.

Packed.Generic.418

- Tue, 4 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Infostealer.Jumcar

- Mon, 3 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Backdoor.Tranwos

- Tue, 4 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Android.Fakedefender

- Sun, 2 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Trojan.Zbot!gen44

- Wed, 29 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Risk Level: Low. Type: Trojan.

Android.Centero

- Wed, 29 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Trojan.Rloader.B

- Wed, 29 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Trojan.Tredpaf

- Wed, 29 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Backdoor.Oldrea

- Tue, 28 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

W32.Clapzok

- Tue, 28 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Virus.

Packed.Generic.416

- Wed, 29 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Packed.Generic.417

- Wed, 29 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Trojan.Zbot!gen43

- Mon, 27 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Risk Level: Low. Type: Trojan.

Packed.Generic.415

- Mon, 27 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Infostealer.Sazoora

- Sun, 26 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

MSIL.Pizzer

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Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Worm.

Infostealer!gen4

- Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Infostealer.Castov

- Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Trojan.Zeroaccess!g46

- Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Downloader.Castov

- Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Packed.Generic.414

- Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Trojan.Zeroaccess!g45

- Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Trojan.Lapka

- Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Android.Pincer

- Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Trojan.Syndicasec

- Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Suspicious.Cloud.9

- Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan, Virus, Worm.

Trojan.Blackrev

- Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Trojan.Zeroaccess!g44

- Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

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Scattered street protests pop across Brazil

- Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:57:40 -0400

A masked protestor walks near a burning barricade as riot police stand guard near the Castelao stadium in Fortaleza, Brazil, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Protesters cut off the main access road to the stadium where Brazil goes up against Mexico in the Confederations Cup soccer tournament. Beginning as protests against bus fare hikes, the demonstrations have quickly ballooned to include broad middle-class outrage over the failure of governments to provide basic services and ensure public safety. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)SAO PAULO (AP) ? Scattered street demonstrations popped up around Brazil on Wednesday as protesters continued their collective cry against the low-quality public services they receive in exchange for high taxes and rising prices.

Protesters out again in Brazilian cities

- Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:04:27 -0400

Protesters out again in Brazilian citiesScattered street demonstrations popped up around Brazil Wednesday as protesters continued their collective cry against the low-quality public services they receive in exchange for high taxes and rising ...

Theft of F-35 design data is helping U.S. adversaries: Pentagon

- Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:41:54 -0400

Handout photo of three F-35 Joint Strike Fighters flying over Edwards Air Force BaseBy David Alexander WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The theft of sensitive design data by hackers targeting programs like the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter takes away a big U.S. advantage by allowing rivals to speed up development of their own stealth aircraft, a top Pentagon official said on Wednesday. Defense acquisitions chief Frank Kendall told a Senate hearing he was reasonably confident that classified information related to the development of the F-35 was well-protected. "But I'm not at all confident that our unclassified information is as well-protected," he said. ...

Microsoft offers hefty bounties to thwart hackers

- Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:08:44 -0400

The Microsoft logo is seen at their offices in BucharestBy Jim Finkle BOSTON (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp is looking to recruit computer geeks in its ongoing efforts to protect Windows PCs from attacks, offering rewards of as much as $150,000 to anybody who helps identify and fix major security holes in its software. Microsoft unveiled the rewards program, one of the most generous in the high-tech industry to date, on Wednesday as it sought ways to prevent sophisticated attackers from subverting new security technologies it has introduced in the latest versions of the Windows operating system. ...

Underdog trounces major brands in full HD smartphone display shootout

- Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:05:15 -0400

While Sony?s smartphone business has been struggling for some time now, it is a company known for building HDTVs and mobile devices with stunning displays that are among the best on the market. HTC is struggling as well, but its smartphone hardware is always among the best in the world and that includes its stunning HD displays. With that in mind, it?s quite surprising that up-and-comer Huawei trounced flagship smartphone models from both major brands in DisplayMate?s latest full HD smartphone display shootout, which was published this week. The site says Huawei?s Ascend D2 ?delivers superior picture quality with accurate colors and images? compared to the HTC One and Sony Xperia Z, but that?s just a small part of the story.

