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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • April 17th, 2012
Members of TOR-Based Online Drug Market Arrested

Members of TOR-Based Online Drug Market Arrested

8 individuals are suspected of trading ecstasy, LSD, marijuana and other drugs

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • April 17th, 2012
Nigerian Fraudster Pleads Guilty to $79 Million (€60 Million) Fraud

Nigerian Fraudster Pleads Guilty to $79 Million (€60 Million) Fraud

The story of a man who went from cashier to state governor

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • April 17th, 2012
MI5 Fails to Renew SSL Certificate, Users Warned of Untrusted Site

MI5 Fails to Renew SSL Certificate, Users Warned of Untrusted Site

The new certificate's Private Key has been downgraded to 2048 bit RSA

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • April 17th, 2012
16 Lebanese Government Sites Defaced by “Raise Your Voice”

16 Lebanese Government Sites Defaced by “Raise Your Voice”

There's a new collective on the Lebanese hacker scene

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • April 17th, 2012
“Your Yahoo Account Has Exceeded Limit” Phishing Scam

“Your Yahoo Account Has Exceeded Limit” Phishing Scam

Yahoo! Mail accounts can be worth a lot for cybercriminals

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • April 16th, 2012
Team GhostShell Hacks University of Arkansas Computer Store

Team GhostShell Hacks University of Arkansas Computer Store

Large amounts of data have been leaked from the affected site's database

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • April 16th, 2012
Security Expert Dumps 3 Million Card Details to Highlight Vulnerability

Security Expert Dumps 3 Million Card Details to Highlight Vulnerability

As a result, some banks have blocked the accounts of their customers

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • April 16th, 2012
Pregnancy Advisory Service Hacker Sentenced to 32 Months in Jail

Pregnancy Advisory Service Hacker Sentenced to 32 Months in Jail

The text displayed by the hacker on the defaced site was copied from Google

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • April 16th, 2012
Malicious “The Movie” Apps Served on Google Play

Malicious “The Movie” Apps Served on Google Play

The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department is looking into the issue

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • April 16th, 2012
Hoax Warns Users That RockMelt Browser Is a Virus

Hoax Warns Users That RockMelt Browser Is a Virus

The web browser sends out invitations by default, but it's not necessarily malicious

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • April 16th, 2012
Dejen Aviation Industry and University of Nebraska-Lincoln Sites Breached

Dejen Aviation Industry and University of Nebraska-Lincoln Sites Breached

Team Dig7tal leaked the administrator password from the Dejen Aviation Industry site

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • April 16th, 2012
New SabPub Mac Trojan Found to Be Linked to APT Attacks

New SabPub Mac Trojan Found to Be Linked to APT Attacks

The latest variants of the SabPub backdoor may be connected to the Luckycat operation

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • April 16th, 2012
Cybercriminals Impersonate FireEye Researcher to Spread Password-Stealing Malware (Updated)

Cybercriminals Impersonate FireEye Researcher to Spread Password-Stealing Malware (Updated)

Legitimate-looking emails designed to help cybercriminals steal user credentials

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • April 16th, 2012
Security-Related Phishing Schemes Most Effective, Trusteer Experts Find

Security-Related Phishing Schemes Most Effective, Trusteer Experts Find

Researchers provide some great examples of successful phishing scams

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • April 16th, 2012
Hackers Launch DDOS Attacks on CIA and DOD Sites

Hackers Launch DDOS Attacks on CIA and DOD Sites

The site of the CIA was down for around one and a half hours

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • April 16th, 2012
TeaMp0isoN Confirm TriCk’s Arrest, “Operation Retaliation” Starts (Updated)

TeaMp0isoN Confirm TriCk’s Arrest, “Operation Retaliation” Starts (Updated)

Besides MI6, Pastebin is also on the list of targets

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • April 14th, 2012
Authorities Identify 15-Year-Old Austrian Hacker Responsible for 259 Breaches

Authorities Identify 15-Year-Old Austrian Hacker Responsible for 259 Breaches

He breached sites just to earn reputation points on a hacking forum

 
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