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Owen Thor Walker - NZ's own from Whitianga 
Owen Walker

Mum: And What are you doing tonight Owen?
Owen: Oh I'm just taking over all these computers around the world so a gang of thieves can scam unsuspecting computer users out of their hard earned cash.

Mum: Isn't that a bit naughty Owen?
Owen : Oh don't worry mum - the FBI have spent millions trying to catch me so far and haven't been lucky.

Mum: But what will you do if they do catch you?
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INTERVIEW - Climate science untarnished by hacked emails - IPCC
Reuters India - 3 Hours ago
LONDON (Reuters) - The head of the U.N.'s panel of climate experts rejected accusations of bias on Thursday, saying a 'Climategate' row in no way undermined evidence that humans are to blame for global
INTERVIEW-Climate science untarnished by hacked emails-IPCC Reuters
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iPhone worm creator lands software job
BBC - 2 Hours ago
The Ikee worm changed the wallpaper of the phone The 21-year-old hacker who wrote the first iPhone worm has landed a job developing software for the phones. Ashley Towns wrote Ikee, a self-propagating
iPhone Ikee hacker given job with startup app developer T3
IPhone Worm Hacker Lands a Developer Job TechNews.AM
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Computer hacker 'faces US trial'
BBC - 92 Minutes ago
Computer hacker Gary McKinnon will stand trial in the US after requests to block his extradition were refused, the Home Office has confirmed. Home Secretary Alan Johnson told Mr McKinnon's family he could
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Home Secretary won't save hacker from extradition
Telegraph - 3 Hours ago
Exclusive: Gary McKinnon is set to be sent to America to answer computer hacking charges after Alan Johnson, the Home Secretary, told his family that he could not block his extradition on medical grounds.
Hacker Gary McKinnon to be extradited to US Guardian.co.uk
Home Secretary won't stop computer hacker's extradition Telegraph
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Norton AntiVirus Definitions Update (x86 Package) 11/24/09 (Windows)
ZDNet - 5 Hours ago
Symantec Norton AntiVirus , Symantec Corp. , Security , Norton Co. , Microsoft Windows , Intel X86 , Cyberthreats , Source: Overview: Download this file for the latest in virus detection and repair. This
Norton AntiVirus Definitions Update (i32 Package) 11/24/2009 (Windows) ZDNet
Symantec Norton AntiVirus Virus Definition 11/24/09 (Windows) ZDNet
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Trend Micro Virus Controlled Pattern File 6.649 (Windows)
ZDNet - 5 Hours ago
Trend Micro Inc. , Trend Micro Pattern File , Virus , Source: Overview: Trend Micro Pattern File contains Virus Pattern Files with latest virus databases. The Official Pattern Release or OPR is Trend
Trend Micro Pattern File for Windows 6.651.00 MajorGeeks.com
Trend Micro Virus Controlled Pattern File 6.647 (Windows) ZDNet
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Panda Virus Signature File 24 November 2009 (Windows)
ZDNet - 5 Hours ago
Panda Software , Productivity , Security , Software , Source: Overview: Panda Virus Signature File, essential to protect your computer against new viruses. (Is this item miscategorized? Does it need more
Panda Virus Signature File 23 November 2009 (Windows) ZDNet
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Ikee worm author gets developer job
IT News Australia - 3 Hours ago
Security experts brand hire as a 'stunt'. The author of the first iPhone worm has been given a job with Australian iPhone app developer Mogeneration, much to the disgust of security experts. Ashley Towns,
IPhone Worm Author Gets Job as an iPhone App Developer TechNews.AM
iPhone Ikee worm creator gets app developer job TechRadar.com
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McAfee Thinking Web 2.0 [b]Scott Wilson[/b] over at [b]CIO Weblog[/b]...
IT in Canada - 116 Minutes ago
Scott Wilson over at CIO Weblog pointed me in the direction of a recent interview with MIT's Andrew McAfee. I like Wilson's take-away from McAfee's thinking: 'When many advocates are quick to say that
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MatrikonOPC Takes the Lead on OPC Cyber Security
Process and Control Today - 5 Hours ago
MatrikonOPC is proud to announce the MatrikonOPC Server for Triconex has achieved Wurldtech Achilles Certification. The Achilles Certification Program is the defacto security benchmark for industrial
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EU cyber crime agency highlights ID card risks
V3.co.uk - 8 Hours ago
Enisa, the European cyber crime agency, has released a new paper discussing the security risks posed by European ID cards when used for identification purposes. The organisation has suggested that new,
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Attorney General rejects cyber crime portal
Computer Reseller News Australia - 15 Hours ago
Attorney General's department argue against a or for the collection of information about . Chair and Labor Senator of the inquiry, Belinda Neal, asked the Attorney General's department whether it had
