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Android glitch allows hackers to bug phone calls

Attack pierces defenses on devices from HTC, Samsung, Motorola, Google

30 Nov 21:10

Danger worm hijacks Facebook accounts to inject banking Trojan

Beware of poisoned photo links

29 Nov 15:02

Brit security biz Clearswift pockets £30m from sugar daddies

Email and web guardian bought by Lyceum

29 Nov 12:43

Web smut oglers accosted by bogus pop-up plod fines

Relax, it's just a scam, say cops

29 Nov 10:52

Scareware slingers stumped by Google secure search

Scam sites can't game search results

25 Nov 15:16

Thanksgiving menaced by virus-laden fake iTunes vouchers

Malware-hunters finger scam

24 Nov 14:31

Irish biz rife with fake sites slurping victims' privates

Volunteer hit squad tells of thugs sneaking onto servers

24 Nov 10:11

Software maker sorry for trying to silence security researcher

Withdraws legal threats over mobile 'rootkit' claims

24 Nov 00:47

Cyber-cop Trojan used iTunes flaw to spy on crims

Gamekeeper turned poacher

22 Nov 14:14

Google guru blasts Android virus doomsayers as 'charlatans'

Says iOS perfectly safe from security 'scammers', too

21 Nov 13:50

Android Market free-for-all blamed for malware avalanche

Symbian VXers advance on the Droids

18 Nov 09:39

World's first Win 8 malware 'bootkit' to debut next week

'Stoned Lite' too impaired to defeat UEFI

18 Nov 01:26

Crooks make it rain by seeding cloud with zombies

Your compute resources rented out

17 Nov 18:20

Apple plugs iTunes Ghost Click hole

Another 120MB security update... fantastic

17 Nov 14:12

Official: Facebook filth flood nowt to do with Fawkes virus

Ordinary indecent criminals

16 Nov 11:41

Mystery malware poisons NZ ambulance system

Dispatch staff forced to call medics' mobiles

15 Nov 14:38

Phone hacking victims' QC hit by trojan infection

Leveson Inquiry halted by malware probe

15 Nov 11:43

World's stealthiest rootkit pushes DNS hijacking trojan

DNS Changer dropped by TDSS

14 Nov 21:49

Certificate stolen from Malaysian gov used to sign malware

Security warnings bypassed

14 Nov 19:39

Freebie Android anti-malware scanners flunk tests

Worse than useless

14 Nov 13:29

Iran wrestles Duqu malware infestation

Son of Stuxnet cyberweapon makes landfall in Tehran

14 Nov 11:41

Duqu targeted each victim with unique files and servers

Well-financed developers had sense of humor

11 Nov 21:48

Feds shutter DNS malware scam that infected 4 million PCs

$14m scheme attacked Macs as well as Windows

9 Nov 22:31

Mobe anti-virus biz Lookout eyes Euro telcos

Android, iOS good. BlackBerry and Windows out of luck

9 Nov 16:01

Duqu spawned by 'well-funded team of competent coders'

World's first known modular rootkit does steganography, too

9 Nov 01:09

DNS cache poisonings foist malware attacks on Brazilians

'Desperate cries' from those visiting innocent sites

7 Nov 21:18

Kaspersky defends 'unworkable' web passports

Internet driving licence stuck in first gear

7 Nov 10:21

Facebook denies malware risk from message bug

Fixes security bypass flaw anyway

4 Nov 10:32

Microsoft releases temporary fix for critical Windows bug

Duqu vulnerability patched – for now

4 Nov 00:55

China, Russia called out as cyberspy hotbeds

The spy who hacked me

3 Nov 16:41

Thousands of WordPress sites commandeered by Black Hole

Webmasters, update TimThumb now!

2 Nov 18:48

Critical Windows zero-day bug exploited by Duqu

Trojan used booby-trapped Word file to spread

1 Nov 20:15

£2.8m bank Trojan slurp ringleaders jailed

Scotland Yard, Feds nab malware-armed raiders

1 Nov 14:29

Illicit Bitcoin miners steal resources from infected Macs

Passwords, browsing history also harvested

31 Oct 21:24

Dozens of chemical firms hit in espionage hack attack

Defense contractors, Fortune 100 companies, too

31 Oct 19:58

Tsunami Trojan: First Mac attack based on Linux crack

Slips in Mac OS X backdoor, phones home

26 Oct 13:19

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