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Memory Space Full- TWO phone numbers are all we can remember by heart

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The average Brit has more than 50 contact numbers stored in their phone – but can only memorise two of them, a study has revealed. Speed dial and mobile phone address books mean we can no longer reel off phone numbers for our best friend, mum and dad – or even our partner.

Even more alarmingly, the study also revealed more than one in four of us can’t recall our own [...]

One of the Most Complex Threats Ever Discovered’: New Cyber Weapon Found in Iran

via The Blaze:

A new computer virus that appears to have been deployed five years ago was recently discovered in Iran and cyber security experts suggest it could have been built by the same entities that ordered the 2010 Stuxnet attack, according to Reuters.

The presence of the virus — dubbed “Flame” — was announced by the Russian-based Kaspersky Labs on Monday. Reuters reports the security software firm has not said whether [...]

Millionaire on the run: How the man who founded software giant McAfee ended up in hiding from police in Belize after they ‘rousted him from the bed of a 17-year-old and shot his dog because he’s running a meth lab’

John McAfee was once worth $100million but lost nearly all his fortune and moved to Central America in 2008

Belize security claim he had illegal weapons and drugs and that he was arrested with 17-year-old girl

In post on private messageboard, McAfee says he has not left his hideout for five days and only has three DVDs and an iPad – without a charger
Distributed world’s first marketable anti-virus software from his home [...]

New virus threatens Iran’s nuclear program

First there was the Stuxnet computer virus that wreaked havoc on Iran‘s nuclear program. Now comes “Duqu,” which researchers on Tuesday said appears to be quite similar.

 

 

Security software firm Symantec said in a report it was alerted by a research lab with international connections on Friday to a malicious code that “appeared to be very similar to Stuxnet.” It was named Duqu because it creates files with “DQ” in the prefix.

 

The [...]

Russia Kaspersky Lab says founder’s son freed after kidnapping last week – Reuters

(Reuters) – Russian law enforcement agencies freed the 20-year old son of Kasperky Lab’s founder Eugene Kaspersky following a kidnapping last week, the leading anti-virus software firm said in a statement on Sunday.

“No ransom was paid to free him,” the company said.

Earlier media reports indicated Ivan Kaspersky, 20, was kidnapped on April 19 and that his abductors demand 3 million euros ($4.19 million) for his [...]