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Criminal hacking continues to cause headaches for Yahoo members
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Spammers leverage news of a new Pope and other world events
Gartner indicates shift to mobile computing happening faster than expected
UK consumers remain concerned about bank security
Malicious spam may still be spreading across Yahoo! Mail accounts. We show you how to turn on the added verification process that Yahoo! offers.
Rob Waugh • 23 Mar 2013 • 2 min. read
Major world events always bring with them an upsurge in related spam and the election and inauguration of a new Pope is no exception.
Rob Waugh • 22 Mar 2013 • 1 min. read
According to a survey by technology industry analysts Gartner, the adoption of mobile devices is happening even faster than expected.
Rob Waugh • 15 Mar 2013 • 1 min. read
A survey of UK consumers, sponsored by telecoms supliers Avaya and Sabio had some worrying results for the financial sector.
Criminal hackers increasingly attracted to smaller businesses
Even the smallest web based business in the world will attract criminal hackers interested in stealing financially valuable data.
Rob Waugh • 15 Mar 2013 • 3 min. read
ESET research
Adobe and Microsoft release critical patches for March
Adobe and Microsoft have both released patches this week to address vulnerabilities in respective software applications and advise all users to apply the patches as soon as possible, if applicable to them.
Rob Waugh • 14 Mar 2013 • 1 min. read
Obama uses TV interview to raise cyber awareness
President Obama has used a TV interview to further raise public awareness of the growing cyber security threat against the United States.
Rob Waugh • 13 Mar 2013 • 1 min. read
Top celebrities and government officials financial details leaked online
The Associated Press reports that celebrities, including ashton Kutcher and Kim Kardashian, along with top government officials have had private financial information stolen and posted to a rogue website.
Rob Waugh • 12 Mar 2013 • 1 min. read
Singapore joins fight against digital crime with new Cyber Security Lab
Reports from Asia say that Singapore is to open a new Cyber Security Lab in a bid to combat criminal hacking by training law enforcement officers in the latest anti-cyber crime techniques.