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View the full article]]> Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:34:16 +0000 http://www.astalavista.com/topic/22880-news-hackers-love-to-exploit-pdf-bugs-says-researcher/ http://www.astalavista.com/topic/22872-news-zeus-botnets-suffer-mighty-blow-after-isp-taken-offline/ One quarter of C&C channels vanish
At least a quarter of the command and control servers linked to Zeus-related botnets have suddenly gone quiet, continuing a recent trend of takedowns hitting some of the world's most nefarious cyber operations.…

Offloading malware protection to the cloud



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View the full article]]> Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:54:17 +0000 http://www.astalavista.com/topic/22871-news-google-attack-driven-by-amateur-not-chinese-government/ http://www.astalavista.com/topic/22856-news-google-boss-says-something-will-happen-in-china-soon/ Seven weeks and counting
Google CEO Eric Schmidt has reiterated that the company is currently in negotiations with the Chinese government over its future in the country - despite the Chinese government's claims to the contrary - and he expects some sort of development "soon."…

Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing



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"PayPal is a fucking liar, a cheat and a thug," says Cryptome operator John Young. The eBay-owned payment service closed the Cryptome account last week, with over $5,000 of donations intended for Young in limbo.…



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View the full article]]> Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:43:32 +0000 http://www.astalavista.com/topic/22831-news-microsoft-warns-of-new-ie-bug-attacks-under-way/ http://www.astalavista.com/topic/22832-news-uk-plastic-fraud-losses-fall-for-first-time-in-3-years/ Online banking losses up though
A rise in online banking fraud losses took some of the shine off the overall fall in debit and credit fraud in the UK last year.…



View the full article]]> Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:21:31 +0000 http://www.astalavista.com/topic/22832-news-uk-plastic-fraud-losses-fall-for-first-time-in-3-years/ http://www.astalavista.com/topic/22833-news-twitter-adds-filter-to-cut-phishing-lines/ Every twt.tl bit helps
Twitter has tightened up security procedures in order to curtail phishing attacks against users of the micro-blogging service, which have become rampant over recent weeks.…



View the full article]]> Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:46:30 +0000 http://www.astalavista.com/topic/22833-news-twitter-adds-filter-to-cut-phishing-lines/ http://www.astalavista.com/topic/22826-news-max-clifford-takes-1m-to-drop-hack-probe/ Kiss and don't tell
Celebrity publicist Max Clifford has agreed to accept a £1m plus payoff in exchange for dropping phone hacking allegations against the News of the World.…



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