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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • April 6th, 2012
Romanian Government Portal Defaced by Anonymous, President Mocked

Romanian Government Portal Defaced by Anonymous, President Mocked

The hackers posted amusing pictures to mock Traian Basescu

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • April 6th, 2012
Sophos Shuts Down Partner Portal After Discovering Hack Tools

Sophos Shuts Down Partner Portal After Discovering Hack Tools

Email addresses, hashed passwords, and other data is stored on the affected server

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • April 5th, 2012
Microsoft Explains Why It Left 3 ZeuS Botnet Servers Alive

Microsoft Explains Why It Left 3 ZeuS Botnet Servers Alive

Take a look at Microsoft's strategy for the ZeuS botnet takedown

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • April 5th, 2012
Facebook Hacker Wins Appeal, Goes Free

Facebook Hacker Wins Appeal, Goes Free

The court believed him that he had no intention of selling Facebook's source code

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • April 5th, 2012
Phony AT&T Wireless Bills Serve Malware

Phony AT&T Wireless Bills Serve Malware

All the links in the emails point to compromised websites

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • April 5th, 2012
Five Al Qaeda Sites Taken Down by Cyberattacks

Five Al Qaeda Sites Taken Down by Cyberattacks

It's unknown which country is behind the attacks

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • April 5th, 2012
Instagram Users Targeted by Gift Card Scams

Instagram Users Targeted by Gift Card Scams

Users who fall for the scam may find themselves signed up for paid subscription services

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • April 5th, 2012
LeNa Android Malware Uses GingerBreak Exploit to Gain Root Access

LeNa Android Malware Uses GingerBreak Exploit to Gain Root Access

Unlike it's predecessor, the new LeNa doesn't require user interaction to gain root rights

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • April 5th, 2012
ABB Refuses to Patch Vulnerabilities in Legacy Systems

ABB Refuses to Patch Vulnerabilities in Legacy Systems

The products are almost at the end of their life cycle

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • April 5th, 2012
Cybercriminals Dupe Users with Popular Brand Names, Experts Say

Cybercriminals Dupe Users with Popular Brand Names, Experts Say

GFI's VIPRE report shows the most significant events that occurred in March 2012

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • April 5th, 2012
Eurofound Hacked, 460 Passwords Leaked

Eurofound Hacked, 460 Passwords Leaked

MalSec and Anonymous hackers claim credit for the breach

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • April 5th, 2012
2012 Olympics CIO: We Will Be Attacked by Hackers

2012 Olympics CIO: We Will Be Attacked by Hackers

Experts think there are plenty of reasons for attacks to be launched

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • April 5th, 2012
Fake BBB Email Helps Fraudsters Steal $100,000 (€75,000) from Firm

Fake BBB Email Helps Fraudsters Steal $100,000 (€75,000) from Firm

Once the email attachments or links are accessed, a "backdoor" is opened for the crooks

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • April 5th, 2012
Hackers Continue OpGlobo, 9 Sites Targeted

Hackers Continue OpGlobo, 9 Sites Targeted

Anonymous and its supporters continue to fight censorship imposed by Brazilian media

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • April 5th, 2012
Russian Security Experts Analyze Backdoor.Flashback.39

Russian Security Experts Analyze Backdoor.Flashback.39

Cybercriminals released a new variant around April 1

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • April 5th, 2012
CabinCr3w Hacker Arrested, Admits Being FBI Informant

CabinCr3w Hacker Arrested, Admits Being FBI Informant

The hacker claims that he helped the FBI only to confuse them

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • April 4th, 2012
Trend Micro Analyzes “Police Trojans”

Trend Micro Analyzes “Police Trojans”

Experts believe that Russian or Ukrainian cybercriminals are responsible

 
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