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Australian Medical Records Encrypted, Held Ransom

10

Dec

2012

According to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), a server belonging to a small medical business located in Australia’s Gold Coast has been hacked, had its patient records encrypted, and held ransom for $4000. Image source: Google The Australian edition of SC Magazine reported on similar hacks earlier this year. This strikes us as an interesting […]

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Mobile Crime Doesn’t Pay-in Japan

15

Nov

2012

Writing Android malware can be a lucrative business for a criminal. One can create an SMS-sending Trojan horse or a botnet client and sit back to collect the money. It can also be a very brief business, leading one directly to jail. The crooks behind Android/OneClickFraud (malware that extorts users) and Android/DougaLeaker (malware that steals […]

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Beware: Twitter Video Facebook App is Back

14

Nov

2012

A new wave of rogue direct messages (DM) are making rounds in Twitter once more. Instead of the message “lol ur famous now”, as we’ve documented before, which coupled the Facebook link leading to a phishing page, the criminals behind this new campaign are now using “what on earth could you be doing in our […]

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