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Security Brief: UGNazi, Protests and Andro... “Security Brief” continues with some of the most important events and incidents that marked the week between May 14 and May 20, 2012. Many security companies detailed their findings as far as mobile malware is... [read more >>] “Facebook (IPO) Subscription Partnership... How do you react if you receive an email from a company that claims you can make easy money by purchasing and selling Facebook shares? Whatever your answer may be now, we’ll make sure to give you the right one by the ... [read more >>] Iranian Hackers Compromise NASA SSL C... On May 16, a group of Iranian hackers and programmers operating under the name of Cyber Warriors Team claimed to have compromised an SSL certificate issued to the Research and Education Support Services of NASA. A space a... [read more >>] Hacker Finds XSS on Cartoon Network, D... A security researcher called ProtocoL has found that sites such as the one of Cartoon Network (cartoonnetwork.com), Disney (disney.go.com) and Master Chef Australia (masterchef.com.au) contain cross-site scripting (XSS) vul... [read more >>] th3j35t3r Is Back, Claims Smedley Manning I... After many people suspected that he was setting up his own downfall in order to raise money for himself, The Jester (th3j35t3r) came forward to prove them wrong. It all started when a Twitter user named Smedley Manning (@c... [read more >>] Twitter Account of Hopsin Taken Over in... The Twitter account of the famous rapper known as Hopsin has been taken over by hackers part of the UGNazi collective, as a form of protest against the controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing Protection Act (CISPA). The ar... [read more >>] Pro-Kony Hackers Attack Invisible Childr... Supporters of Joseph Kony, the famous Ugandan guerilla leader who uses children as soldiers, have been attacking a number of websites, including the one of Occupy Wall Street (occupywallst.org), NATO Protest (natoprotest.or... [read more >>] Hacker Behind “Call of Duty” Trojan Sent t... Many gamers may have noticed the Trojan-infected file that’s being advertised as a patch for the popular Call of Duty game. As it turns out, the mastermind behind this scheme is a 20-year-old student from the UK who h... [read more >>] Anti-Anonymous, Pro-FBI Hacker Takes ... A hacker that goes by the name of Anonymous Saint, or Nyre, has taken credit for the attack that disrupted the activity of The Pirate Bay. He claims he is “Anonymous, but no longer supports Anonymous.” “Y... [read more >>] CyberZeist Finds XSS on Intel.com and Baid... A hacker known as CyberZeist has found that the website of Baidu, the largest search engine in China, and one of Intel, the world renowned semiconductor chip maker, contain cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities. We ha... [read more >>]

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