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Thursday, May 17, 2012

Flashback makers missed out on their payday, Symantec says

According to the security firm, the makers of the Flashback malware made $14,000 from click fraud last month, but can't collect on it.
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May 17, 2012

  Flashback makers missed out on their payday, Symantec says
According to the security firm, the makers of the Flashback malware made $14,000 from click fraud last month, but can't collect on it.

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Apple's security and OS updates included the latest version of QuickTime, which Apple has just made available for Windows PCs.

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