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Malware attack poses as bloody photos of Gaddafi’s death

21

Oct

2011

The death of Libyan dictator Colonel Gaddafi has almost inevitably resulted in cybercriminals taking advantage of the news story, and the general public’s seeming interest in viewing ghoulish photos and videos of his last moments. Malicious hackers have spammed out an attack posing as pictures of Gaddafi’s death, tricking users into believing that they came […]

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Microsoft dumps partner over telephone scam claims

21

Sep

2011

One of Microsoft’s Gold Partners has had its relationship with the software giant unceremoniously terminated, after being revealed to be orchestrating a telephone support scam. Comantra, based in India, are said to have cold-called computer users in the UK, Australia, Canada and elsewhere, claiming to offer assistance in cleaning up virus infections. The bogus support […]

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SSL certificate debacle includes CIA, MI6, Mossad and Tor

05

Sep

2011

Last week I wrote about the compromise of digital certificate authority DigiNotar. While the idea of over 250 false certificates being issued was scary, the number has grown to 531, including what could be intermediate signing certificates. This is really bad news. As DigiNotar is a “root” certificate, they can assign authority to intermediaries to […]

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