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Samsung Galaxy devices’ lock screen easily bypassed

This week revealed not one, but two security vulnerabilities that allow anyone to bypass the lock screen on a variety of Samsung Android smatphones. On Monday UK blogger …

Google reports on non-court ordered FBI data requests

With every new Transparency Report that Google releases biannually since 2009, new information about data requests from government agencies are included. This last report, …

Malicious Java applet uses stolen certificate to run automatically

A signed but malicious applet that will apparently fool even the latest Java 6 update has been discovered on a German online dictionary website infected by the g01pack exploit …

Bogus Delta receipt confirmation leads to malware

Once again, Delta Air Lines customers are being targeted with spoofed emails supposedly carrying their eTicket, and are urged to download and open the attached PDF file …

New exploit kit concentrates on Java flaws

Webroot’s Dancho Danchev is known for combing through the wilds of the Internet for places where cyber criminals congregate and reporting back with interesting news …

Gang arrested for hacking and stealing from exchange companies

The Dubai police has arrested three people allegedly belonging to a crime gang that managed to steal nearly $2 million from Dubai exchange companies with the help of hackers. …

Oracle releases emergency patch to fix exploited Java flaw

Oracle has released an out-of-band Java patch to fix the CVE-2013-1493 vulnerability that is currently being exploited in attacks in the wild. The security alert accompanying …

Blackhole outfitted with exploit for recently patched Java flaw

The exploit for the recently patched CVE-2013-0431 Java vulnerability has been added to the Blackhole exploit kit, Trend Micro researchers report. The fact was discovered …

Safari now blocks all but latest version of Flash plugin

With all the Flash Player and Java zero-day vulnerabilities lately getting exploited in attacks, browser vendors are trying to come up with solutions to protect their users …

Warning from “Mark Zurckerberg” leads to account hijacking

If you get an email sent by “Mark Zurckerberg”, saying your Facebook account might be permanently suspended because of violations of the social network’s …

Jailed British hacker hacks own prison’s mainframe

A UK cyber criminal jailed in a maximum security prison has managed to hack into the institution’s mainframe after having been allowed to participate in IT lessons, the …

Evernote breached, forces service-wide password reset

The popular notetaking and archiving service Evernote has notified its 50+ million users that the service’s internal network has been breached by attackers and that they …

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