Zeljka Zorz
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 …
Spoofed Microsoft notification leads to Zeus
Microsoft has updated its Services Agreement last week, and has begun notifying its users about the change via email. Eager to take advantage of any kind of legitimate opening …
Virus shuts down gas company’s site and offices
The official website and the email servers of Ras Laffan Liquefied Natural Gas Company – the world’s second largest liquefied natural gas company which distributes …
Fake UPS notices deliver malware
Cyber crooks have once again resurrected the old UPS spam email campaign in order to deliver their malicious wares to Internet users, warns Webroot’s Dancho Danchev. As …
Oracle patches Java 0-day, researchers say there’s another one
Oracle has finally issued an update for Java 7 (v 1.7.0_07) which solves the problem of the CVE-2012-4681 vulnerability (which actually consists of two distinct flaws). The …
AV-killing worm spreads via Facebook chat and IM clients
A rather industrious piece of malware that – among other things – paves the way for other malware by disabling AV solutions and software update modules has been …
Cross-platform Wirenet Trojan targets Mac and Linux users
Since Windows users constitute the majority of computer users around the world, most malware is designed to target that particular OS and software made for it. Still, every …
Java 0-day exploit served from over 100 sites
The problem of the two unpatched Java zero-day vulnerabilities that are actively exploited in the wild by attackers looking to gain access to their targets’ computers is …
Fake PayPal payment notifications carry malware
Millions of fake emails purportedly sent by PayPal have been hitting inboxes in the last few days, Webroot warns. The emails take the form of a notification about a received …
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