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EDUARD KOVACS
Since I started writing security news for Softpedia, I became aware of the fact that a good antivirus solution is not enough to ensure a computer is properly protected against the large number of threats that roam the Internet.
Awareness is equally essential and that’s why I set my mind on informing people of all the latest malicious elements that lurk behind every link and every click, and even if I tend to use the word ‘beware’ a lot in my articles, I believe that only by being persistent I can make sure individuals will learn that many of the fabulous offers they are presented with are only scams.
On the other hand, I’m also interested in knowing what makes a website tick but, more importantly, I like to know what makes it weak for a hacker, and how cybercriminal activities can be avoided.
Personal motto: "Sine labore nihil (Nothing without work)"
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Deepanker Verma, a security research at the Infosec Institute, has uncovered a potentially dangerous redirection vulnerability that affects Google Books (books.google.com), a site that has been recently integrated into Google Play.
According to Verma, Google has been notified on the existence of the flaw and even co... |
19 May 2012
10:34 UTC |
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Barry Shteiman, a principal security engineer at Imperva, the owner of the Sectorix blog, and a self-proclaimed “nerd” has released a Python-based web server denial-of-service (DOS) tool called HULK (Http Unbearable Load King).
“For a while now, I have been playing with some of the more exotic tool... |
19 May 2012
10:21 UTC |
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How do you react if you receive an email from a company that claims you can make easy money by purchasing and selling Facebook shares? Whatever your answer may be now, we’ll make sure to give you the right one by the end of this article.
Security experts from Symantec have come across a new scam email that lev... |
19 May 2012
09:49 UTC |
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“Security Brief” continues with some of the most important events and incidents that marked the week between May 14 and May 20, 2012.
Many security companies detailed their findings as far as mobile malware is concerned. We‘ve seen that shady Android markets are showing up everywhere in the world,... |
20 May 2012
07:11 UTC |
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The website of UK’s Department for Work and Pensions (dwp.gov.uk) has been taken down yesterday as a result of a distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attack launched by the hacker collective known as the ATeam (Anonymous Team).
The hacktivists claim that their actions are a form of protest against “the a... |
19 May 2012
08:20 UTC |
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On May 16, a group of Iranian hackers and programmers operating under the name of Cyber Warriors Team claimed to have compromised an SSL certificate issued to the Research and Education Support Services of NASA.
A space agency representative revealed that they’re currently investigating the incident, Security... |
19 May 2012
07:42 UTC |
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It’s becoming more and more obvious that more than 1.5 million cards have been compromised as a result of the breach that affected Global Payments. It turns out that the alerts card issuers have sent to banks date as far back as January 2011. Initially, the company’s representatives stated that their sys... |
18 May 2012
13:55 UTC |
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Bitcoin has released a new variant of the peer-to-peer digital currency system to address a denial-of-service (DOS) vulnerability that could have been leveraged by an attacker to isolate a victim’s node and create blockchain forks. The security hole, considered to be critical, has been found by Forrest Voight,... |
18 May 2012
13:35 UTC |
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A security researcher called ProtocoL has found that sites such as the one of Cartoon Network (cartoonnetwork.com), Disney (disney.go.com) and Master Chef Australia (masterchef.com.au) contain cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities. None of them is persistent, but that doesn’t make them far less dangerous.... |
18 May 2012
19:01 UTC |
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Howard Schmidt has decided to step down from the cyber security adviser position he has been occupying for almost two and a half years at the White House. He wants to dedicate his time to his family and to teaching IT security. According to The Washington Post, Schmidt, who is now 62, took the job at the beginning ... |
18 May 2012
12:19 UTC |
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After many people suspected that he was setting up his own downfall in order to raise money for himself, The Jester (th3j35t3r) came forward to prove them wrong. It all started when a Twitter user named Smedley Manning (@cubespherical) published a number of screenshots that allegedly proved that he knew the hacker&r... |
18 May 2012
11:28 UTC |
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The Twitter account of the famous rapper known as Hopsin has been taken over by hackers part of the UGNazi collective, as a form of protest against the controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing Protection Act (CISPA). The artist’s website, myfunkvolume.com, has also been compromised. The hackers claim that they... |
18 May 2012
10:39 UTC |
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Supporters of Joseph Kony, the famous Ugandan guerilla leader who uses children as soldiers, have been attacking a number of websites, including the one of Occupy Wall Street (occupywallst.org), NATO Protest (natoprotest.org), US Africa Command (africom.mil) and Invisible Children (invisiblechildren.com).
The hacker... |
18 May 2012
09:26 UTC |
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Security experts have found that a number of compromised WordPress and Joomla websites are used by spammers to advertise shady slimming pills and counterfeit luxury goods. The worst part is that the owners of these sites are most likely unaware of what’s going on. Webmasters often fail to check their websites&... |
18 May 2012
08:38 UTC |
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Google Play customers should be on the lookout for applications infected with the Android.Opfake malware. The apps it hides in are advertised as being free, but those who download them can end up paying large amounts of money for their carelessness.