Protesters out again in Brazil's biggest city

- Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:06:48 -0400

SAO PAULO (AP) ? Scattered street demonstrations popped up around Brazil early Wednesday as protesters continued their collective cry against the low-quality public services they receive in exchange for high taxes and high prices.

Why no company will acquire Nokia right now

- Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:10:31 -0400

Huawei, which recently became the No.3 smartphone brand in the world, may be considering a Nokia acquisition. Wall Street reacted violently, prompting an 8% spike in Nokia?s share price. This speculation is part of an annual summertime ritual. In July, we?ll get the rumor about Lenovo buying Nokia and in August, some British brokerage will speculate about Cisco executives flying to Helsinki. However, there is a very specific problem with the idea of any of these companies buying Nokia right now. All of them might be interested in buying a smartphone vendor. But Nokia is not a smartphone company. It?s still a feature phone company. In the latest quarter, Nokia?s feature phone volume totaled  56 million units and smartphone shipments stood at 6 million units. On the revenue

New CEO begins Alcatel makeover

- Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:28:29 -0400

Alcatel-Lucent new Chief Executive Officer Combes poses for the media before a news conference in ParisBy Leila Abboud PARIS (Reuters) - Telecom equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent plans to focus on networking products and high-speed broadband and will slim down with a billion euros in cost cuts by 2015 in a bid to reverse years of losses. The plan unveiled on Wednesday by Michel Combes, the company's new chief executive, will also include more than a billion euros of unspecified asset sales and 2 billion euros in debt re-financing by 2015, followed by a further 2 billion in debt reduction that could include issuing new shares. ...

Brazil protesters keep up pressure on government

- Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:20:18 -0400

Protestors gather in front of the Metropolitan Cathedral in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. Some of the biggest demonstrations since the end of Brazil's 1964-85 dictatorship have broke out across this continent-sized country, uniting multitudes frustrated by poor transportation, health services, education and security despite a heavy tax burden. (AP Photo/Nelson Antoine)SAO PAULO (AP) ? About 50,000 protesters energetically returned to the streets of Brazil's biggest city Tuesday night, a demonstration of anger toward what they call a corrupt and inefficient government that has long ignored the demands of a growing middle class.

Microsoft says it freed millions of computers from criminal botnet

- Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:43:25 -0400

To match feature KOREA-CYBERCRIME/By Jim Finkle BOSTON (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said that an assault it led earlier this month on one of the world's biggest cyber crime rings has freed at least 2 million PCs infected with a virus believed to have been used to steal more than $500 million from bank accounts worldwide. "We definitely have liberated at least 2 million PCs globally. That is a conservative estimate," Richard Domingues Boscovich, assistant general counsel with Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit, said in an interview on Tuesday. ...

Huawei says has no plans to buy Nokia

- Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:10:09 -0400

A man using his mobile phone walks under a Nokia logo in ShanghaiNEW YORK (Reuters) - Chinese network equipment and cellphone maker Huawei Technologies Co said it "has no plans to acquire Nokia", responding to a Financial Times report that it would consider buying the Finish phone maker. The denial came from Huawei's vice president for external affairs, Bill Plummer. The story on the FT website on Tuesday had quoted the head of Huawei's consumer business, Richard Yu, as saying: "We are considering these sorts of acquisitions; maybe the combination has some synergies but depends on the willingness of Nokia. We are open-minded." Nokia declined comment. ...

Stuntwoman sues News Corp. over alleged phone hack

- Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:59:08 -0400

LOS ANGELES (AP) ? A woman who worked as a stunt double for Angelina Jolie sued Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. in Los Angeles on Tuesday, claiming she's a victim of a phone hacking scheme to obtain information about the actress.

