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Google fixes flaw in Audio CAPTCHA (Robert McMillan/Computerworld)

Robert McMillan / Computerworld:
Google fixes flaw in Audio CAPTCHA  —  IDG News Service – Google has fixed a flaw in its Audio CAPTCHA software that could have given scammers a way to automatically set up phony accounts with the company’s services.  —  The flaw was described in a post to the Full Disclosure mailing list Monday.

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Facebook IDs hacker who tried to sell 1.5M accounts (Robert McMillan/Computerworld)

Robert McMillan / Computerworld:
Facebook IDs hacker who tried to sell 1.5M accounts  —  IDG News Service – Facebook has identified the hacker named Kirllos who tried to sell 1.5 million Facebook accounts recently in underground hacking forums.  According to the investigators at the social networking site, he’s guilty of both hacking and hyperbole.

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More than 100 companies targeted by Google hackers (Robert McMillan/Computerworld)

Robert McMillan / Computerworld:
More than 100 companies targeted by Google hackers  —  IDG News Service – The hackers who broke into Google two months ago have gone after more than 100 companies, according to an estimate by security vendor Isec Partners.  —  Researchers have been closing in on the unidentified criminals responsible …

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