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Attackers worm their way into QNAP NAS devices through Shellshock hole

A worm intent on creating surreptitious backdoors is actively being used to compromise unpatched QNAP network-attached storage (NAS) systems around the world by exploiting the …

Help Google design the Open Web of Things

Do you have an idea how the Internet of Things should work? You might want to share it with Google. The internet giant has long had an interest in IoT technologies, but is …

100k+ WP websites compromised by SoakSoak malware

Sucuri Security researchers are warning about a massive compromise of WordPress sites sporting malicious JavaScript leading visitors to malware. The discovery was made on …

GOP hackers announce more Sony data leaks for Christmas

As the Guardians of Peace announced another explosive data leak for Christmas, Sony Pictures Entertainment got into incident minimization mode by sending out a message to news …

Two newcomers in the exploit kit market

Exploit kits are a great means to an end for malware distributors, who either buy them or rent them in order to widely disseminate their malicious wares. It’s no wonder …

Payment gateway provider breached

New Jersey-based Charge Anywhere, whose electronic payment gateway solutions route payment transactions from merchants’ Point-of-Sale (PoS) systems to their payment …

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CSA Guide to Cloud Computing

Authors: Raj Samani, Brian Honan, Jim Reavis Pages: 236 Publisher: Syngress ISBN: 0124201253 Introduction The title says it all: this is a book that will tell you what cloud …

Linux backdoor used by Turla APT attackers discovered, analyzed

Kaspersky Lab researchers have discovered a new piece of the puzzle called Turla (aka Snake, aka Uroburos): the malware used by attackers does not come only in the Windows …

Info of millions of AliExpress customers could have been harvested due to site flaw

A programming flaw in the code of popular online marketplace AliExpress, which connects small Chinese businesses with international buyers and has over 7.7 million registered …

Sony hackers apparently wanted money

While we continue to wait for an official statement and/or explanation from Sony Pictures Entertainment, the stolen data leaked by the attackers and the analysis of the used …

30+ bugs found in Google App Engine

Adam Gowdiak, CEO of Polish firm Security Explorations, has announced that his team of researchers have discovered over 30 serious security issues in the Java security sandbox …

Internet freedom around the world is in decline

US-based NGO Freedom House has published its fifth annual Freedom of the Net study and the results are upsetting: internet users in nearly half of the 65 countries assessed in …

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