The Opfake malware particularly targets Russian users, sending SMS... |
18 May 2012
07:39 UTC |
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Many gamers may have noticed the Trojan-infected file that’s being advertised as a patch for the popular Call of Duty game. As it turns out, the mastermind behind this scheme is a 20-year-old student from the UK who has used the malware to collect credit card details from the affected computers.
Kent Online re... |
18 May 2012
07:09 UTC |
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After learning that the Azerbaijani government is planning a gay parade before the Eurovision competition, hackers decided to protest against the decision, so they breached eurovisionaz.com, the official site dedicated to the singing contest. “Ignoring its people’s honor and morals, Azerbaijan’s r... |
17 May 2012
14:14 UTC |
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UGNazi hackers claim they consider every government in the world to be corrupt and as a result, they target sites you would least expect. A good example is the one of the Government of Anguilla, a British territory in the Caribbean.
The hacktivists breached the website and leaked server details, database informatio... |
17 May 2012
18:51 UTC |
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Official Anonymous channels reveal that the site of India’s Supreme Court (supremecourtofindia.nic.in) and the one of the country’s All India Congress Committee (aicc.org.in) are being attacked, apparently as a form of protest against the instatement of website blockades.
Indian Internet service provider... |
17 May 2012
13:24 UTC |
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As we’ve mentioned on previous occasions, this year’s Hack in the Box (HITB) security conference in Amsterdam will feature a lot of great speakers and challenges. One of these will be the “Social Engineering and CTF Challenge” created and run by Sogeti Nederland B.V.
“With #SSEC2012, So... |
17 May 2012
13:02 UTC |
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A 21-year-old man from the United Kingdom has been sentenced to serve 12 months in jail after the Southwark Crown Court found him guilty of hacking into another individual’s Facebook and email account. The breach took place on January 12, 2012.
According to the Metropolitan Police, Gareth Crosskey pleaded gui... |
17 May 2012
12:31 UTC |
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Some time ago Symantec revealed that the masterminds behind the now-infamous OSX Flashback Trojan made bundles of money. Further analysis, however, has shown that they may have failed to collect as a result of their operations.
Previously, we had learned that the fraudsters made money by displaying ads on compromis... |
17 May 2012
11:58 UTC |
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Social media platforms and popular instant messaging (IM) apps are great mediums for cybercriminals to spread their malicious elements. Trend Micro experts provide a great example of a worm that’s making its way to computers using such methods.
The researchers report that the piece of malware, identified as W... |
17 May 2012
11:05 UTC |
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Twitter customers may come across posts which claim that the social media site is about to start charging for its services. It’s nothing but a scam that’s after login credentials.
Twitter’s @safety reveals that the message may come via direct message (DM), which can make it even more legitimate-loo... |
17 May 2012
10:36 UTC |
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A hacker that goes by the name of Anonymous Saint, or Nyre, has taken credit for the attack that disrupted the activity of The Pirate Bay. He claims he is “Anonymous, but no longer supports Anonymous.” “You must be wondering why did I attacked The Pirate Bay. I am Nyre. I am highly against Anonymou... |
17 May 2012
09:43 UTC |
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A hacker known as CyberZeist has found that the website of Baidu, the largest search engine in China, and one of Intel, the world renowned semiconductor chip maker, contain cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities.
We have explained the risks posed by such security holes numerous times, so this time we’ve le... |
17 May 2012
09:05 UTC |
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Most internauts may have noticed that the sites of The Pirate Bay and WikiLeaks have been disrupted as a result of massive distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks, but those aren’t the only attacks launched recently. UGNazi hackers have also been up to their usual shenanigans, sending large numbers of pac... |
17 May 2012
08:18 UTC |
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“WikiLeaks has been under sustained DDOS attacks over the last 72 hours. www.wikileaks.org is good, wikileaks.org is flooded,” read a tweet posted on the site’s Twitter account roughly 12 hours ago.
The identity of the individuals that have launched the attack is unknown, but the timing may indicat... |
17 May 2012
07:41 UTC |
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Yesterday we revealed that The Pirate Bay was being targeted by a distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attack that disrupted the site’s activity in a number of locations worldwide. As we suspected, Anonymous didn’t have anything to do with the attack.
“YES The Pirate Bay is down. YES it's unde... |
17 May 2012
07:10 UTC |
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The Rihanna adult tape scam we saw a few months ago making the rounds on Facebook must have been an enormous success since scammers have just launched a similar campaign, Graham Cluley reports.
“OMG I Just Hate RIHANNA After Watching This Video [LINK] you will lost your all respect for RIHANNA after watching t... |
16 May 2012
14:48 UTC |
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