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Student checks software for critical bug, gets expelled from college

When 20-year-old Ahmed Al-Khabaz, a computer science student at Montreal’s Dawson College, discovered a critical flaw in his college’s student web portal, he …

Fake game apps flood Google Play

Android users are once again in danger of getting their information collected and being hit by an unending stream of spam and unwelcome offers just because they searched for …

Newest Java update doesn’t fix fresh critical vulnerabilities

Another week, another zero-day threatening millions of Java users. As you might remember, last week Oracle released Java 7 Update 11, which patched the zero-day vulnerability …

Polish CERT hits Virut botnet

The Polish Research and Academic Computer Network (NASK), the national registry of the .pl domain and founder of CERT Polska, has announced on Friday that they took over 23 …

Fox IT analysts demystify the Pobelka botnet

Analysts from Dutch-based security audit firm Fox-IT have recently released examined in great detail a botnet that has been around for quite some time, and is still …

Cybercriminals exploit Java 0-day fears to serve malware

With all the recent Java zero-day vulnerabilities being exploited in the wild and Internet news outlets heavily covering the development of the situation, many users will look …

Microsoft AVs not good enough, says AV-Test

AV-Test, the well-known independent organization that tests security software for home and corporate users, has released the results of the latest testing – and …

Bogus “Payroll Declined” emails deliver malware

A malicious email campaign impersonating the Electronic Federal Tax Payment System (EFTPS) – a service offered by the U.S. Department of the Treasury that allows …

Facebook scams and why users fall for them

The two main reasons why scammers are grateful for Facebook’s existence are the fact that they can easily access a great number of people in a short period of time, and …

Bouncer kit perfect for laser-focused phishing campaigns

Researchers have unearthed a new type of phishing kit that allows crooks to target specific users and keep away others in order to keep the scheme hidden from knowing eyes and …

“Southwest Airlines giveaway” Facebook scam doing rounds

A new survey scam is targeting Facebook users, misusing the name of well-known Southwest Airlines to supposedly offer two free tickets to any destination within the U.S. Users …

Log audit reveals developer outsourced his job to China

Log analysis can reveal a lot of security mistakes and fails, but a lot of security sins, too. Take for example the incident recently shared by Verizon’s Risk Team: …

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