Zeljka Zorz
Whitehole exploit kit in the spotlight
The effectiveness of exploit kits has made them malware peddlers’ preferred way of distributing their malicious wares. The Blackhole exploit kit is, by far, the most …
Researcher warns about critical flaw in D-Link routers
A security flaw in D-Link’s DIR-300 and DIR-600 routers could allow remote attackers to inject execute arbitrary shell commands via a simple POST request without being …
Banking Trojan posing as Avast AV
A banking Trojan masquerading as the popular free AV solution from Avast has been spotted on computers of Brazilian users, reports Kaspersky Lab Expert Dmitry Bestuzhev. The …
U.S. Federal Reserve admits being breached by Anonymous
U.S. Federal Reserve confirmed the breach of one of its internal websites by the hands of Anonymous hackers, but denied that the file containing personal information of over …
Wireless Reconnaissance in Penetration Testing
Reconnaissance should always be the first stage of a cyber attack or penetration test, and the success of these attempts is usually closely tied with the quality of …
U.S. President to decide on pre-emptive cyberstrikes
As the moment when U.S. President Barack Obama will issue a cybersecurity executive order slowly draws near, other questions that affect the nation’s cyber defense and …
Japan holds first hacking contest backed by government
Despite being one of the greater world economies and being technologically advanced as few others, Japan has woken up to the reality of cyber crime relatively late. The highly …
Ad network site hack results in popular sites flagged as malicious
Google Chrome users trying to visit a slew of popular news sites such as the New York Times, the Washington Post, ZDNet and the Huffington Post on Monday were faced with …
Fake Amazon Kindle receipt leads to persistent malware
Amazon customers buying e-books for their Kindle or other mobile devices should be careful with emails that seemingly containing receipts for their purchases, warns Webroot, …
Hackers breach U.S. Energy Department networks
Notifications sent out to employees and contractors of the U.S. Department of Energy have confirmed that it and its networks have been the latest victim of …
Citadel Trojan used in unusual targeted attacks
The Zeus/Zbot banking malware and its variants and derivates (such as the Citadel Trojan) have, until now, been used for stealing banking credentials from random users. But …
Oracle rushes out emergency Java patch
If you’re still among the users who haven’t disabled Java in their browsers or on their computer, be advised that Oracle has released a critical patch update for …
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