Zeljka Zorz
Horde FTP server hacked, files modified to include backdoor
The developers of the Horde open source software have issued a statement warning its users that a one of their FTP servers was discovered to have been breached and some files …
“Free $200 Ebay Gift Card” leads to rogue Facebook app
A message sharing an “event” offering a “Free $200 Ebay Gift Card for first 10,000 Attendants!” has been popping up on Facebook users’ walls in …
Twitter turns on HTTPS by default
Twitter has finally taken the plunge and made HTTPS on by default for all users. The option to always use HTTPS was made available to users back in March 2011, but they had to …
Stratfor clients now targeted with malware
The customers of Stratfor, a US-based research group that provides geopolitical analysis to government organizations and major corporations, are being targeted once again with …
TicketWeb customers subjected to phishing after hack
Customers of TicketWeb UK, the popular British website selling event tickets, are being warned not to fall for fake emails purporting to come from the service, asking them to …
Whitney Houston death video leads to scams
Cyber crooks often try to pique the users’ interest with fake news of a celebrity death but, unfortunately, sometimes they don’t have fake it. Pop diva Whitney …
Privacy pitfalls of online dating
It used to be that you were pretty much anonymous on the Internet if you chose to be, but those halcyon days are now gone, and you should think about whether it’s safe …
Active mobile botnet enslaves thousands of Android devices
A trojanized Android application for configuring phone settings has been enslaving the devices of the customers of China’s two largest mobile carriers into a botnet …
Chrome to stop using online checks to spot revoked certificates
Future versions of Google’s Chrome browser will no longer use online revocation checks to verify whether the HTTPS site the user wants to visit possesses a valid …
Trustwave revokes “MitM” certificate, vows never to issue one again
Certificate authority Trustwave has revoked a subordinate root certificate it issued to a company that allowed it to intercept their employees’ private email …
More bogus ad-serving Android apps evade Google’s Bouncer
Users searching for games on the official Android Market have lately been heavily targeted by ad-pushing scammers. First it was the fake Temple Run app, and now a string of …
Public beta of Flash Player sandbox for Firefox is out
A little over a year after the implementation of a Flash Player sandbox into Google Chrome, Adobe has announced the release of a public beta of its new Flash Player sandbox …