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Start-up falls afoul of computer crime laws 

Start-up falls afoul of computer crime laws

Proxy system weighs on battle with Facebook.
US Govt seeks temporary DNS extension 

US Govt seeks temporary DNS extension

Remnants of Operation Ghost Click prove hard to purge.
New variant of Waledac botnet detected  

New variant of Waledac botnet detected

After the original was taken down two years ago.
Analysis: the Typosquatting trade 

Analysis: the Typosquatting trade

Typosquatting pages and their victims are sold off on the criminal underground.
Bungled update sees Microsoft block Google 

Bungled update sees Microsoft block Google

Microsoft anti-virus detected phantom Blackhole exploit kit.
Dislike: Facebook sues alleged scammers 

Dislike: Facebook sues alleged scammers

Seeks triple damages for defrauding users with surveys and porn.
Privacy Commissioner probes Fairfax hack 

Privacy Commissioner probes Fairfax hack

Investigation launched into security and privacy compliance.
SC Magazine December issue 

SC Magazine December issue

Download the first print issue of SC Magazine Australia.
Iframe shop spins hijacked traffic 

Iframe shop spins hijacked traffic

Buy, not build, site traffic.
Report: 30,000 websites infected daily 

Report: 30,000 websites infected daily

BlackHole exploit kit to blame.
Hacker with most scalps to win Pwn2Own 2012    

Hacker with most scalps to win Pwn2Own 2012

Fresh 0days awarded 32 points, working exploits score 10 points.
Open source Malwr analysis launched 

Open source Malwr analysis launched

Project backed by Shadowserver.
Forty billing system passwords published 

Forty billing system passwords published

Brisbane company named in list.
Megaupload shutdown, founder arrested 

Megaupload shutdown, founder arrested

New Zealand police swoop on Kim Dotcom.
11,000 tweeters disclose email addresses in one day 

11,000 tweeters disclose email addresses in one day

More than 11,000 email addresses were published on Twitter over a 24-hour period.
Anonymous to hack Sony on Monday 

Anonymous to hack Sony on Monday

Sony's homepage to be plastered with pirated music in protest of SOPA.
US clothing megastore hacked, millions affected 

US clothing megastore hacked, millions affected

CEO limits online apology to US customers.
Thousands of sites cut off by OpenDNS gaffe 

Thousands of sites cut off by OpenDNS gaffe

Flags Google CDN as phishing.
Analysis: HTML5 security holes detailed 

Analysis: HTML5 security holes detailed

Security shortfalls in burgeoning standard.
Government stalls on privacy proposals 

Government stalls on privacy proposals

An active commitment to inaction.
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