Zeljka Zorz
Nearly 310,000 affected in University of Maryland breach
University of Maryland is the latest higher learning institution to have suffered a data breach of considerable scope and proportions, as nearly 310,000 records of staff and …
First-rate phishing email claims “Your Paypal transaction was declined”
Extremely well-made fake notifications claiming the recipients’ PayPal transaction was declined are doing rounds and trying to trick users sharing personal and financial …
Microsoft issues Fix it for critical IE 0-day exploited in attacks
Microsoft has finally issued a security advisory addressing the IE zero-day that has been recently actively exploited in attacks in the wild, and has followed with a Fix it …
800M exposed records make 2013 record year for data breaches
Despite oft repeated claims that the insider threat is the one organizations should be looking out for, the numbers and statistics related to 2013 data breaches show that risk …
Two hacker groups used same IE 0-day exploit in recent attacks
The recently spotted watering hole attacks aimed at the visitors of the official website of the US Veterans of Foreign Wars and of a bogus website mimicking that of the French …
70% Android devices vulnerable to released remote access exploit
The recent release of a Metasploit module that allows attackers to remotely access (“get shell”) on most Android-running devices has again raised a very good …
NSA and GCHQ targeted WikiLeaks and supporters
Newly analyzed documents from NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden’s trove point to the US NSA and the UK GCHQ targeting WikiLeaks, its supporters and other activists, and …
Hackers prove massive data theft from US casino operator
Last week’s hack and defacement of the official website of the US-based Las Vegas Sands Corp. and that of the popular casinos it operates apparently didn’t affect …
New detection system spots zero-day malware
A group of researchers has created a new infection detection system that can help Internet service providers and large enterprises – or anyone running large-scale …
Linksys announces firmware fix to neutralize “The Moon” worm
As Linksys (i.e. parent company Belkin) announced they were aware of “TheMoon” malware targeting its older routers and that they are working on a firmware fix, …
Bogus Evernote alert leads to exploit kit
Evernote users are being actively targeted with an email spam campaign that tries to trick them into following a malicious link. Sent from accounts@pcfa.co.in and titled …
Geographical passwords as a solution to the password problem
The massive data breaches that happened in the last few years have proven beyond doubt that the text password authentication method has many flaws. Security researchers and …
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