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Adam Ant is NOT dead – despite what you may have read on the net

06

Jan

2012

Messages have spread rapidly across Twitter and Facebook in the last few hours, claiming that the 1980s British popstar Adam Ant has died. According to the messages, the musician – who had hits with songs such as “Prince Charming” and “Stand and Deliver” – died from injuries he sustained in a jet ski accident on […]

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Possible Governmental Backdoor found (“case R2D2”)

09

Oct

2011

Chaos Computer Club from Germany has tonight announced that they have located a backdoor trojan used by the German Goverment. The announcment was made public on ccc.de with a detailed 20-page analysis of the functionality of the malware. Download the report in PDF (in German) The malware in question is a Windows backdoor consisting of […]

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Mrs. Gaddafi offers 40 million dollars for safekeeping

29

Aug

2011

Imagine my surprise this morning when I received an email from the second wife of Muammar Gaddafi, Safia Farkash al-Baraasi! I suppose I wasn’t really surprised, as every time there is a major news event, tragedy or television spectacle, spammers and fraudsters use the topic to social engineer their victims. The message itself was quite […]

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