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  Jail for man who tricked women into taking hacked webcams into shower

  Sophos - Naked Security

  It's jail for a 21-year-old Californian man who tricked female victims into taking their spyware-infected laptops into the shower with them.
  
  Thousands of secretly-taken still images and videos were found on Trevor Harwell's computer.
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  Windows malware found in iOS App Store. Say what?!

  Sophos - Naked Security

  Malware has hit the iOS App Store! But don't panic; it won't harm your iPhone or iPad - it's Windows malware.
  
  Yes, you did hear that right.
  
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  Mac malware Crisis on Mountain Lion eve?

  Sophos - Naked Security

  SophosLabs recently received a intriguing Mac malware sample, variously known as Crisis and Morcut.
  
  Its appearance so close to the release of Mountain Lion is almost certainly a coincidence - but nevertheless a timely reminder about security if you plan to rush out to get a Mac when the new OS drops later today!
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  Malware attack spread as email from your office's HP scanner

  Sophos - Naked Security

  Cybercriminals are attempting to infect computers around the world, disguising their attack as an email claiming to come a scanner in your office.
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  Man who spied on cheating wife's email has charges against him dropped (because she was snooping back)

  Sophos - Naked Security

  Would you ever snoop on your spouse's email?
  
  When Leon Walker began to read his wife's email, he confirmed she was having an affair. But that was only the start of the trouble he found himself in..
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  The top four reasons users don't upgrade their software (but probably ought to)

  Sophos - Naked Security

  Bet you didn't you know that it's ITUW!
  
  That's right. It's International Technology Upgrade Week.
  
  Don't worry - I didn't know, either. Find out more...
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  If you launch a DDoS attack against Amazon, it's unwise to brag about it..

  Sophos - Naked Security

  Authorities in the United States have charged two men in connection with a DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attack that crippled websites such as Amazon.com in June 2008.
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  Mom arrested for hacking school computers, tweaking her kids' grades

  Sophos - Naked Security

  A US mother is facing charges that she allegedly hacked into her children's school computer, changing their grades, and accessed thousands of the school's personnel files that contained contracts, employee reports and other information.
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  Indian computers the worst for flooding the internet with spam, report discovers

  Sophos - Naked Security

  SophosLabs reports on the top twelve spam relaying countries for April - June 2012.
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  BlackHat conference in giant phishing gaffe

  Sophos - Naked Security

  The annual BlackHat conference in Las Vegas prides itself as "the best and biggest event of its kind, unique in its ability to define tomorrow's information security landscape."
  
  That may well be. But this year's event has kicked off with a giant security boo-boo.