How immigration reform could save taxpayers nearly $1 trillion

- Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:55:00 -0400

Immigration reform is gonna make it rain.An economic case for the controversial legislation

New phone from an unlikely vendor steals title of world?s thinnest smartphone

- Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:55:25 -0400

Huawei on Tuesday announced the Ascend P6, the world?s thinnest smartphone. The handset measures a mere 6.18 millimeters thick and weighs 120 grams, eight grams more than Apple?s iPhone 5 despite the fact that the phone is much larger. The Ascend P6 is equipped with a 4.7-inch 720p display, an in-house 1.5GHz quad-core processor and an 8-megapixel rear camera. The smartphone also includes a 5-megapixel front-facing camera, 2GB of RAM, a 2,000 mAh battery, 8GB of internal storage, a microSD slot and Huawei?s Emotion user interface atop Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean. The Ascend P6 will be available in black, white and pink in China later this month and it will launch on Vodafone, O2 and Orange in Europe in July. Huawei?s press release

Huawei might buy Nokia if it rethinks devotion to ?weak? Windows Phone

- Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:20:36 -0400

Shares of Nokia surged on Tuesday, mostly because Chinese electronics giant Huawei expressed interest in buying the struggling Finnish smartphone manufacturer. Richard Yu, chairman of Huawei?s consumer business group, told The Financial Times that his company would be open to buying Nokia if it showed a ?willingness? to merge. One aspect of Nokia?s current business plan that it will certainly have to rethink if it wants to merge with Huawei is its exclusive use of Windows Phone as its platform of choice. Yu said that Windows Phone was still a risky bet because its market share has not significantly grown in the eight months since the launch of Windows Phone 8. ?Whether Windows Phone will be successful is difficult to say,?

Former employees say Bank of America lied to a lot of homeowners

- Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:18:00 -0400

Bank of America employees that recorded 10 or more foreclosures a month were allegedly rewarded with gifts.The mega-bank also allegedly rewarded employees who put homes in foreclosure

Demonstrators flood Brazilian streets in protest

- Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:34:28 -0400

Demonstrators flood Brazilian streets in protestEnormous demonstrations have shaken cities across this continent-sized country, and more were expected Tuesday in some of the largest outpourings of frustration in decades over red tape, high prices and ...

23 times the immigration reform bill has been at death's door

- Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:47:00 -0400

Fear not, supporters, the bill's not dead yet.Reports of the legislation's impending demise have been greatly exaggerated

Huawei's new super-thin P6 smartphone is also perfect for selfies

- Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:58:00 -0400

Hey, good lookin'.Say cheese!

Huawei launches world's slimmest smartphone

- Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:39:38 -0400

Huawei Ascend P6LONDON (Reuters) - China's Huawei unveiled its flagship smartphone, the Ascend P6, at its first standalone launch event on Tuesday, underlining its ambitions to compete with Apple and Samsung in the top tier of mobile technology. The company says the device, at 6.18 mm thick, is the world's slimmest. It has a 5 megapixel front-facing camera, designed for taking "selfies", or pictures of the owner to be shared on social media networks. The company picked the launch date - 6/18 (June 18) - to tie in with the smartphone's dimensions. ...

U.S. security expert says surveillance cameras can be hacked

- Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:27:44 -0400

A security camera sits on a building in New York CityBy Jim Finkle BOSTON (Reuters) - A U.S. security expert says he has identified ways to remotely attack high-end surveillance cameras used by industrial plants, prisons, banks and the military, something that potentially would allow hackers to spy on facilities or gain access to sensitive computer networks. Craig Heffner, a former software developer with the National Security Administration who now works for a private security firm, said he discovered the previously unreported bugs in digital video surveillance equipment from firms including Cisco Systems Inc, D-Link Corp and TRENDnet. ...

Thomas Pynchon Returns to the New York Where He's Always Been

- Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:19:21 -0400

Thomas Pynchon Returns to the New York Where He's Always BeenRELATED: These Are Not the 'Shades of Grey' You Are Looking For See full coverage

Analysis: European cloud computing firms see silver lining in PRISM scandal

- Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:53:22 -0400

Former National Security Agency contractor Snowden is seen during news broadcast at shopping mall in Hong KongBy Leila Abboud and Paul Sandle PARIS/LONDON (Reuters) - France has its "Sovereign Cloud" project while across the Rhine data firms have created the label "Cloud Services: Made in Germany", all trying to reassure big companies that their information is stored away from the prying eyes of U.S. spies. European firms believe revelations that the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) has secretly gathered user data from nine big U.S. Internet companies, including Microsoft and Google, will hand them a competitive advantage as they play catch-up with the dominant American players in "cloud ...

