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Computershare insider loses USBs with stolen customer financial data

Computershare, one of the largest financial market services and technology providers in the world, has filed a suit with the Massachusetts District Court against former …

SCADA systems flaws exploited to open prison doors

The discovery of the Stuxnet worm has alerted governments around the world about the possibility of industrial control systems being targeted by hackers and has made a lot of …

Anonymous admits leaking personal info on 16,000 Finns

Anonymous has taken responsibility for the personal information of some 16,000 Finns ending up on a file sharing site on Saturday, and has additionally made public the …

iOS flaw allows App Store apps download malicious code

Since the App Store’s inception, Apple has been carefully examining applications submitted by third-party developers in order to assure its customers a malware-free …

Another Dutch CA confirms breach, stops issuing certificates

Another Certification Authority has admitted a breach into its systems and has decided to suspend the issuing of digital certificates as a precaution until more details are …

Brazilian ISPs hit with massive DNS cache poisoning attacks

A massive DNS cache poisoning attack attempting to infect users trying to access popular websites is currently under way in Brazil, warns Kaspersky Lab expert Fabio Assolini. …

Why do malicious Android apps come from China?

It seems like every time we hear about a malicious application aimed at Android users, it is always distributed by third-party Chinese app markets. You might wonder why the …

Fake PayPal Account Review Notification doing rounds

An email notification supposedly sent by PayPal saying that an intrusion into the user’s account has been detected is currently hitting inboxes around the world. …

Hacker’s pay-walled site hacked by vengeful hackers

A hacker’s pay-walled site on which he offers administrative access to a number of military, education and government websites for sale, has been hacked by a rival …

Malaysian CA issues 22 weak certs, gets its certificate revoked

Microsoft, Mozilla and Google have announced that they are revoking trust in Malaysia-based DigiCert Sdn. Bhd., an intermediate certificate authority authorized by well-known …

Mobile screen-spy software recreates passwords

When one types text messages, emails and login credentials on one’s virtual iPhone or Android keyboard, larger bubbles containing each character pop up for a second …

Latest spam trends and predictions for the end of the year

As the percentage of fraudulent emails received by users in the third quarter of 2011 has risen sharply and they represented 2 percent of all received spam emails, Kaspersky …

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