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Beware of FIFA World Cup-themed phishing attempts

For scammers, any lure that has the ability to capture the attention of a great number of users is good, and popular sport events on an international level are a prime example …

iPhone 5 release brings out email scammers

Apple’s long awaited release of iPhone 5 has provided cyber crooks with a perfect opportunity to scam users. Even before yesterday’s official presentation of the …

Microsoft’s study into unsecure supply chains leads to botnet disruption

Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit has disrupted the functioning of yet another botnet by effecting a takedown of a domain which was also hosting over 500 different strains …

Blackhole 2.0 is out with new exploits and same price

A new version of BlackHole, one of the most popular exploit kits out there, has been made available by its creator, who has supposedly rewritten it from scratch. BlackHole 2.0 …

Botnet operators hide C&Cs in the Tor network

Over the years, botnet owners have tried out different tactics for keeping their C&C servers online, in contact with the zombie computers, and hidden from researchers and …

Chip and PIN payment card system vulnerable to “pre-play” attacks

The chip and PIN system employed by most European and Asian banks is definitely more secure than the magnetic strip one, but it doesn’t mean that it doesn’t have …

French energy company targeted with faulty malware

A researcher of Norwegian security firm Norman has recently come across and analyzed a peculiar malware sample that was likely aimed at compromising computers of employees of …

Etsy starts its own bug bounty program

Etsy, the popular online marketplace for handcrafted and vintage goods, has announced its own bug bounty program, which will reward researchers with money and goods for …

Pirate Bay’s co-founder deported to Sweden, Anonymous hacks Cambodian ministry

Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Svartholm has been deported from Cambodia and has landed at Stockholm’s airport this morning, reports TorrentFreak. The formal reason …

Oracle confirms existence of another critical Java flaw

When Oracle finally patched the CVE-2012-4681 Java 0-day that was being actively exploited in the wild, Polish firm Security Explorations immediately piped up to say they …

Bogus GTA Vice City Android game leads to SMS Trojan

Offering bogus packs of popular games have always been a well-liked approach of malware peddlers around the world. GFI has recently spotted a fictitious Vice City version of …

Millions of GoDaddy sites go offline due to alleged DDoS attack

GoDaddy, on of the biggest and most popular Internet domain registrars and web hosting companies in the world, has suffered an outage on Monday that left many of its …

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