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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • November 15th, 2015
Anonymous Announces Payback for ISIS Paris Attacks

Anonymous Announces Payback for ISIS Paris Attacks

Group vows revenge for the fallen victims

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • November 15th, 2015
Gmail Android App Lets Anyone Fake Their Email Address with Incredible Ease

Gmail Android App Lets Anyone Fake Their Email Address with Incredible Ease

Despite immense security concerns regarding spam and phishing attacks, Google has yet to patch the issue

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • November 14th, 2015
Malvertising Has Now Spread to Video Ads

Malvertising Has Now Spread to Video Ads

Malvertising campaign that hit 3,000 websites at the end of October was using malicious code delivered using video ads

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • November 13th, 2015
Google Chrome Adds a Special Error Page for Social Engineering Attacks

Google Chrome Adds a Special Error Page for Social Engineering Attacks

Sites from where social engineering attacks are carried out now trigger a custom error page in Chrome

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • November 13th, 2015
FAKBEN Team Offers Custom-Built Ransomware for a 10 Percent Fee

FAKBEN Team Offers Custom-Built Ransomware for a 10 Percent Fee

Any dummy can now rent their own ransomware package

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • November 12th, 2015
Ammyy Admin Website Used to Distribute at Least 5 Different Malware Versions

Ammyy Admin Website Used to Distribute at Least 5 Different Malware Versions

Hackers hijack legitimate Ammyy Admin website, use it as a malware-as-a-service platform to deliver banking trojans

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • November 12th, 2015
Researcher Leverages Increased Twitter DM Size to Control Botnet

Researcher Leverages Increased Twitter DM Size to Control Botnet

The tool allows botnet operators to manage their infrastructure without exposing their activities on their Twitter page

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • November 10th, 2015
Here's the List of All Security Bugs That Adobe Fixed in Flash 19.0.0.245

Here's the List of All Security Bugs That Adobe Fixed in Flash 19.0.0.245

17 critical bugs fixed in Adobe Flash, a few in Adobe AIR

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • November 10th, 2015
UK Parliament Computer Network Locked by Crypto-Ransomware

UK Parliament Computer Network Locked by Crypto-Ransomware

UK Parliamentary Digital Service crippled by ransomware

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • November 9th, 2015
CryptoWall Vaccine Updated for the Latest 4.0 Version

CryptoWall Vaccine Updated for the Latest 4.0 Version

Users can now protect themselves against CryptoWall 4.0

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • November 7th, 2015
Anonymous Hacks US Department of Agriculture to Protest Against Monsanto

Anonymous Hacks US Department of Agriculture to Protest Against Monsanto

Hackers breach and dump USDA staff data online

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • November 6th, 2015
Hacker Changes High School Grades Just Before College Application Period

Hacker Changes High School Grades Just Before College Application Period

Student ranking affected during college application week

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • November 5th, 2015
Infographic: The TalkTalk Data Breach

Infographic: The TalkTalk Data Breach

The TalkTalk data breach timeline and subsequent evolution

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • November 5th, 2015
Hackers Who Hit CIA Chief Are Now Going After FBI Deputy Director

Hackers Who Hit CIA Chief Are Now Going After FBI Deputy Director

Deputy Director's public statements anger the hackers

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • November 4th, 2015
Hackers Cleverly Hide Backdoor Inside the EXIF Data of a Joomla CMS Logo

Hackers Cleverly Hide Backdoor Inside the EXIF Data of a Joomla CMS Logo

Clever technique, but not clever enough to avoid detection

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • November 4th, 2015
Avast Adds a Password Manager to Its Line of Antivirus Solutions

Avast Adds a Password Manager to Its Line of Antivirus Solutions

Avast releases its 2016 line of security products

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • November 3rd, 2015
Financial and Mobile-Targeting Malware Increased During the Past 3 Months

Financial and Mobile-Targeting Malware Increased During the Past 3 Months

Most of the detected malware strings are adware

 
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