Jeremy Kirk - Author - PC World Australia

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Article | 29/04/2013 Spanish police say DDoS suspect used a van as a mobile office

The man suspected of participating in a large DDoS attack on an antispam organization that caused intermittent Internet hiccups drove around Spain in ...

Article | 26/04/2013 Microsoft prevails in Xbox patent rift with Motorola Mobility

A US judge has ruled that Motorola Mobility is entitled to substantially less royalties than it wanted from Microsoft for the company's use of wirele...

Article | 25/04/2013 Mt. Gox delays plan to support virtual currency litecoin

Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox has temporarily shelved plans to support a competing currency, litecoin, the company said Thursday.

Article | 24/04/2013 FireEye finds Gh0stRAT cyberespionage campaigns continue

A well-known cyber-spying tool called Gh0st RAT is still being employed in stealthy malware attacks, according to a new report from security firm Fire...

Article | 24/04/2013 Australia charges man claiming to be LulzSec leader

Australia has charged a 24-year-old man who allegedly defaced a government website earlier this month and claims to be the leader of LulzSec, a rogue ...

Article | 23/04/2013 Malware hijacks Twitter accounts to send dangerous links

Twitter users in the Netherlands are being targeted by a piece of malware that hijacks their accounts, according to security vendor Trusteer.

Article | 22/04/2013 Largest bitcoin exchange, Mt. Gox, 'throttles' trading to tame price swings

The largest bitcoin exchange, Mt. Gox, is in a continuing battle with miscreants trying to manipulate the price of the virtual currency.

Article | 19/04/2013 Assange to Google's Schmidt: 'I don't use email'

Wikileaks' latest release is billed as a transcript of a "secret meeting," but it may more accurately be termed a promotion.

Article | 19/04/2013 Russian malware mines bitcoins through botnet

A Russian porn site is delivering malware that uses the victims' computers to mine bitcoins, according to research from ThreatTrack Security.

Article | 18/04/2013 US Bitcoin exchange BitFloor shuts down again

The largest Bitcoin exchange in the US, BitFloor, has closed again, this time due to issues with its bank account, according to its founder.

Article | 18/04/2013 Popular home routers contain critical security vulnerabilities

Thirteen popular home and small office routers contain security problems that could allow a hacker to snoop or modify network traffic, according to ne...

Article | 18/04/2013 Gift card SMS spam drops after FTC action, Cloudmark finds

The volume of mobile spam messages touting free gift cards sharply fell after the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed complaints in early March ...

Article | 17/04/2013 AVG releases free 'TuneUp' application for Android devices

Security vendor AVG has released an application for Android that lets users adjust power settings and manage applications to conserve battery power.

Article | 16/04/2013 Symantec report finds small businesses battered by cybercrime

Cybercriminals are increasingly targeting small businesses due to their less sophisticated defenses, according to a new report from Symantec.

Article | 16/04/2013 Google search manipulation starves some websites of traffic

Google's placement of its own flight-finding service in search results is resulting in lower click-through rates for companies that have not bought ad...