Zeljka Zorz
Researchers bypass NFC access control with smartphone
A security flaw in most Mifare NFC contactless cards can easily be misused by hackers to modify the contents of the cards and get free rides on at least two U.S. transit …
Bogus Second Life survey leads to card info theft
Users of popular online virtual world Second Life are in danger of getting their credit card details stolen via phishing pages that supposedly offer 2500 Linden dollars …
How to recognize rogue online pharmacies
As the prices of pharmaceuticals keep rising, so does the popularity of online pharmacies. Crooks noticed the high earning potential of rogue online pharmacies from the very …
Backdoor Trojan masquerading as KLM e-ticket
As many flyers tend to book their tickets online and receive them in electronic form, it’s no wonder that malware peddlers often choose to deliver their malicious wares …
Stolen card data on sale on professional-looking e-shop
The theft of debit and credit card information has become a lucrative business, but sometimes the individuals that engage in the stealing are not so eager to user the …
Facebook turns off facial recognition in Europe
Facebook has assented to keeping the facial recognition feature (“Tag Suggest”) for its European users off until European regulators allow it to be reinstated, and …
Microsoft patches IE zero-day and Flash flaws in IE 10
Microsoft has delivered on its promise and has issued a security update for Internet Explorer to address the zero-day memory-corruption vulnerability in versions 9 and earlier …
Yet another global cyber espionage campaign tied to China
A new cyber espionage campaign targeting energy and military companies and organizations has been unearthed by the researchers of Dell SecureWorks Counter Threat Unit Threat …
Fake debt payment notices deliver malware
Emails purportedly coming from PayPal’s Bill Me Later service have been hitting inboxes around the world, threatening to file charges against the users if they do not …
Lucrative ZeroAccess botnet enslaves one million active computers
The ZeroAccess rootkit has been around for quite some time now, spying on infected users, hiding from installed AV solutions and attempting to terminate them, redirecting …
Twitter messages lead to phishing AND malware
If you have received a private message from another Twitter telling you “lol ur famous now”, have followed it to a fake Facebook page requiring you to log into …
Pinterest users targeted with fake ad-pushing app
Pinterest, the extremely popular pinboard-style social photo sharing website, has launched official apps for Android, iPad and iPhone back in April, but that hasn’t …
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