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- By Eduard Kovacs
- April 23rd, 2012
“Safest Trading Platform in India” Navia Hacked by Hitcher (Video)
The hacker defaced two of the site's subdomains to post protest messages
- By Eduard Kovacs
- April 22nd, 2012
Secfence: NASA Closed Security Holes, but XSS Flaws Still Present
By making vulnerabilities public, experts hope to make NASA rush the patching process
- By Eduard Kovacs
- April 21st, 2012
Experts Find Control Panel for Ransomlock Powered Ransomware
The control panel enables cybercriminals to customize their campaigns
- By Eduard Kovacs
- April 21st, 2012
500 Websites Hacked and Defaced by Hitcher
Government and commercial websites from all around the world have been affected
- By Eduard Kovacs
- April 21st, 2012
HHS Staffer Arrested After Sending 228,000 Records to Personal Email
Around 22,000 records contained Social Security numbers
- By Eduard Kovacs
- April 21st, 2012
UCLA and Others Targeted with “Collaborative Network” Spam
The site promoted in the spam emails is being investigated by UCLA IT Security staff
- By Eduard Kovacs
- April 21st, 2012
Anonymous Take Down Formula 1 Site to Protest Against Bahrain Race
The attack was part of the operation called OpBahrain
- By Eduard Kovacs
- April 21st, 2012
DDOS Attack Launched on State of Washington Site
UGNazi hackers continue their campaign against the US government
- By Eduard Kovacs
- April 20th, 2012
“Check the Attachment” Emails Carry Bredo Trojan
No matter how outrageous an email sounds, never rush to open an attachment
- By Eduard Kovacs
- April 20th, 2012
Hackers Leak Admin Password Hashes from Makerere University Site
Rwandan Hackers have been highly active lately, breaching numerous African sites
- By Eduard Kovacs
- April 20th, 2012
LinkedIn Reminders Point to Malware Hosted on Hijacked Sites
Malicious scripts look for vulnerabilities in Adobe and Microsoft components
- By Eduard Kovacs
- April 20th, 2012
Fake Steam Client Urges Users to Disable Antivirus
Steam Cracker is a malicious client that attempts to steal CD Keys
- By Eduard Kovacs
- April 20th, 2012
Facebook Spam Filter Blocks Article on TVShack “Pirate”
Instead of blocking content that is a threat to users, Facebook blocks news articles
- By Eduard Kovacs
- April 20th, 2012
Spy Trojan Served by Syrian Hackers as “Skype Encription”
The DarkComet RAT is once against used to take over computers
- By Eduard Kovacs
- April 20th, 2012
Nitol DDOS Botnet Coded in a Hurry, Experts Say
Nitol is used to launch DDOS attacks mainly in China
- By Eduard Kovacs
- April 20th, 2012
Emory Admits Losing 10 Discs Containing Data on 315,000 People
228,000 records contained Social Security numbers
- By Eduard Kovacs
- April 20th, 2012
FBI Seizes Mixmaster Server Connected to Bomb Threats Against UP
Riseup representatives believe that the FBI took a server that doesn't contain useful data