Zeljka Zorz
Spam run frightens with fake news about epidemic
The time has come again for users to be targeted with spam emails alerting them to an epidemic raging in some part of the world: The subject line contains a simple …
Zero-day Adobe Reader flaw exploited in ongoing attacks
Adobe has issued a security advisory notifying users about a newly discovered and still unpatched vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat which has been spotted being …
Personal information of 3.5 million poker players leaked
Personal data of some 3.5 million users of the Ultimate Bet poker website have been made available for download on an online forum for a short time. The data included the …
Fake Verizon notification carries malware
A sneaky spam email campaign aiming to infect users with a banking Trojan is currently underway and is targeting mobile carrier customers, warns Microsoft. The email purports …
Fraudsters beat two-factor authentication, steal $45k
It seems that two-factor authentication solutions that deliver verification codes to mobile phones are not as foolproof as one might think – a lesson that an Australian …
Facebook bug allows users to access private photos
A bug tied to Facebook’s “Report/Block” process can be misused to access uploaded photos of people who have chosen not to share them publicly, says a poster …
Download.com bundles Nmap with malware
“Hi Folks. I’ve just discovered that C|Net’s Download.Com site has started wrapping their Nmap downloads (as well as other free software like VLC) in a …
Only U.S. customers targeted with Carrier IQ?
Carriers are yet to be affected greatly by the revelations made by researcher Trevor Eckhart. Even though most mobile phone manufacturers have denied installing the Carrier IQ …
Beware of fake Amazon account confirmation emails
Amazon users are being targeted again with spam emails purporting to come from the “Amazon Team” and asking users to “confirm” their accounts, warns …
Microsoft spam-detecting algorithm helps with HIV research
When the first computer viruses popped up, their behavior was so similar to that of their biological counterparts that security researchers simply chose to appropriate the …
Yahoo Messenger bug allows status message hijacking
Yahoo Messenger users are in danger of getting their status messages changed without their consent and finding themselves inadvertently peddling malware. The zero-day exploit …
Cutwail botnet’s various spam campaigns
The bot herders behind Cutwail – one of the oldest botnet that’s still alive and kicking and numbers over 1,5 million bots – have recently been spotted using …