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Spammer is jailed for 4 years
Metro.co.uk - 17 Hours ago
A notorious e-mail 'spammer' has been jailed for more than four years for a 2005 stock fraud which netted him 1.6million. Alan Ralsky, from West Bloomfield, Michigan, sent millions of unsolicited e-mails
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Canadian Ian Hacking receives Norway's Holberg Prize for work on the philosophy
Sympatico - 18 Hours ago
Month-old Ont. ban on hand-held phones for drivers ignored by some, police say Internet activists push for greater democracy Report: U.S. online advertising revenue falls in third quarter EU endorses
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University unites industry, gov to tighten energy sector cybersecurity
Nextgov.com - 19 Hours ago
Two professors at Rice University in Houston recently launched a program to bring together cybersecurity professionals, advocates from the local energy community, government and academia to discuss how
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Spreading cybersecurity responsibilities
Nextgov.com - 19 Hours ago
After just a little more than a year on the job, Mischel Kwon resigned as director of the Homeland Security Department's U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team, which analyzes cyber threats and disseminates
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McAfee Stays On Track With Steady Growth
Investors Business Daily - 19 Hours ago
Mcafee Inc (Added 10/19/2009) Symantec Corp * Top-Rated Company Computer viruses and other threats to networks will be with us for a while. One type of threat might fade away, but then new ones pop up.
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Dangerous New Worm Wriggles Through Jailbroken iPhones
Tech News World - 20 Hours ago
The worms infecting jailbroken iPhones have evolved quickly. Earlier this month, the so-called Ikee worm merely bombarded its victims with images of an '80s pop singer. The latest worm, dubbed 'Duh,'
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The real scandal in the hacked climate change e-mails controversy,
Open Democracy - 20 Hours ago
It is day six of the 'scandal' over the hacked emails from the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Angliaâ??s School of Environmental Sciences, in which a thousand or so private email messages
Stolen e-mails spark climate change firestorm KUSA-TV
Climate 'czar' says hacked e-mails don't change anything Washington Times
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McAfee, Inc. Reports AverageMidsize CompanyLost $43,000 to Security Breaches Last
Consumer Electronics Net - 112 Minutes ago
Company News: Page (1) of 1 - 10/28/09 print page SANTA CLARA, Calif., BUSINESS WIRE -- McAfee, Inc.(NYSE: MFE) today released research finding that midsize organizations are cutting their security budgets
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iPhone Hacker Proves That Crime Can Pay
Eweek Europe - 2 Hours ago
iPhone has been rewarded for his efforts with a job at an iPhone application development company According to reports on the BBC, and from security researcher this week, 21-year-old Ashley Towns announced
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Hacked Climate Change Emails Set Off Political Storm
Enterprise Security Today - 111 Minutes ago
While many universities have suffered data breaches by cybercriminals, the fact that this data was released to anti-climate change sites strongly suggests the breach was politically motivated, said Andrew
Hacked Climate Emails: Tempest in a Teapot? Tech News World
Climate scientists' hacked emails damage global warming case Guardian.co.uk
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Kung Fu Hackers Attack the Shaolin Temple
Softpedia - 3 Hours ago
The website of the Shaolin Temple, probably the most famous Buddhist monastery in the world, has been hacked several times recently. On November 11, the website was defaced and, instead of its usual content,
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Virgin Media to start monitoring music file-sharing
T3 - 4 Hours ago
Nov 2009 Virgin seeks to protect its own online music plans In an attempt to tackle illegal downloading, Virgin Media is set to trial deep packet inspection technology that will measure the level of illegal
Virgin Media to monitor traffic for file-sharing ZDNet UK
Virgin Media to trial filesharing monitoring system The Register
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'Duh' worm targets iPhones
stuff.co.nz - 5 Hours ago
Gadgets H Hackers have built a virus that attacks Apple's iPhone by secretly taking control of the devices via their internet connections, security experts said. The virus has been detected in the Netherlands
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iPhone 'malware' writer gets job - slight outrage ensues
Guardian.co.uk, November 26 - 9:50 AM
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Ikee worm author gets developer job
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China ups the ante on climate
New Scientist, November 26 - 8:54 AM
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