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- By Eduard Kovacs
- July 22nd, 2012
Chris Valasek: The Windows 8 Heap Manager Is the Most Secure to Date
However, the researcher plans to demonstrate that it's not bulletproof
- By Eduard Kovacs
- July 22nd, 2012
Security Brief: When Hacking Doesn’t Work, a Hatchet Can Do the Job
The main events of the week between July 16 and July 22
- By Eduard Kovacs
- July 21st, 2012
London 2012 Olympics Rentals, Big Dance 2012 Websites Hacked
A total of 12,500 accounts have been leaked by Sniper
- By Eduard Kovacs
- July 21st, 2012
Hacker Leaks 67,000 Usernames, Passwords from Cichlid Forum
Users should rush to change their passwords before they can be misused
- By Eduard Kovacs
- July 20th, 2012
Zimperium’s Advisory Board Welcomes Kevin Mitnick
The mobile security firm will benefit from the insight provided by the famous hacker
- By Eduard Kovacs
- July 20th, 2012
HTML File from “Wire Transfer Confirmation” Hides Redirect Towards Blackhole
Sophos experts have analyzed this latest spam campaign
- By Eduard Kovacs
- July 20th, 2012
“Olympics” Malware Spreads by Interacting with Facebook and Skype
Victims will find themselves unwillingly participating in a botnet
- By Eduard Kovacs
- July 20th, 2012
Pinterest Starts Locking Accounts of Hacked Users
In some cases, changing the password doesn't protect the account
- By Eduard Kovacs
- July 20th, 2012
Bogus AICPA “Income Tax Refund Infringement” Email Serves Trojan
Recipients are threatened with account license termination
- By Eduard Kovacs
- July 20th, 2012
Managers Beware, Employees Plan to Follow London Olympics on Company Time
Almost 40% find it acceptable to watch the event for one hour each day
- By Eduard Kovacs
- July 20th, 2012
Burger King Employee Stomps on Lettuce, Identified via GPS Data from Picture
It took 4chan users only 15 minutes to identify the culprit
- By Eduard Kovacs
- July 20th, 2012
Russian Hacker Accused of Attacking Amazon.com Arrested in Cyprus
eBay and Priceline.com were also on his list of targets
- By Eduard Kovacs
- July 20th, 2012
Cryptography and Neuroscience: Using Passwords You Don’t Actually Know
Researchers develop a game that can train users to reproduce a 30 character sequence
- By Eduard Kovacs
- July 20th, 2012
Hacker Feels Sorry After Leaking 50,000 Accounts from Women’s Land Link Africa
He admits that he should be protecting such organizations, instead of hacking them
- By Eduard Kovacs
- July 19th, 2012
Hacker Sentenced to 7 Years for Theft of 240,000 Credit Card Details
He is one of the accomplices of Albert Gonzales, one of the most prolific identity thieves
- By Eduard Kovacs
- July 19th, 2012
$6 (€5): The Price of 500 Compromised Facebook Accounts
Experts take a look at the prices of stolen credentials
- By Eduard Kovacs
- July 19th, 2012
Victims of "Star Wars" Phishing Scam Asked to Provide 5 Secret Questions
The information can be used to hack into email accounts