Mariposa Bot Shipped With Vodafone Smartphone

Panda Security discovered Confiker, Mariposa and Lineage password stealing malware samples installed on a recently purchased Vodafone HTC Magic smartphone.

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HSBC Breach Exposes 24,000 Clients' Data

What was first thought to be a minor incident has turned out to be a major embarrassment for HSBC, which now acknowledges that a former employee made off with thousands of customer files.

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LimeWire enlists AVG for user protection

Notorious as a malware ghetto, LimeWire takes its first steps to integrate authoritative threat protection by signing on AVG to provide premium users with download scanning and blocking.

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ISP interruptions trip up Zeus botnet

But the source of the Zeus banking Trojan is back in action after unidentified agents cut off upstream connectivity to an ISP in Kazakhstan.

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Photos: Internode, Primus, iiNet sign up for Tassie NBN

Internet Service Providers fly into Tassie for a photo op with Senator Conroy and Doug Campbell.

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Hackers attempt to dupe NetRegistry customers

Attackers try to open new accounts.

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Crime Commission to establish server provider panel

Three year contract for hardware and services.

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Google "99.9 percent" sure to shut China search engine

Impasse reached in negotiations.

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FBI reports cyberfraud losses double in 2009

Scams that used FBI’s name most complained about.

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday Includes IE Warning

In the latest edition of its monthly security ritual, Microsoft patches two bugs, both deemed “important,” and issued an advisory about a flaw recently discovered in the Internet Explorer browser.

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