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Hackers exploit Shellshock bug, compromise Yahoo, WinZip servers

A group of hackers has successfully leveraged the recently discovered Bash Shellshock vulnerability to compromise a number of servers belonging to Yahoo, Lycos and Winzip, and …

AT&T suffers another insider breach

US telecom AT&T has lately been having problems with malicious insiders, and the latest incident has resulted in the compromise of account and personal information of a …

Xen bug behind Amazon, Rackspace cloud servers reboot revealed

Last week, several of the largest public and private cloud providers such as Amazon and Rackspace have rebooted some of their servers after notifying users of the move and …

Destructive Android Trojan poses as newest Angry Birds game

Android malware masquerading as a legitimate app or game being offered on online app stores is not a rare occurrence, but purposefully destructive malware that does not ask …

JPMorgan Chase breach confirmed, 83 million customers affected

A filing made by JPMorgan Chase with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday has finally confirmed that the biggest bank in the US has suffered a data breach. …

Researchers release BadUSB attack code

When, two months ago, researchers from German security consultancy SR Labs demonstrated a new and potentially very deadly class of attacks executed via malware injected in the …

Researchers test EMET 5 protections, find them wanting

Microsoft’s Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) has once again failed to stop an attack mounted by researchers working with Offensive Security, the company …

New OS X backdoor malware roping Macs into botnet

New malware targeting Mac machines, opening backdoors on them and roping them into a botnet currently numbering around 17,000 zombies has been spotted and analyzed by malware …

Local US cops distributing questionable, unsafe spyware to families

A few days after the creator of the StealthGenie application has been indicted in what is the first-ever criminal case concerning the advertisement and sale of a mobile device …

California toughens breach notification law

California Governor Edmund Brown has signed on Tuesday new legislation that will strengthen privacy and consumer protections in the state. The new set of bills will, among …

Researchers unearth Xsser mRAT, Chinese iOS spyware

Researchers looking into the mobile malware attack directed against Hong Kong protesters using Android devices have discovered that the attackers can also target iOS device …

Joomla update fixes high risk bug that could lead to site compromise

The developer team behind the popular open-source content management system Joomla is urging users to update the software to the latest version – v3.3.6 (or v3.2.7 for …

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