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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • October 21st, 2013
17-Year-Old Pawns Family Jewelry to Pay Off Blackmailing Hackers

17-Year-Old Pawns Family Jewelry to Pay Off Blackmailing Hackers

The pawn shop gave him only $1,500 (€1,100) for jewels worth $100,000 (€75,000)

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • October 21st, 2013
Huawei: Governments Have Never Asked for Access to Our Technologies

Huawei: Governments Have Never Asked for Access to Our Technologies

The telecoms giant has released another cyber security report

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • October 21st, 2013
RedHack and Anonymous Team Up for November 5 Protests

RedHack and Anonymous Team Up for November 5 Protests

Operation Direnis is not about hacker attacks, but real-world protests

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • October 21st, 2013
Vietnamese Charged in the US for Running Identity Theft Service

Vietnamese Charged in the US for Running Identity Theft Service

The service allegedly run by the man obtained consumer data from Experian

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • October 21st, 2013
New Bill Tasks FSB with Protecting Russia Against Cyberattacks

New Bill Tasks FSB with Protecting Russia Against Cyberattacks

The agency will set up the National Center for Computer Incidents

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • October 21st, 2013
Wireless Feature on Defibrillator Disabled to Protect Cheney Against Hacker Attacks

Wireless Feature on Defibrillator Disabled to Protect Cheney Against Hacker Attacks

The former United States vice president's doctor wanted to protect him against terrorists

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • October 21st, 2013
Azerbaijani Hackers Claim to Have Breached Armenia’s National Security Service

Azerbaijani Hackers Claim to Have Breached Armenia’s National Security Service

Several commercial websites have also been defaced by hacktivists

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • October 21st, 2013
Website of Algeria’s Ministry of Housing and Urban Development Hacked

Website of Algeria’s Ministry of Housing and Urban Development Hacked

The hacker is unhappy about the lack of housing and jobs

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • October 21st, 2013
Malindo Air Twitter Account Hacked, Attacker Promises 100,000 Free Seats

Malindo Air Twitter Account Hacked, Attacker Promises 100,000 Free Seats

The Malaysian airline is having trouble containing the attack

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • October 21st, 2013
Qatar Restores Websites Defaced by Syrian Electronic Army

Qatar Restores Websites Defaced by Syrian Electronic Army

The government says the attack hasn't led to any financial losses

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • October 21st, 2013
Daily Mail Forum Hacked and Defaced by Pakistani Group

Daily Mail Forum Hacked and Defaced by Pakistani Group

Team Madleets breached the website by exploiting a vBulletin vulnerability

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • October 20th, 2013
Security Brief: Government Attacks

Security Brief: Government Attacks

The main events of the week between October 14 - 20, 2013

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • October 19th, 2013
British Users Warned of Malware-Spreading “Medical Laboratory Results” Emails

British Users Warned of Malware-Spreading “Medical Laboratory Results” Emails

Fake notifications are used to distribute the ZeuS Trojan

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • October 19th, 2013
Cybercriminals Use Password-Protected Forms to Phish Poste Italiane Credentials

Cybercriminals Use Password-Protected Forms to Phish Poste Italiane Credentials

Increase the credibility of the scam and evade security scanners

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • October 19th, 2013
Fake Dynamoo’s Blog Domain Used to Host Malware Distributed via Dropbox Spam

Fake Dynamoo’s Blog Domain Used to Host Malware Distributed via Dropbox Spam

The IPs on which the domain is hosted are known for serving ZeuS

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • October 19th, 2013
Fake Avaya Voice Message Notifications Carry Malware

Fake Avaya Voice Message Notifications Carry Malware

The malware is disguised as a harmless audio file

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • October 19th, 2013
Hackers Access Customer Database of Hair Care Company Ouidad

Hackers Access Customer Database of Hair Care Company Ouidad

Credit card information may have been obtained or viewed by the cybercriminals

 
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