Zeljka Zorz
ATM vendors threaten researcher, stop his presentation on ATM flaws
In an unexpected turn of events, a presentation about “The Underground Economy” by Italian white hat hacker and security expert Raoul Chiesa at the Hack In The Box …
Twitter Kit, a spammer’s dream come true
Cyber criminals and spammers have been (mis)using Twitter for a long time. Twitter has tried to stop or at least limit their use of the platform by defining some Web page …
Facebook users receiving direct messages from Koobface
Every so often, the Koobface botnet mounts a campaign to increase the number of infected systems, and this latest one employs an already tried tactic. According to Trend …
Malicious PDF spam with Sality virus
Malicious spammers will try every approach they can think of to make you open the attachments included in emails. Sophos warns that a malicious email containing the following …
Facebook credentials phishing scheme
Trying to trick users into giving up their Facebook usernames (i.e. emails) and passwords by making them believe they have won a prize is a well-known tactic employed by …
New authorization process for Facebook apps
Ten months ago, when Facebook agreed to make some changes to its platform and add new privacy safeguards in order to comply with the requests made by the Canadian Privacy …
10,000 XP machines attacked through 0-day flaw
The Windows Help and Support Center vulnerability, the details of which have recently been made public by researcher Tavis Ormandy, is being heavily exploited in the wild. …
Elderly couple sent $512,000 to overseas scammers
In the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre’s annual report on crime typologies and case studies, there is a particular one that caught my attention: the …
Destination Hotels card processing system breached
When it comes to cyber attacks and breaches, the hospitality industry has been the most heavily targeted industry in 2009. The reason behind this increased criminal activity …
Spanish firm raided, allegedly sold software with built-in “logic bombs”
Following an anonymous tip submitted on the portal of the Spanish Guardia Civil’s division for hi-tech crimes, the investigators have raided the offices of an …
SSCP Video Mentor
Yet another title in the Pearson's series for interactive learning that targets users set on obtaining security certifications, SSCP Video Mentor is a combination of DVD and …
FBI fails to decrypt suspect’s hard drives – after 12 months of trying
After 12 months of failed attempts to crack the encryption that protects information held on 5 hard drives that belong to a Brazilian banker suspected of money laundering, the …