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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • September 20th, 2011
Turkish Hackers Confuse Israel with Palestine

Turkish Hackers Confuse Israel with Palestine

'Act now, think later' seems to be the motto of some cybercriminals

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • September 20th, 2011
Bank of Melbourne Twitter Account Hacked

Bank of Melbourne Twitter Account Hacked

A phishing expedition was launched and unsuspecting customers took the bait

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • September 19th, 2011
Anonymous Hits Government Websites in Mexico

Anonymous Hits Government Websites in Mexico

They protest to the way the government handles violence and drug related crimes

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • September 17th, 2011
GoDaddy Hosted Websites Under Attack

GoDaddy Hosted Websites Under Attack

More than 400 websites were altered to redirect users to a malicious address

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • September 16th, 2011
BBC Presenter's Profile Hacked on Official Website

BBC Presenter's Profile Hacked on Official Website

Hacks don't necessarily have to result in accounts being drained

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • September 16th, 2011
Russian Hacker Steals Millions from the U.S.

Russian Hacker Steals Millions from the U.S.

SpyEye criminal toolkit once again shows its power to cause harm

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • September 14th, 2011
uTorrent.com Website Infected with Scareware

uTorrent.com Website Infected with Scareware

For a period of two hours the download software was replaced with a piece of malware

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • September 12th, 2011
DDoS Attack Targets Russian Embassy Website

DDoS Attack Targets Russian Embassy Website

Hacktivists protest to the visit of Prime Minister David Cameron to Moscow

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • September 12th, 2011
Linux Foundation Servers Offline After Security Breach

Linux Foundation Servers Offline After Security Breach

All the exposed websites were temporarily taken down as a precaution

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • September 12th, 2011
Panda Security Website in Pakistan Hacked

Panda Security Website in Pakistan Hacked

Not even security providers can protect themselves against cybercriminals

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • September 12th, 2011
Email Addresses and Passwords Stolen After BitCoin Forum Hack

Email Addresses and Passwords Stolen After BitCoin Forum Hack

Bitcointalk.org forum vulnerability used to hack member accounts

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • September 10th, 2011
NBC News Twitter Account Hacked by Script Kiddies

NBC News Twitter Account Hacked by Script Kiddies

News about hijacked airplanes crashed at Ground Zero causes panic

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • September 9th, 2011
Australian Web Domain Big Shot Receives Death Threats from Hackers

Australian Web Domain Big Shot Receives Death Threats from Hackers

Hackers will turn to death threats if their activities are unmasked

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • September 8th, 2011
GlobalSign Stops Issuing Certificates After Hacker Makes Threats

GlobalSign Stops Issuing Certificates After Hacker Makes Threats

Companies take measures after ComodoHacker claims to have access to their networks

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • September 6th, 2011
ComodoHacker Responsible for DigiNotar Rogue Certificates

ComodoHacker Responsible for DigiNotar Rogue Certificates

ComodoHacker claims the attacks on the Dutch certification authority

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • September 6th, 2011
Incognito Exploit Kit Discovered After Web Directories Attack

Incognito Exploit Kit Discovered After Web Directories Attack

A large web directory, with users mostly from Asia, injected with compromising code

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • September 5th, 2011
Turkish Hacker Group Hits Popular Websites

Turkish Hacker Group Hits Popular Websites

Websites like the ones belonging to The Register, UPS and Acer attacked

 
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