Police system compromised due to parental spying
The Patras program, used by the German Federal Police for surveillance and tracking of suspects and their vehicles via GPS, has recently been suspended for a while and its …
Android Trojan masquerades as phone optimizer app
As you may already know, Android users are at a much bigger danger of getting saddled with a malicious app than users using other mobile platforms – especially those …
Spam emails link to QR codes
It was just a matter of time, and now it’s happening. The Websense ThreatSeeker Network has started spotting spam messages that lead to URLs that use embedded QR codes. …
Recycled cybercrime tactics adapted to conceal fraud
GFI Software released its VIPRE Report for December 2011, a collection of the most prevalent threat detections encountered during the month. Phishing campaigns once again …
Cyber crooks combine new Zeus variant and DDoS attacks
A new variant of the information-stealing Zeus Trojan – dubbed Gameover – is currently being delivered to unsuspecting victims via emails purportedly coming from …
Exploit code for recent ASP.NET DoS flaw made public
The ASP.NET DoS flaw that has recently been revealed at the Chaos Communication Congress in Berlin has been patched by Microsoft in almost record time, but users who have not …
Oracle Database Firewall extends support to MySQL
In an effort to assist organizations further prevent internal and external attacks from reaching their enterprise databases, Oracle released its Database Firewall which …
Netgear unites home networking and storage
A CES Innovations Design and Engineering Award Honoree, the NETGEAR Media Storage Router (WNDR4700) embodies the intersection of two of the most important consumer technology …
Biometric technologies for Android
Neurotechnology announced their new line of embedded biometric technologies, including VeriFinger Embedded SDK for fingerprint biometrics, VeriLook Embedded SDK for face …
Forensic email data analysis tool
DIGITS, a firm specializing in computer forensics and digital investigations, released Evidence Analyzer: Email Edition, which is designed to radically streamline the process …
Cyber attack on Israeli sites considered terrorist operation, says Israeli official
The new year started with a number of data leaks made by Anonymous, and one leak by a hacker dubbed 0xOmar, who is allegedly part of the “largest Wahhabi hacker group of …
Stratfor hack exposes UK, US and NATO officials to danger, phishing
During the last days of 2011, Anonymous attacked Stratfor, a US-based research group that gathers intelligence and produces political, economic and military reports that help …