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This video from panda labs show how easy it is for the bad guys to tag malware or a virus on to legitimate (but cracked/pirated) software that is then often released on P2P networks for download. How cyber criminals infect victims via P2P with pirated software from Panda Security on Vimeo.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has created a Surveillance Self-Defense site to educate the American public about the law and technology of government surveillance in the United States, providing the information and tools necessary to evaluate the threat of surveillance and take appropriate steps to defend against it.
BackTrack 4 is filled with awesome security utilities. So what have we done so far … well not too much – we’ve downloaded the 1.6Gb ISO image and successfully created a DVD from the ISO. This DVD has been used to successfully boot up into ubuntu linux and we’ve started the gui using startx. So [...]
Facebook has announced a security feature that will allow users to remotely
log out of active sessions on any device, reducing the chances of having their
accounts hacked and used to send spam or malware.
Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) have
discovered a way to hack quantum network traffic using currently available
technology.
Users of Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) may still be able to get security
updates, despite the lack of Microsoft support, thanks to a hack rediscovered by
researchers at F-Secure.
Our look at the top 10 most anticipated smartphones was the runaway hit with
V3.co.uk readers this week, followed by a warning of solar storm
disruption.
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