Samsung to launch faster Galaxy S4 smartphone

- Mon, 17 Jun 2013 06:27:50 -0400

A man holds up Samsung Electronics Co's latest Galaxy S4 phone during its launch at the Radio City Music Hall in New YorkBy Miyoung Kim SUWON, South Korea (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co plans to sell a variation of its flagship Galaxy S4 smartphone that will transmit data at nearly twice the normal speed, the head of its mobile business said on Monday. J.K. Shin, also co-chief executive of the world's biggest technology firm by revenue, said the phone would be sold in South Korea as early as this month. Samsung was in talks with several overseas carriers to take the phone, Shin told Reuters in an interview at Samsung's headquarters in Suwon, just south of Seoul. He declined to name the carriers. ...

Secret to Prism program: Even bigger data seizure

- Sat, 15 Jun 2013 15:41:21 -0400

FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2008, file photo President Bush waves after signing a 15-day extension of the Protect America Act after a speech in Las Vegas. Sternly prodding Congress, Bush told lawmakers they were jeopardizing the nation's safety by failing to lock in the government eavesdropping law. When the Protect America Act made warrantless wiretapping legal, lawyers and executives at major technology companies knew what was about to happen. They didn't know that its passage gave birth to a top-secret NSA program, officially labeled US-98XN. It was known as Prism. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)WASHINGTON (AP) ? In the months and early years after 9/11, FBI agents began showing up at Microsoft Corp. more frequently than before, armed with court orders demanding information on customers.

AP IMPACT: Snowden's life surrounded by spycraft

- Sat, 15 Jun 2013 13:31:55 -0400

FILE - This Sunday, June 9, 2013 photo provided by The Guardian newspaper in London shows Edward Snowden, who worked as a contract employee at the U.S. National Security Agency, in Hong Kong. Posts to online blogs and forums, public records and interviews with Snowden?s neighbors, teachers and acquaintances reveal someone who prized the American ideal of personal freedom but became disenchanted with the way government secretly operates in the name of national security. (AP Photo/The Guardian)FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) ? In the suburbs edged by woods midway between Baltimore and the nation's capital, residents long joked that the government spy shop next door was so ultra-secretive its initials stood for "No Such Agency." But when Edward Snowden grew up here, the National Security Agency's looming presence was both a very visible and accepted part of everyday life.

Early vote count in Iran gives Rowhani wide lead

- Sat, 15 Jun 2013 06:21:36 -0400

An Iranian woman displays her ink-stained finger after voting in the presidential and municipal council elections at a polling station in Qom, 78 miles (125 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 14, 2013. Iran's supreme leader delivered a salty rebuke to the U.S. Friday as Iranians lined up to vote in a presidential election that has suddenly become a showdown across the Islamic Republic's political divide: hard-liners looking to cement their control and re-energized reformists backing the lone moderate. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)TEHRAN, Iran (AP) ? Iran's reformist-backed presidential candidate surged to a wide lead in early vote counting Saturday, a top official said, suggesting a flurry of late support could have swayed a race that once appeared solidly in the hands of Tehran's ruling clerics.

Lawmakers seek credit monitoring for veterans

- Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:44:35 -0400

WASHINGTON (AP) ? A bipartisan group of lawmakers asked the Veterans Affairs Department on Friday to offer credit monitoring to veterans and dependents whose personal information, including birth dates and Social Security numbers, might have been disclosed when its computer systems were hacked.

Ideas for keeping your data safe from spying

- Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:47:00 -0400

LONDON (AP) ? Phone call logs, credit card records, emails, Skype chats, Facebook message, and more: The precise nature of the NSA's sweeping surveillance apparatus has yet to be confirmed.

