Zeljka Zorz
Web Directories site leads to exploit kit and malware
Web Directories, a site designed to help webmasters and site owners find relevant directories, has been compromised and found redirecting its visitors to sites running the …
DigiNotar breach report reveals lousy security practices
An interim report issued by security audit firm Fox IT, who has been hired to investigate the DigiNotar breach, reveals that things are far worse than we were led to believe. …
Iranian users were the ultimate target in DigiNotar compromise
If you needed a confirmation of Google’s claims that the rogue SSL issued by DigiNotar for *.google.com domains was used mainly to mount man-in-the-middle attacks …
Rogue SSL certs were also issued for CIA, MI6, Mossad
The number of rogue SSL certificates issued by Dutch CA DigiNotar has ballooned from one to a couple dozen to over 250 to 531 in just a few days. As Jacob Appelbaum of the Tor …
New Zeus-based variant targets banks around the world
Another Zeus-based offering has been unearthed by Trend Micros researchers, and by the look of things, this one seems to be better crafted than the recently discovered Ice IX …
The Register, The Daily Telegraph, UPS hit by DNS hack
Readers of British technology news and opinion website The Register got an unwelcome surprise when they tried to access it yesterday: But, what at first looked like a …
How the unredacted US cables were revealed to the public
It seems that the cat is out of the box. Only a few days after former WikiLeaks staffer Herbert Snorrason refused to say who inadvertently made public the password for the …
Alleged Anonymous members arrested in Ireland
Two more alleged Anonymous members have been arrested yesterday in Ireland in connection to the January defacement of the website belonging to the Fine Gael political party. …
Morto worm surprises again
As it turns out, the recently discovered Morto worm that has been spreading in the wild has more than one never-before-seen characteristic. Not only does it spread by using …
Has LulzSec member Kayla been arrested?
Two men were arrested yesterday by the Metropolitan Police Service’s Central e-Crime Unit in connection with cyber attacks executed by hacktivist groups Anonymous and …
Blackhat SEO spam is a global problem
If you have wondered whether to switch your go-to search engine for another – perhaps more localized? – in order to avoid the seemingly ubiquitous poisoned search …
Cyber crooks misusing audit tool to breach VoIP servers
Every now and then, cyber criminals misuse “good” software in order to do bad things, and the latest instance of this modus operandi has been spotted by NSS Labs …
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