Zeljka Zorz
HSBC customers under phishing attack
Customers of HSBC, one of the largest banking and financial services organizations in the world, are currently being targeted with a fake warning of account suspension: The …
Malware-laden cards delivered with HP switches
HP issued a security a security bulletin notifying buyers of its ProCurve 5400 zl switches that the compact flash cards contained in it might be infected with a virus. …
Zero-permission Android app exports sensitive data
When installing new apps on an Android device, users are asked to give their permission for specific actions that an app must be able to perform in order to function properly. …
Microsoft warns of targeted attacks exploiting Windows flaw
With the April Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has issued six bulletins – four critical, two important – and has delivered patches for 11 vulnerabilities. One particular …
Legitimate Chinese app stores riddled with security holes
If you are an Android user, you are surely aware of the fact that Chinese third-party app stores are where most malware for that particular OS has its debut. Lacking any kind …
Fake account verification email phishes for Google credentials
Once again, Google users are being targeted with emails purportedly coming from the Google Team, confirming a bogus recovery e-mail update: Seeing the threat of a permanent …
Email campaigns still targeting pro-Tibetan orgs
Malicious Tibetan-themed email campaigns are still going strong, targeting pro-Tibetan organizations and making them inadvertently install malware on their machines. The …
Utah data breach numbers 750K+ victims
Social Security numbers of some 280,000 Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Plans users and “less sensitive” information on 500,000 more of them has …
600K strong Flashback botnet comprises mostly Macs
There has been a lot of talk and speculation about the size of the botnet formed by computers targeted with the Flashback malware and whether all these machines were, in fact, …
SMS-controlled Android malware records calls
Researchers at NQ Mobile Security have discovered a new piece of Android malware that receives instructions, i.e. is controlled, via SMS. Dubbed TigerBot, the Trojan hides by …
Sophos finds unauthorized RATs on server, takes partner portal offline
Renowned security firm Sophos has taken down one of its partner portals (located at ) following the discovery of a compromise of the server on which it’s hosted. …
Searching for Easter eggs leads to malware
Blackhat SEO is a popular tactic for malware peddlers to distribute their wares to unsuspecting victims, and the weeks before major holidays are always a perfect time for …
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