Zeljka Zorz
“Groupon discount gifts” email leads to malware
Spam emails targeting users on the lookout for good deals have been hitting inboxes around the world, Sophos warns. The email purportedly comes from Groupon, the popular …
Is Ubisoft’s DRM browser plugin a rootkit?
An offhand remark made by Google engineer Tavis Ormandy to a post on the Full Disclosure mailing list has sparked anger in the harts of Ubisoft users, as he shared his …
Researcher demonstrates highly persistent hardware backdoor
Spurred by the conclusion of a recent report that said that given the fact that China is the de-facto manufacturer of most IT equipment in the world, it could easily backdoor …
Email from disgruntled buyer leads to eBay phishing page
In these hard economic times, many have turned to eBay for selling things in order to earn a buck. But, in order to be trusted by buyers, the sellers depend on good ratings …
Tumblr and Twitter users targeted with oddball spam messages
A bizarre spam campaign touting free McDonalds gift cards has recently been spotted on compromised Tumblr and Twitter accounts: According to GFI, the link included in the spam …
Researchers beat Google’s Bouncer
When earlier this year Google introduced Bouncer – an automated app scanning service that analyzes apps by running them on Google’s cloud infrastructure and …
Facebook invites white hats to attack its corporate network
Nearly a year ago, Facebook introduced its bug bounty program, inviting security researchers to poke around the site, discover vulnerabilities that could compromise the …
Crisis OS X Trojan is an effective spy tool
The Crisis/Morcut OS X malware recently discovered via samples submitted to VirusTotal is more than just a backdoor Trojan, Sophos researchers say after analyzing it. Its …
The dangers of Java and what to do about it
Since late 2010, Java exploits have become way more popular with hackers than the Adobe-related ones. The problem with Java is not so much in the newly discovered …
Bogus Olympics ticket site spotted
If you’re looking to score tickets for Olympic events you should be extremely careful when buying them online, as fake ticket sites are still around. Take for example …
VirusTotal starts sandbox-testing, shares behavioral information
Developer Emiliano Martinez has recently confirmed what many users of VirusTotal have already noticed: that the online file scanning service has added behavioral information …
Seven Databases in Seven Weeks
For years, the popularity of relational databases created by Oracle, Microsoft, and IBM, and of the open source MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQLite was undisputed. But, in time, …
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