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Apple hires jailbreaking iPhone hacker Nicholas Allegra

26

Aug

2011

Nicholas Allegra, better known as ‘comex’, the creator of the JailBreakMe website which made it child’s play for iPhone owners to jailbreak their devices, has been given an internship at Apple. The 19-year-old from Chappaqua, New York posted the news of his new position on Twitter: Allegra has given Apple plenty of headaches in the […]

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Support Desk Scams: CLSID Not Unique

20

Jul

2011

Yeah, yeah, yet another coldcall scam post, but featuring a ploy I haven’t come across before, intended to convince you that the scammer really knows something about your system, so that you’re likelier to fall for the scam. Rebecca Herold reports for InfosecIsland that she was contacted by one of those helpful “support desk” people who […]

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Defending SEO with Layered Protection

13

May

2011

The use of search engine optimisation (SEO) in malware distribution has been discussed many times on this blog. In most cases, the attacks are used to redirect unsuspecting users to scareware (fake anti-virus) sites, where they are tricked into installing fake AV. The attacks have historically been Windows-specific, but recently we have seen the attackers […]

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