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New cyber weapon targets systems in the Middle East

A new sophisticated piece of malware dubbed “Flame” has been discovered in systems belonging to users in many Middle Eastern countries and is though to have been …

Olympic-themed spam emails carries malicious PDF

As the 2012 Olympic Games are speedily approaching, users should be aware of the fact that unsolicited Olympic-themed emails are rarely good news. The latest one of that kind …

RuFraud scammers caught and fined

Cyber scammers are still too rarely brought to justice and/or made to pay back the stolen money to the users they have swindled, so any news of that happening is extremely …

How to remove the backdoor from ZTE’s Score M smartphone

The existence of the recently discovered vulnerability in ZTE’s Score M smartphone which allows any attacker in possession of the hardcoded password to access and take …

Google begins notifying users infected with DNS Changer

As the date set for the final shutdown of the infrastructure that keeps computers infected with the DNSChanger Trojan connected to the Internet is approaching at a fast pace, …

Hackers breach WHMCS via social engineering

WHMCS, the company behind the popular commercial billing and automation software program used by many web hosting firms, has had its web server hacked on Monday. Hacker group …

SMS spying app offered on Google Play

Phone spying apps are usually offered on hacking forums and third party app markets, but given their malicious potential, it’s unusual to see them being offered for sale …

Zeus Trojan variant comes with ransomware feature

The recent popularity of ransomware as a tactic for duping users into giving up their hard-earned cash has resulted in an unexpected malware combination. F-Secure researchers …

Beware of fake Facebook account cancellation emails

Fake account cancellation emails are targeting Facebook users and trying to get them infected with information-stealing malware, warns Sophos. The email looks pretty …

Bogus Facebook apps could lead to Android malware

Bitdefender researchers have recently spotted something that could be the beginning of paid promotions through Facebook, and believe that the approach can very easily be used …

Mistakes that led to the massive Utah data breach

A little over a month ago, the largest data breach in Utah history resulted in the compromise of Social Security numbers of some 280,000 Medicaid and Children’s Health …

Fake BBC website serves malware and a scam

Online scammers and malware peddlers know that the more afraid and desperate their targets are, the more likely it is that they will fall for their tactics, so their repeated …

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