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- By Eduard Kovacs
- July 19th, 2012
Oracle Patches 87 Flaws with July 2012 CPU, Still No Fix for TNS Listener Issue
The firm advises users to apply the workarounds detailed in April for the unpatched flaw
- By Eduard Kovacs
- July 19th, 2012
US Department of Justice Warns of Lottery Scams
US citizens lost $42 million (34 million EUR) to such schemes
- By Eduard Kovacs
- July 19th, 2012
2.4 Million Voters from Canada Exposed After Loss of 2 USB Drives
The devices were not encrypted or password protected
- By Eduard Kovacs
- July 19th, 2012
Security Breach: “The Consumerist” Resets Passwords, Turns Off Commenting
The attackers may have infected the site with malware
- By Eduard Kovacs
- July 19th, 2012
User Details of 800,000 Stolen in Dutch Hosting Server Breach
A number of websites were hosted on the affected machine
- By Eduard Kovacs
- July 19th, 2012
Netcom Hacked, Staff, Clients and Member Details Leaked (Updated)
NullCrew targeted the firm's systems because they failed to patch a security hole
- By Eduard Kovacs
- July 19th, 2012
Good Guys Win: Grum, Third Largest Botnet in the World, Disrupted
The number of IPs used to send out spam dropped from 120,000 to 21,000 almost immediately
- By Eduard Kovacs
- July 18th, 2012
World of Warcraft In-Game Mail System Abused by Phishers
Those who want to become Pandaria beta testers may lose their Battle.net accounts
- By Eduard Kovacs
- July 18th, 2012
Symantec Updates Mobile Portfolio, Launches “Mobile Security” for Android
Symantec Mobile Management for Configuration Manager has also been included
- By Eduard Kovacs
- July 18th, 2012
Beware of Bogus “Tiffany Style Hanging Lights” Craigslist Emails
All the links contained within lead to a compromised website
- By Eduard Kovacs
- July 18th, 2012
Bogus Facebook Photo Tags Lure Users to Trojan-Serving Site
The fake emails come from "[email protected]"
- By Eduard Kovacs
- July 18th, 2012
Anonymous Fights Internet Censorship by Launching AnonPR IRC Network (Video)
The server's operators promise to protect users' privacy and their personal information
- By Eduard Kovacs
- July 18th, 2012
IT Wall Street Hacked, 50,000 Accounts Leaked
Team GhostShell's "financial district" shows support for Occupy Wall Street
- By Eduard Kovacs
- July 18th, 2012
Skype Source Code Leaked, Experts Say It’s Old Reverse Engineering Project
An Anonymous hacker published the files to protest against the government
- By Eduard Kovacs
- July 18th, 2012
SMS, Email and Phone Call Floods Used by Fraudsters to Hide Illegal Money Transfers
An efficient way to ensure that banks can't confirm high value transactions
- By Eduard Kovacs
- July 18th, 2012
Shady Android “Store” App Sends Victim’s GPS Location to Cybercriminals
The attackers may be attempting to gather data on Wi-Fi networks
- By Eduard Kovacs
- July 18th, 2012
1,200 Usernames, Passwords Leaked from Yale University
NullCrew hackers wanted to demonstrate that nothing is secure