Who should be responsible for protecting your online privacy?
Just in time for Data Privacy Day, Microsoft has released the results of a survey that shows the privacy attitudes of technology savvy individuals in the US and four European …
Android bootkit infects 350,000 devices
The first ever Android Trojan with bootkit capabilities has been discovered and analysed by Dr.Web researchers, who warn that the malware is already operating on some 350,000 …
Feds cloned TorMail server with future investigations in mind
TorMail users engaged in illegal activities might have felt more than a twinge of anxiety when it was confirmed last summer that the FBI took control of Freedom …
Blackholing effect reduces cyber attack risk to regulated data
FireHost announced trends for the attacks it blocked from its clients’ web applications in Q4 2013. Security experts have noted that the company’s most recent …
Fully functional trojanized FileZilla client steals FTP logins
Trojanized versions of the hugely popular FileZilla FTP client are being offered to unsuspecting users via hacked websites with fake content. “Malware installer GUI is …
DDoS attacks become smarter, faster and more severe
DDoS attacks will continue to be a serious issue in 2014 – as attackers become more agile and their tools become more sophisticated, according to Radware. Their report …
Improving trust in web services
The EU’s cyber security Agency, ENISA, is publishing a series of new studies about the current security practices of Trust Service Providers (TSPs) and recommendations …
Feds arrest Bitcoin Foundation vice chairman and Bitcoin exchanger
The US Department of Justice has announced the arrest of and the unsealing of criminal charges in Manhattan federal court against Robert Faiella (also known as …
Operators of email hacking websites arrested in US, China, Romania
As part of an international law enforcement operation involving Romania, India, and China, US federal prosecutors have charged two operators of a United States-based email …
Microsoft reveals law enforcement documents were stolen in latest hack
With a short blog post, Microsoft has announced on Friday that unknown hackers might have accessed and exfiltrated information regarding law enforcement information requests …
Hasbro’s website compromised, serves malware
The official website of well-known toy maker Hasbro has been compromised and found serving malware to unsuspecting visitors on a number of occasions during the last few weeks. …
Feds take over online counterfeit card webshop, arrest its operators
Three men who allegedly ran a one-stop online shop selling counterfeit credit cards and holographic overlays to be used by criminals to make fake identifications, face federal …
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