Archive for September 2012
If you See “Urgent Tax Rebate Download” In Your Inbox Click Delete
Security company Fireye has release a list of the most common words and phrases that appear in faked emails designed to infect corporate networks and steal data
Read MoreBanks Hit By Huge Denial Of Service Attack
Websites for banks including Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase and Wells Fargo are reported to have suffered outages due to a cyber-attack
Read MoreClaims Of Another Critical Flaw In Java
Polish researcher Adam Gowdiak claims that he has discovered another critical flaw in Oracles Java
Read MoreIOS6 Siri Allows Tweets And Facebook Posts From A Locked Device
Siri on IOS6 allows the phone lock to be bypassed to post Facebook and Twitter posts.
Read MoreCybercrooks Can Earn A $100k A Day From Zombie Army
New research shows that the ZeroAcess botnet may command over one millions machines.
Read MoreHigh Roller Poker Players Account Emptied By Hacker
An online poker player says a hacker used a malicious image file to compromise his computer and empty his account of over $115,000 in winnings.
Read MoreIE Bugs Spread Poison Ivy Trojan
Microsoft are rushing to release patches for recently a discovered issue in its Web Browser Internet Explorer.
Read MorePOS Hacker Gets Seven Years
Two Romanian nationals who took part in a hacking scheme that involved more than 146,000 credit card pleaded guilty in a New Hampshire court
Read MoreTwitter Hands Over Occupy Wall Street Messages
Legal pressure has forced Twitter to hand over messages sent by an Occupy Wall Street protester.
Read MoreOMG!!! Pinterest Hack Spreads Spam to Twitter and Facebook
Users of Pinterest have reported a widespread account takeovers which then spam images into adjoining social networks.
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