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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • October 19th, 2013
18 Pakistani Government Sites Taken Offline After Being Hacked

18 Pakistani Government Sites Taken Offline After Being Hacked

Pak Mad Hunters have taken credit for the attacks

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • October 19th, 2013
Syrian Electronic Army Hacks Qatar, High-Profile Domains Defaced

Syrian Electronic Army Hacks Qatar, High-Profile Domains Defaced

Google, Facebook, ministries, Qatar Telecom and others are impacted

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • October 18th, 2013
Sophos Publishes Dirty Dozen Spam Report for Q3 2013

Sophos Publishes Dirty Dozen Spam Report for Q3 2013

The US and Belarus top the "by volume" and "per capita" charts

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • October 18th, 2013
Webroot Enhances SecureAnywhere Business – Mobile Protection

Webroot Enhances SecureAnywhere Business – Mobile Protection

The new version will be made available in November 2013

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • October 18th, 2013
US Government Shutdown-Themed Loan Offers Lead to Phishing

US Government Shutdown-Themed Loan Offers Lead to Phishing

The shutdown might be over, but the scam operations will likely go on

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • October 18th, 2013
17-Year-Old Develops Malware for Firefox OS

17-Year-Old Develops Malware for Firefox OS

Shantanu Gawde will present his findings at the upcoming Ground Zero Summit

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • October 18th, 2013
Canadian Accused of Launching DDOS Attacks Charged with Hacking Four Companies

Canadian Accused of Launching DDOS Attacks Charged with Hacking Four Companies

16 new hacking-related charges have been brought against Kevin Courtois

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • October 18th, 2013
Phishing Alert: Microsoft Windows Update

Phishing Alert: Microsoft Windows Update

The crooks are after email credentials and mail server information

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • October 18th, 2013
Russia’s Central Bank and Other Financial Institutions Hit by DDOS Attacks

Russia’s Central Bank and Other Financial Institutions Hit by DDOS Attacks

The latest attacks were not powerful, but were well organized

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • October 18th, 2013
Important Security Fixes Included in Apache Struts 2.3.15.3

Important Security Fixes Included in Apache Struts 2.3.15.3

A broken access control vulnerability has been addressed

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • October 18th, 2013
Tanzania Reviews ICT Policy to Improve Its Capacity to Deal with Cyber Threats

Tanzania Reviews ICT Policy to Improve Its Capacity to Deal with Cyber Threats

Officials stress that authorities must stay ahead of existing and new cyber threats

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • October 18th, 2013
Video Game Forum NeoGAF Hacked, User Passwords Reset

Video Game Forum NeoGAF Hacked, User Passwords Reset

The cybercriminals hijacked an admin account via an automated attack

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • October 18th, 2013
Facebook Scam: 2013 Ford Mustang Giveaway

Facebook Scam: 2013 Ford Mustang Giveaway

Several scam pages have been set up by cybercrooks

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • October 18th, 2013
IT Security Pros Needed, but Teens Are Not Encouraged to Follow This Career Path

IT Security Pros Needed, but Teens Are Not Encouraged to Follow This Career Path

Only a few teachers and counselors have told students about such a career

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • October 18th, 2013
Finnish Police Arrest Man Allegedly Involved with International Hacker Group

Finnish Police Arrest Man Allegedly Involved with International Hacker Group

60,000 web servers from all over the world used for credit card fraud

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • October 18th, 2013
Phishing Alert: Orange Customer Services Notification

Phishing Alert: Orange Customer Services Notification

Scammers try to trick users into handing over their Orange username and password

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • October 18th, 2013
NCA Prompts Registrars to Take Down 10 Pension Fraud Websites

NCA Prompts Registrars to Take Down 10 Pension Fraud Websites

The scammy sites tricked people into handing over their pension funds

 
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