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Carbonite privacy blunder results in spam

Popular online backup service Carbonite has made another privacy misstep. Computerworld blogger Richi Jennings, a self styled “anti-spam wonk”, has discovered that …

Fake AV peddlers change their tactics

There has been a decline in rogue AV schemes lately, and researchers chalk it up to a combination of law enforcement and security community efforts and an increased coverage …

Duqu installer exploits zero-day bug in Windows kernel

An installer for the Duqu Trojan has been discovered by CrySys, the Hungarian firm that initially discovered the threat, and the file has shed some light onto how the threat …

iPhone and iOS Forensics

With the seemingly unstoppable popularity of Apple mobile devices such as the iPhone and the iPad, forensic specialists need to learn about the specific device models and …

Cybercriminal gang ringleaders convicted for stealing over $4.5 million

Two Ukrainians who admitted to have been the ringleaders of a criminal ring bent on stealing money from online bank accounts have finally been sentenced to four years and …

WikiLeaks founder loses extradition appeal

Wikileaks’ founder Julian Assange has lost another appeal to the February decision by a UK court that he should be extradited to Sweden in order to face possible charges …

Nearly 50 chemical, defense companies hit with cyber espionage attacks

Nearly 50 (and quite possibly more) companies in the chemical, defense, and other sectors have been hit with a spear phishing campaign carrying a backdoor Trojan with the …

How to create effective CAPTCHAs

Half a year ago, a team of researchers from Stanford University’s Security Laboratory has managed to build a computer program able to solve audio CAPTCHAs and to define …

Fake Apple notifications lead to phishing site

When changes are made to an Apple ID account, Apple sends a notification about it to the user so that he can react promptly if the changes weren’t made by him. …

Multitasking DevilRobber Trojan targets Mac OS X users

Another week, another Mac OS X Trojan spotted. Both Sophos and Intego have detected a Bitcoin-mining Trojan that also opens a backdoor into the infected system and steals …

New Facebook security features

Facebook will be adding two new security features that will allow users to regain control of their account if it gets hijacked and to use a unique password for different third …

Cyber crooks migrate to “ce.ms” free domains

Online scammers and malware peddlers often exhibit locust-like behavior as they migrate from one type of free domains to another in order to evade detection by spam filters …

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