Zeljka Zorz
Deplorable security flaws in Santander UK banking apps and site
When banks urge customers to use their mobile banking apps and sites for making online payments, users usually assume these methods are secure and do so. But Paul Moore, a …
Android malware places secret calls to premium rate numbers
A mobile malware family dubbed MouaBad by Lookout researchers has lately been plaguing Chinese users with older versions (3.1 and earlier) of Android. Variants of the malware …
Disqus security flaw used to deanonymize online commenters
A security flaw in the API of popular blog comment hosting service Disqus can be exploited to reveal the email addresses of users, and therefore occasionally even their …
FreeBSD ditches suspect hardware-based crypto
Buried in the “Security” section of a report on the FreeBSD Developer Summit held in September in Malta is a small but important note about the FreeBSD …
CyanogenMod introduces built-in SMS encryption
CyanogenMod developers have announced the fruit of several months of labor headed by Open Whisper Systems’ Moxie Marlinspike: a seamless implementation of TextSecure, …
New security features for Microsoft accounts
Microsoft has added three new security improvements to its customer accounts: account recovery codes, insight into recent account activity, and more control over security …
FBI used spying malware to track down terror suspect
Court documents related to a recent FBI investigation have revealed that the agency has been permitted to try to compromise with spying malware the computer of a potential …
DARPA’s games crowdsource discovery of software flaws
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has developed a series of games aimed at discovering whether large numbers of non-expert users can perform formal …
Alleged Blackhole author and gang prosecuted in Russia
Paunch, the creator of the infamous Blackhole exploit kit, is being prosecuted along with 12 other individuals involved in a Russia-based cybercrime ring, the Russian Ministry …
Microsoft promises wide-reaching encryption, more transparency
It took them a while, but Microsoft is finally announcing a concentrated effort to protect its customers and their data from unauthorised government surveillance. “Like …
Researchers uncover Point-of-Sale botnet
Researchers from Arbor Networks have spotted an active Point of Sale (PoS) compromise campaign using the Dexter malware or variants of it, aimed at stealing credit and debit …
Spoofed MasterCard warning delivers malware
A worrisome email notifying users that their MasterCard debit card has been blocked just when most of them are trying to do their holiday shopping has been landing in inboxes …
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