Zeljka Zorz
Police unable to decrypt iPhones, asks Apple to do it
Court documents from a drug trial in Kentucky have revealed that the U.S. federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives nor any other U.S. local, state, or …
Scammers combine fake AV and bogus support calls
Scammers have found a new way of relieving unsuspecting victims of their hard earned cash: they have begun combining fake AV with fake support calls. The scam begins with …
Font apps on Google Play deliver spyware
Everybody should know by now that downloading apps from Google Play is not as safe as we all would like. Admittedly, the probability of downloading malware is much smaller …
Academic institutions urged to improve network and DNS configurations
The Research and Education Networking Information Sharing and Analysis Center (REN-ISAC) has issued an alert to IT security staff, and network and DNS administrators urging …
Hijacking Facebook accounts via expired Hotmail accounts
Three researchers from Rutgers University in Newark, New Jersey, have discovered a simple way to hijack Facebook accounts by just by misusing existing features and responses …
India has a new National Cyber Security Policy
The Indian government has approved the proposed National Cyber Security Policy, which is aimed at creating a “secure computing environment and adequate trust and …
Spamhaus DDoS suspect extradited to his home country
Sven Olaf Kamphuis, owner and manager of Dutch “bulletproof hosting” firm Cyberbunker and of CB3ROB ISP, has been extradited to the Netherlands on Monday. The …
Name.com breach just one of many executed by HTP hackers?
Internet registrar Name.com has suffered a breach and has been informing users about it via email, requesting them to change their passwords. “Name.com recently …
Hacker leaks part of Candace Bushnell’s unpublished book
A hacker that goes by the name of “Guccifer” – the same one who has allegedly compromised email accounts belonging to the Bush family and some of their close …
Microsoft releases Fix it for critical IE8 0-day
Microsoft has released a one-click Fix it for mitigating the effect of the IE 8 zero-day vulnerability that is being used in watering hole attacks in the wild. Given that a …
Porn-downloading ransomware targets German users
The German Anti-Botnet Advisory Centre is warning (in German) users about a new ransomware / BKA Trojan variant that accuses users of being involved in the reproduction of …
U.S. senators introduce new bill to fight cyber theft
A new bill that would allow the U.S. president to block import of products containing stolen U.S. technology has been introduced in the Senate on Tuesday. Sponsored by …