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New Malware Used on File Sharing Sites to Steal Passwords

TrendMicro’s TrendLabs has recently made an announcement in which Alvin John Nieto, a threat response engineer of the company, is warning about the danger posed by variants of the PASSTEAL malware spreading on the...

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Thursday, November 22nd, 2012 Net News No Comments

Researchers Seek Help Cracking Gauss Mystery Payload

A string pair from the Gauss malware. Image courtesy of Kaspersky Lab Researchers at Kaspersky Lab in Russia are asking the public for help in cracking an encrypted warhead that gets delivered to...

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Tuesday, August 14th, 2012 Net News 1 Comment

Boxopus Downloads Torrents Directly to Your Dropbox

Founded in 2007, Dropbox has quickly become the leading player in cloud hosting and synchronization services. The service is loved by many for its ease of use, and thanks to the newly launched...

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Saturday, June 23rd, 2012 Net News 1 Comment

Debunking the Phoenix Center Paper on Copyright Policy

In March, a paper entitled “Social Well-Being and IP Theft: A Dynamic Economic Analysis” by the Phoenix Center was released. Recently, I had a chance to take a look at this paper and...

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Wednesday, April 25th, 2012 Net News No Comments

My Permissions: Check, Remove App Permission for Facebook, Google, Twitter, Yahoo & More

Site offers one click testing for what access permissions have been granted to 16 of the top social networking sites: Facebook, Twitter, Google, Yahoo, LinkedIn, Dropbox, Instagram, Flickr, FourSquare, Aol, Windows Live, and...

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Wednesday, April 11th, 2012 Net News No Comments