Zeljka Zorz
GitHub’s new search reveals passwords and private keys
GitHub, the popular online source code repository, has unveiled on Wednesday a new search infrastructure that should help coders find specific code within the millions of the …
Cutwail botnet on spam rampage, delivers Cridex worm
Since its inception some six years ago, the Cutwail / Pandex botnet experienced its fair share of setbacks, but it’s still going strong. The main reason for its …
How to avoid Facebook scams and limit the damage they make
Last week I wrote about the most common Facebook scams, the reasons why they are perpetually so successful, and what the scammers who set them up are after. Today I will …
SCADA password cracking code available
ICS-CERT has issued an alert about the existence and general availability of the proof-of-concept exploit code for a tool that can brute force passwords and thus gain access …
Barracuda Networks confirms exploitable backdoors in its appliances
Barracuda Networks has released firmware updates that remove SSH backdoors in a number of their products and resolve a vulnerability in Barracuda SSL VPN that allows attackers …
Watering hole campaign targeting “Reporters without Borders” visitors
Watering hole attacks continue unabated and, according to Avast’s Director of Threat Intelligence Jindrich Kubec, the finger could be safely pointed to China once again. …
Sony fined £250,000 for 2011 Playstation Network breach
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office has fined Sony £250,000 for failing to adequately protect UK gamers’ personal and possibly even financial information …
Users targeted with phishing scam via Facebook messages
Facebook users are advised to be on the lookout for bogus personal messages supposedly sent by the Facebook Security Team. The message claims that the users’ account has …
Australia’s first National Security Strategy emphasizes cyber defense
The publication of Australia’s first National Security Strategy has revealed that Australia will be turning its economic and strategic focus towards the Asia-Pacific …
Jobs offered to student kicked out of college for discovering security flaw
Ahmed Al-Khabaz, the student that has been expelled from Dawson College because of an unauthorized intrusion in the college’s systems to check whether a flaw he recently …
Augmented Reality: An Emerging Technologies Guide to AR
Augmented Reality is not the stuff of science fiction any more, and we should all be at least familiar with its current and likely future uses. This book aims to be an …
Employees targeted with fake DocuSign “confidential message”
An email purportedly sent by the DocuSign Electronic Signature Service on behalf of the administrative departments of a wide variety of organizations and businesses is hitting …
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