Zeljka Zorz
U.K. hacker convicted for taking part in Anonymous attacks
22-year-old Christopher Weatherhead from Northampton, U.K., has been convicted on Thursday on one count of conspiracy to impair the operation of computers for his involvement …
Beware of bogus Facebook account cancellation requests
Bogus “Facebook Account Cancellation Request” emails are back, and this time the malicious senders didn’t opt for making users infect themselves. The …
Malicious email simultaneously impersonates UPS and FedEx
Malicious notifications supposedly coming from major courier delivery services companies are nothing new, but they still must catch enough users off guard. This latest one is …
Gameover gang uses Cutwail botnet to swell its own
The hackers behind the Gameover variant of the popular Zeus banking Trojan have rented the massive Cutwail botnet in order to send out millions of fake emails carrying the …
Huge GPU cluster makes password hacking a breeze
Cracking encrypted passwords is getting increasingly easier as researchers come up with new ways of harnessing CPU, GPU and cloud power to perform the task. The latest of the …
Exploit kit authors thrive due to PoC code released by whitehats
Do exploit kit authors actually write the exploits they include in their offerings? Sophos’ researcher Gabor Szappanos says the answer is a resounding “No.” …
Swiss spy agency insider steals terabytes of confidential data
As a good reminder that you should never discount the insider threat, the news that a disgruntled former employee of Nachrichtendienst des Bundes (NDB) – the Swiss …
Spoofed RapidFax alert carries hard-to-detect Trojan
Malicious email alerts purportedly being sent by RapidFax, a service that allows users to send faxes online without the need for a fax machine, have been hitting inboxes in …
Voting on Facebook privacy policy changes is open
As of Monday 12 p.m. PST, Facebook has opened the seven day period of voting for or against the proposed Data Use Policy and Statement of Rights and Responsibilities changes …
Hackers publish more info from UN atomic energy agency’s servers
Displeased with the International Atomic Energy Agency’s statement that they breached only an “old server,” anti-Israel hacker group “Parastoo” …
Handy malicious domain registering service available to cybercriminals
Despite its illegal nature, the industry revolving around cybercrime follows the same rules characteristic for any human economic enterprise: those who discover a need, create …
Researcher releases a slew of MySQL and SSH exploits
Security professional Nikolaos Rangos, who is better known by his online handle Kingcope, has flooded the Full Disclosure mailing list over the weekend with information and …
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