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28 September 2015 - 16:08, by , in News, No comments
Hot on the heels of Firefox 41 – which saw the end of a 14-year-old bug that sucked up memory for Adblock Plus users – Mozilla announced a new beta of the popular web browser. Firefox 42 beta for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android is packed with new features, such as indicators which make it clear when a tab is...
28 September 2015 - 15:10, by , in News, No comments
This week sees the 25th Virus Bulletin conference, which takes place in Prague from 30 September to 2 October. We spoke to Virus Bulletin’s editor, Martijn Grooten, about how threats have changed over the last 25 years. My colleagues and I have been very busy preparing for this week’s 25th annual Virus Bulletin International Conference, but on the occasion...
28 September 2015 - 11:21, by , in News, No comments
The morality of blocking ads is a perplexing dilemma. That was made clear when Marco Arment – developer of the Peace ad-blocker that shot to the top of Apple’s paid app list when Apple rolled out iOS 9 and allowed users to add ad-blocking extensions for the first time – pulled a 180-degree turn and...
28 September 2015 - 10:45, by , in Uncategorized, No comments
She was scolded, her properties weren’t displayed in the front window of the real estate agency, she didn’t get the printouts all the other agents got, and the agency principal’s wife wouldn’t even say good morning. But being unfriended on Facebook? Well, that was just the last straw. In a case brought before Australia’s Fair...
25 September 2015 - 15:12, by , in Uncategorized, No comments
If someone wants to view your photos or contacts on your passcode-protected iPhone they may be able to gain access to the device with Siri. But if the federal authorities in the US want to see the contents of your phone in the old fashioned way – by asking you your password – they won’t get...
25 September 2015 - 12:55, by , in News, No comments
We’ve written several reports over the past year about a malware toolkit that uses Microsoft Word as its delivery vehicle. The idea is to package malware inside a Word document in such a way that the file looks innocent, with no macros (Word program code), no embedded programs, or other content that might make a...
25 September 2015 - 12:50, by , in News, No comments
You’ve probably heard of “extreme selfies” taken by people snapping photos of themselves in potentially dangerous locations and scenarios. There’s more than 9400 posts on Instagram with the hashtag #extremeselfie, and the trend has only accelerated with the advent of the selfie stick. A lot of these selfies are harmless hijinks, but there’s been a rash of media stories recently concerning people...
25 September 2015 - 10:26, by , in News, No comments
Uber users this week have found themselves – or, at any rate, their accounts – magically whisked around the world to ride through the city streets of China. Below are a few tweets from those who’ve found that Chinese fraudsters had used the hacked accounts to take free trips. Kirby Bittner was one such: @Uber...
25 September 2015 - 9:44, by , in Uncategorized, No comments
Heaven knows how you can bootleg a decent quality film when you stick your recording gadget in a popcorn box or cover your mobile camera with a sock to hide its lit screen – wouldn’t an apparently radioactive, glowing sock attract attention? – but that’s reportedly what pirates have been up to. (At least, so...
24 September 2015 - 11:10, by , in News, No comments
Watch out, iDevice owners! Siri has opened the pod bay door to let snoopers in. Barely a week after the release of iOS 9, a hacker has found a way for snoops to access your contacts and photos and send messages without your passcode. The bug affects iOS 9 and iOS 9.0.1 on iPhones, iPads and iPods....