Iran's battered reformers seek election rebound

- Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:54:28 -0400

Iranian women, queue, in a polling station to vote for the presidential and municipal councils elections, in the city of Qom, 78 miles (125 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 14, 2013. Iran's supreme leader delivered a salty rebuke to the U.S. Friday as Iranians lined up to vote in a presidential election that has suddenly become a showdown across the Islamic Republic's political divide: hard-liners looking to cement their control and re-energized reformists backing the lone moderate. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)TEHRAN, Iran (AP) ? Reform-minded Iranians who have faced years of crackdowns looked Friday to claw back a bit of ground in a presidential election that gave them an unexpected hero and a chance to upend a vote that once appeared solidly in the hands of Tehran's ruling clerics.

Canada delays Wind Mobile deals on security concerns: report

- Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:45:07 -0400

WIND Mobile cell phones are displayed at a retail store before the official launch of WIND Mobile, a new cellular service for the Canadian market, in TorontoBy Alastair Sharp TORONTO (Reuters) - National security concerns have delayed the Canadian government's approval of two deals that would solidify Vimpelcom Ltd's ownership of wireless carrier Wind Mobile, a Canadian newspaper reported on Friday, citing unnamed sources. Vimpelcom, a telecommunications company that is Wind's largest shareholder, has been trying for months to take control of Toronto-based Wind after Canadian investment rules were changed to allow foreign ownership of smaller telecom companies. ...

CBS News says reporter's computer was hacked

- Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:16:50 -0400

This Jan. 13, 2012 photo released by CBS News shows Investigative Correspondent Sharyl Attkisson during a broadcast of "CBS This Morning," in New York. CBS News says private investigators found that Attkisson's computer was tampered with multiple times last year. The network said Friday, June 14, 2013, that an intruder, working remotely using Attkisson's accounts, executed commands involving the search and filtering of data. CBS said it is taking further steps to identify the intruder and how the person gained access to her computer. (AP Photo/CBS, John P. Filo) NORTH ANMERICAN USE ONLY, MANDATORY CREDITWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A CBS News investigative reporter's computer was remotely accessed by an unauthorized party several times late last year, the news organization said on Friday, citing an analysis by an outside cyber security firm. The review found that Washington-based reporter Sharyl Attkisson's computer "was accessed by an unauthorized, external, unknown party on multiple occasions late in 2012," CBS News spokeswoman Sonya McNair said in a statement. ...

Ideas for keeping you data safe from spying

- Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:12:43 -0400

Phone call logs, credit card records, emails, Skype chats, Facebook message, and more: The precise nature of the NSA's sweeping surveillance apparatus has yet to be confirmed. But given the revelations ...

Microsoft Waits to Fix Your Software Bugs So the NSA Can Use Them First

- Fri, 14 Jun 2013 10:02:37 -0400

Microsoft Waits to Fix Your Software Bugs So the NSA Can Use Them FirstIn a move as fiendishly clever as it is galling, Microsoft tells the U.S. government about bugs in its notoriously buggy software before it fixes them so that intelligence agencies can use the vulnerabilities for the purposes of cyberspying. "That information can be used to protect government computers and to access the computers of terrorists or military foes," sources tell Bloomberg's Michael Riley. ...

EU free-trade states urge quick resolution of Chinese solar dispute

- Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:00:06 -0400

A man eats his breakfast as he walks under solar panels belonging to a solar power plant in ShenyangBy Ethan Bilby LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - A group of free-trading northern European nations urged the EU's trade chief on Friday to contain a growing dispute with China or risk a negative spiral that could choke exports. Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands said EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht needed to find a diplomatic solution with Beijing to avoid a tit-for-tat trade war, after Brussels imposed tariffs on Chinese solar panels and Beijing retaliated with an investigation into European wine. "It is not the right way to go. When the one side begins to close up, the other continues. ...

Anti-Mugabe hackers attack website of S.Africa's ruling ANC

- Fri, 14 Jun 2013 07:13:12 -0400

(Blank Headline Received)By Ed Cropley JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Hackers opposed to Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe took out the website of the African National Congress (ANC) on Friday, accusing South Africa's ruling party of a corrupt and bloodstained relationship with the former British colony's leader. The group also said it had successfully attacked the website of Zimbabwe's Ministry of Defence "for the genocide slaughter of 20,000 ndebele people". "Ladies and gentlemen and secret agents. today we shall be hitting one of the biggest enablers of the mass murdering mugabe. ...

