Zeljka Zorz
Spam gang uses own URL shorteners
URL shortening services are deservedly popular with Internet users, but unfortunately they are loved by cyber crooks and spammers as well. While regular users appreciate …
Tsunami, a new backdoor for Mac OS X
Malware authors have taken an old piece of malware developed for Linux and have modified it to attack the Mac OS X platform, warns ESET. The OS X malware has been named …
“So i googled your name” Twitter phishing scam
Some Twitter phishers prefer to scare or worry their targets into clicking on the offered link, others put their money on pure, unadulterated curiosity. The latest phishing …
Japanese Parliament’s computers infected, data stolen
As the investigation into the breach of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ networks discovered last month continues, internal sources have confirmed that sensitive and …
Infected MyBB release package offered for download
The development team of MyBB (MyBulletinBoard), a popular PHP and MySQL-based free forum package, warned its users about the fact that its latest version available for …
The m00p gang investigation: a failure or a success?
Security companies and law enforcement agencies often collaborate on cyber crime investigations, and most of these investigations do end up with the arrest, prosecution and …
Facebook Lottery scam emails making rounds
Offline crooks have had a lot of success with the bogus lottery winning letter scam, so it should come as no surprise it is often “translated” into an email and …
Personal info of 9 million Israelis stolen, available online
Personal information of some 9 million Israelis (alive and deceased) has been stolen by a contractor working for the country’s Ministry of Labor and Welfare with the …
Anonymous shuts down child porn sites, leaks usernames
Hacktivist group Anonymous has started a new campaign. Dubbed “Operation Darknet”, it aims to battle child pornography and ISPs that knowingly support and allow …
Microsoft YouTube channel hacked
A week after the official Sesame Street YouTube channel got compromised and started offering adult content to children, Microsoft’s official YouTube channel has been …
Scammers asking for donations for bogus Steve Jobs charity
Before his death, Apple CEO Steve Jobs was well known for not giving donations to charities or setting up foundations for various humanitarian causes, so it may come as a …
Skype can be used to tie users to illegal download activity
A team of researchers has proved that it is possible to determine the IP address of a user and tie it with his Internet use, and even correlate this information to his …