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Credit to Author: Grant Gross| Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2017 08:02:00 -0700

A Russian man long connected with sending spam emails has been arrested and is being held in Spain, with a law enforcement source contradicting news reports saying he was involved with a computer virus linked to President Donald Trump’s recent election victory.

The arrest of Piotr Levashov at the Barcelona airport on Friday was not tied to Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election, said the source, who is close to the investigation. That contradicts news reports from Agence France-Presse (AFP) and other news outlets, which said Levashov’s wife, Maria Levachova, was told his arrest was connected to Trump’s election.

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ComputerWorld Independent

April 10, 2017 admin

36% off Litom Solar Outdoor Motion Sensor Security Lights, 2 Pack – Deal Alert

Credit to Author: DealPost Team| Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2017 12:32:00 -0700

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ComputerWorld Independent

April 10, 2017 admin

The iCloud hackers' bitcoin ransom looks like a fake

Credit to Author: Michael Kan| Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2017 04:02:00 -0700

A group of hackers who claimed to hold millions of iCloud accounts for ransom said on Friday it had been paid. But one bitcoin expert said that’s bogus.

The Turkish Crime Family grabbed headlines last month by claiming it had the stolen login credentials for more than 700 million icloud.com, me.com and mac.com accounts. The group demanded increasing ransoms from Apple while threatening to wipe the data from devices connected to the affected accounts if it did not.

On Friday, the hackers tweeted that they had been paid $480,000 in bitcoin. As proof, the group posted a link showing a transaction on Blockchain.info, a popular bitcoin wallet.

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ComputerWorld Independent

April 10, 2017 admin

Angry Shadow Brokers release password for suspected NSA hacking tools

Credit to Author: John Ribeiro| Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2017 03:45:00 -0700

Annoyed with the U.S. missile strike last week on an airfield in Syria, among other things, hacker group Shadow Brokers resurfaced and released what it said was the password to files containing suspected National Security Agency tools it had earlier tried to sell.

“Is appearing you are abandoning ‘your base’, ‘the movement’, and the peoples who getting you elected,” the group wrote in broken English in a letter to President Donald Trump posted online on Saturday.

The hacker group, believed by some security experts to have Russian links, released in January an arsenal of tools that appeared designed to spy on Windows systems, after trying to to sell these and other supposedly Windows and Unix hacking tools for bitcoin.

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QuickHeal Security

April 9, 2017 admin

5 Common Myths that Stop People from Using an Antivirus

Credit to Author: Rajib Singha| Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2017 06:00:40 +0000

While the growth of cyber threats and malware artists is rampant, most of us still feel that antivirus for our computer is unnecessary and may cause more trouble than it’s worth. Here are some myths that stop people from using an antivirus, where we also tell you why should you…

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Security Wired

April 9, 2017 admin

Tax Scams Are Absurdly Common. Here’s How to Protect Yourself

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2017 11:00:14 +0000

Tax fraud is a free-for-all, it’s time to take back some control. The post Tax Scams Are Absurdly Common. Here’s How to Protect Yourself appeared first on WIRED.

Security Wired

April 8, 2017 admin

Security News This Week: Taser Bets Big on the Surveillance State

Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2017 12:02:34 +0000

Each weekend we round up the news stories that we didn’t break or cover in depth but that still deserve your attention. The post Security News This Week: Taser Bets Big on the Surveillance State appeared first on WIRED.

Security Wired

April 8, 2017 admin

Why It’s So Hard to Wipe Out All of Syria’s Chemical Weapons

Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2017 11:00:58 +0000

In 2013, the world disposed of 1300 tons of Syria’s chemical weapons. It wasn’t enough. The post Why It’s So Hard to Wipe Out All of Syria’s Chemical Weapons appeared first on WIRED.