Anti-Mugabe hackers attack website of South Africa's ruling ANC

- Fri, 14 Jun 2013 07:01:34 -0400

Zimbabwe's President Mugabe attends launch of new currency in HarareBy Ed Cropley JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Hackers opposed to Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe took out the website of the African National Congress (ANC) on Friday, accusing South Africa's ruling party of a corrupt and bloodstained relationship with the former British colony's leader. The group also said it had successfully attacked the website of Zimbabwe's Ministry of Defense "for the genocide slaughter of 20,000 ndebele people". "Ladies and gentlemen and secret agents. today we shall be hitting one of the biggest enablers of the mass murdering mugabe. ...

How Edward Snowden stole his cache of NSA secrets

- Fri, 14 Jun 2013 03:25:00 -0400

Snowden didn't seem to have to work very hard to grab top secret classified government info.The NSA leaker reportedly just walked out of work with some of America's big secrets on a thumb drive in his pocket

While working for spies, Snowden was secretly prolific online

- Thu, 13 Jun 2013 21:56:12 -0400

Protesters supporting Snowden hold a photo of him during a demonstration outside the U.S. Consulate in Hong KongBy John Shiffman, Mark Hosenball and Kristina Cooke WASHINGTON (Reuters) - While working for U.S. intelligence agencies, Edward Snowden had another secret identity: an online commentator who anonymously railed against citizen surveillance and corporate greed. Throughout the eight years that Snowden worked for the Central Intelligence Agency and National Security Agency contractors, he posted hundreds of messages on a public Internet forum under a pseudonym. ...

FDA urges protection of medical devices from cyber threats

- Thu, 13 Jun 2013 21:05:25 -0400

By Ransdell Pierson and Jim Finkle (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday urged medical device makers and medical facilities to upgrade security protections to protect against potential cyber threats that could compromise the devices or patient privacy. It released that advisory in coordination with a separate alert from the Department of Homeland Security, which disclosed vulnerability in a wide variety of medical equipment that can make those devices vulnerable to remote attacks from hackers. ...

 

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SecureMac: Proud @MacworldUK and @MacworldAU reviewed @PrivacyScan and gave it 5/5 stars & an Editor's Choice award! http://t.co/ew6Wjj67

- Thu, 05 Apr 2012 01:30:08 +0000

SecureMac: Proud @MacworldUK and @MacworldAU reviewed @PrivacyScan and gave it 5/5 stars & an Editor's Choice award! http://t.co/ew6Wjj67

SecureMac: Researching new piece of Mac #malware that is currently in the wild infecting computers running OS X. http://t.co/38RsQVAQ

- Tue, 20 Mar 2012 06:00:04 +0000

SecureMac: Researching new piece of Mac #malware that is currently in the wild infecting computers running OS X. http://t.co/38RsQVAQ

SecureMac: SecureMac is honored ~ @MacworldUK has awarded @PrivacyScan as Best of Show for Macworld | iWorld this year. http://t.co/bBqaCH7F

- Fri, 16 Mar 2012 20:18:06 +0000

SecureMac: SecureMac is honored ~ @MacworldUK has awarded @PrivacyScan as Best of Show for Macworld | iWorld this year. http://t.co/bBqaCH7F

SecureMac: Attention Developers, @SecureMac is hiring Cocoa Developers. http://t.co/F4Give2s #jobs #dev #hiring

- Tue, 13 Mar 2012 18:52:23 +0000

SecureMac: Attention Developers, @SecureMac is hiring Cocoa Developers. http://t.co/F4Give2s #jobs #dev #hiring

SecureMac: SecureMac is hiring more Mac Cocoa Developers. See requirements & submit resume! #jobs #macjobs http://t.co/LOfi5e5T

- Mon, 05 Mar 2012 21:06:20 +0000

SecureMac: SecureMac is hiring more Mac Cocoa Developers. See requirements & submit resume! #jobs #macjobs http://t.co/LOfi5e5T

SecureMac: Read how Google's accused of Bypassing Safari's Privacy Controls http://t.co/1KyOlzbH Another Reason for @MacScan @PrivacyScan

- Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:55:34 +0000

SecureMac: Read how Google's accused of Bypassing Safari's Privacy Controls http://t.co/1KyOlzbH Another Reason for @MacScan @PrivacyScan

SecureMac: PrivacyScan 1.0.1 has been released and is available on the Mac App Store adding bug fixes still 4.99! http://t.co/8fV15Tm7

- Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:58:53 +0000

SecureMac: PrivacyScan 1.0.1 has been released and is available on the Mac App Store adding bug fixes still 4.99! http://t.co/8fV15Tm7

SecureMac: With the launch of @PrivacyScan in the Mac App Store we're #1 in utilities and ranking in top 10 paid overall. Day 1 http://t.co/Chc4IZDE

- Fri, 27 Jan 2012 02:19:15 +0000

SecureMac: With the launch of @PrivacyScan in the Mac App Store we're #1 in utilities and ranking in top 10 paid overall. Day 1 http://t.co/Chc4IZDE

SecureMac: @fakemacfusion Are you on the macworld press list? Let me know your email to get you off the PR list.

- Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:06:39 +0000

SecureMac: @fakemacfusion Are you on the macworld press list? Let me know your email to get you off the PR list.

SecureMac: SecureMac staff will be on the Macworld show floor today at booth #442 talking security and demonstrating @PrivacyScan & @MacScan

- Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:04:23 +0000

SecureMac: SecureMac staff will be on the Macworld show floor today at booth #442 talking security and demonstrating @PrivacyScan & @MacScan

SecureMac: PrivacyScan is now live on the Mac App Store! Check it out and give us your feedback! http://t.co/4W4y8ztO

- Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:54:46 +0000

SecureMac: PrivacyScan is now live on the Mac App Store! Check it out and give us your feedback! http://t.co/4W4y8ztO

SecureMac: Need an Free/Discounted Expo Hall Pass to @Macworldexpo ? Get em while they last! http://t.co/gHP8PaZe #macworld

- Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:39:49 +0000

SecureMac: Need an Free/Discounted Expo Hall Pass to @Macworldexpo ? Get em while they last! http://t.co/gHP8PaZe #macworld

SecureMac: We're going to be at @macworldexpo booth #442! Be sure to stop by and learn about the latest products!

- Wed, 18 Jan 2012 22:30:24 +0000

SecureMac: We're going to be at @macworldexpo booth #442! Be sure to stop by and learn about the latest products!

SecureMac: Getting ready for #macworld ~ booth 442. Be sure to follow us if you're still looking for a free expo hall pass, and watch for link.

- Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:20:40 +0000

SecureMac: Getting ready for #macworld ~ booth 442. Be sure to follow us if you're still looking for a free expo hall pass, and watch for link.

SecureMac: Start off your New Year by changing your passwords. How long has it been? #macsecurity

- Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:03:38 +0000

SecureMac: Start off your New Year by changing your passwords. How long has it been? #macsecurity

SecureMac: @ken_gok email macsec@securemac.com with as much info as you have on what you downloaded including links and we can check it out!

- Fri, 23 Dec 2011 15:50:24 +0000

SecureMac: @ken_gok email macsec@securemac.com with as much info as you have on what you downloaded including links and we can check it out!

SecureMac: MacScan 2.9.2 Released! Celebrate with us and download a free 30-day trial or upgrade your app! http://t.co/xr3NJoQk

- Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:09:59 +0000

SecureMac: MacScan 2.9.2 Released! Celebrate with us and download a free 30-day trial or upgrade your app! http://t.co/xr3NJoQk

SecureMac: Love Cyber Monday? Get the http://t.co/G8EB7cwc software bundle for 49.99! First 10k people get MacScan!

- Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:23:17 +0000

SecureMac: Love Cyber Monday? Get the http://t.co/G8EB7cwc software bundle for 49.99! First 10k people get MacScan!

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- Fri, 25 Nov 2011 05:08:17 +0000

SecureMac: RT @macscan: 1 Day Only - Black Friday Sale ~ MacScan 80% OFF Use Coupon Code CYBERSALE11 - http://t.co/AtD091ty