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Researchers create inexpensive versions of NSA’s spying tools

ShmooCon, the hacker convention that welcomes individuals interested in all aspects of computer and information security, was held last week in Washington, D.C. Among the …

GoDaddy fixes domain-hijacking vulnerability

Security engineer Dylan Saccomanni has discovered a critical CSRF vulnerability that can be exploited to take over domains registered with Go Daddy, and has forced the popular …

Oracle patches 169 vulns across its products, many are critical

On Tuesday Oracle released its quarterly Critical Patch Update, which addressed a total of 169 vulnerabilities across multiple products, including Java SE (Standard Edition). …

UK GCHQ collected emails of UK, US journalists

British intelligence agency GCHQ has, at least on one occasion, slurped up emails sent by and to journalists working for a number of high-profile news organizations and shared …

Hacker hits Australian travel insurer, leaks records of 800,000 customers

Personal and limited financial information of over 800,000 customers of Australian travel insurance company Aussie Travel Cover have been stolen by a hacker that goes by the …

Gamers hit with trojanized versions of official League of Legends releases

Computer security experts often advise to users to download games, apps, documents, software and software updates directly from the original source (the manufacturer) or from …

North Korean networks compromised by NSA for a while now

A report based on documents from Edward Snowden’s NSA trove and published by Der Spiegel on Saturday described the extensive cyber spying and sabotaging capabilities of …

2+ million US cars can be hacked remotely, researcher claims

Security researcher Corey Thuen has made a surprising discovery when he reverse-engineered the firmware of the Snapshot tracking dongles that US-based Progressive Insurance …

Lizard Squad’s DDoS website hacked, unencrypted customer database stolen

The hacker group that calls itself the “Lizard Squad” has received another serious blow: LizardStresser(dot)su, the website where customers go to rent their DDoS …

UK PM Cameron demonizes encryption, US report says it’s vital

When British Prime Minister David Cameron announced on Tuesday his plan to introduce new surveillance powers in the UK by forcing businesses to plant backdoors in their …

Typosquatting abuse of 500 most popular websites analyzed

A group of researchers from Belgian University of Leuven and US-based Stony Brook University have released the results of their months-long research of typosquatting abuse, …

19,000 French websites hit by DDoS, defaced in wake of terror attack

Since the three day terror attack that started in France on January 7 with the attack on satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, 19,000 websites of French-based companies have been …

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