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Facebook users will vote on policy changes, possibly for the last time

When Facebook recently announced that it plans to change the way users can influence changes on its privacy policy, privacy advocates were not amused. The Electronic Privacy …

Malicious ads lead to fake browser updates

Every now and then, malware peddlers employ the “Your browser is out of date, download the update here” approach to saddling inexperienced users with their …

Fake Windows 8 key generators lurk in the wild

Users who are eager to try out the new Windows 8 but are not keen on buying it should be careful if searching for bootlegged copies or purported key generators online, Trend …

Hardcoded account in Samsung printers provides backdoor for attackers

US-CERT has issued an alert warning users of Samsung printers and some Dell printers manufactured by Samsung about the presence of a hardcoded account that could allow remote …

Researchers finds 23 vulnerabilities in SCADA software

The recent revelation that Malta-based start-up ReVuln is offering only to paying customers information about SCADA zero-day vulnerabilities has spurred security researcher …

Piwik.org compromised, offered Trojanized version of analytics software

The official website of popular free web server analytics system Piwik has been compromised and made to serve a Trojanized version of the software that opens a backdoor on the …

Go Daddy says DNS records hijacking was due to phishing

Last week malware peddlers have managed to compromise the DNS records of Go Daddy hosted websites so that they would redirect victims to malicious sites hosting the Cool …

Fake Facebook alert leads to Blackhole, malware

Due to the huge popularity of Facebook and its one billion active users, bogus emails impersonating the social network are constantly hitting users’ inboxes. The latest …

Nationwide customers notified of breach, PI theft

Nationwide, one of the largest insurance and financial services companies in the world, has been sending out letters to notify some of its clients about the compromise and …

DIY mass iFrame injecting Apache module sold online

The wish to automate repetitive and boring tasks is not restricted to those who engage in legal enterprises, so it’s no wonder that we have lately witnessed a rise in …

Shredded police documents showered down on Macy’s parade spectators

A Tufts University freshman made a troubling discovery while watching Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York: among the confetti that were being thrown around while …

Chinese police swoops down on personal information thieves

Eleven people have been arrested by Shanghai’s Fengxian district police following the discovery that they have been selling personal information to anyone willing to pay …

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