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Pro-Syrian attackers hacked Al Jazeera’s website

Visitors who tried to get their news from the website of the well-respected independent broadcaster Al Jazeera last night have been faced with an unexpected sight: a page …

Shamoon attacks persist

While it still unknown whether the recent attacks against Saudi Aramco and RasGas were part of the so-called Shamoon attacks, the latter are continuing unabated, says …

FBI denies collecting Apple device IDs

Following yesterday’s claim made by AnitSec hackers that they have gotten ahold of a document containing a list of over 12 million Apple iOS devices – including …

FinFisher commercial spyware toolkit goes mobile

The existence of FinFisher, a commercial spyware toolkit created by UK-based Gamma Group International, has recently grabbed the attention of the general public when two …

Google users targeted with malware-laden “Suspicious sign in” notices

Emails purportedly sent by the Google Accounts Team warning about a prevented “suspicious sign- in” have been spotted targeting Google users. “Someone …

Fake Amazon emails open the way for malware

The CVE-2012-4681 Java zero-day vulnerability might have been patched, but because it was added to the popular Blackhole exploit kit and because most users regularly forego …

Fake AmEx “Security Verification” phishing emails doing rounds

Malicious spam emails impersonating American Express have been hitting inboxes in the last few days, trying to make recipients open the file in the attachment. The email …

Anonymous leaks 1m Apple device UDIDs stolen from FBI

A file containing a million and one record sets containing Apple Unique Device Identifiers (UDIDs) and some other general information about the devices has been made available …

Inmates breached prison system’s network

Inmates at the state prison in Concord, New Hampshire, have managed to connect the computers they use in the prison’s industries program to the prison system’s …

“Win 8 Security System” rogue AV spotted

Windows 8 has not yet been released and cyber crooks are already taking advantage of its name. McAfee researchers have recently spotted a new rogue AV solution dubbed …

Pirate Bay co-founder arrested in Cambodia

Gottfrid Svartholm, one of the four founders of file-sharing site Pirate Bay, was arrested on Thursday in Cambodia. The 27-year-old Svartholm, who had been residing for …

Secure operating system Qubes officially released

“After nearly three years of work, I have the pleasure to announce that Qubes 1.0 has finally been released,” Joanna Rutkowska, Founder and CEO of Invisible Things …

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