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Mobile Ransomware Hits Browsers with Old-School Techniques
Dark Reading CTU researchers found several types of malware for sale, some advertising the ability to spy on all functions of an Android phone as well as to encrypt files and demand payment, the hallmark of a ransomware attack. One malicious Android package kit … |
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Crooks use old-school Conficker virus to infect police body cams
ZDNet Numerous Android smartphones from China have been found to ship with malware, but a Florida-based network integrator now says it has bought police body cams containing a virus. Jarrett Pavao and Charles Auchinleck of the IT integrator iPower … A huge … |
Sexting among today’s teenagers was the subject of an email string this morning that eventually took a turn down memory lane, courtesy of a long-time friend who wouldn’t make up stuff like this:
“Which reminds me of a story from 9th grade (1969 or ‘70). I was outside the high school with a couple of friends one morning before homeroom when we noticed some kind of small piece of paper falling from a second-story window. We went over and picked it up, and it wasn’t a piece of paper after all! Rather, it was a still-developing Polaroid of a kid’s (penis) with the handwritten caption, ‘(Not-to-be-named-here kid’s penis.)’ Technology really has come a long way.”
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Hacker Claims Old-School Tactic Brought GoDaddy to Its Knees
TechNewsWorld "There are definitely botnets large enough to attack an operation such as GoDaddy," he told TechNewsWorld, "but generally, such large botnets are used by criminals for activities such as bank account theft." "I seriously doubt that a 'hacktivist' is in … |