The m00p gang investigation: a failure or a success?
Security companies and law enforcement agencies often collaborate on cyber crime investigations, and most of these investigations do end up with the arrest, prosecution and …
Facebook Lottery scam emails making rounds
Offline crooks have had a lot of success with the bogus lottery winning letter scam, so it should come as no surprise it is often “translated” into an email and …
GFI Software reaches into the cloud with Monitis acquisition
GFI Software has acquired Monitis, a provider of cloud-based network and systems monitoring solutions. This acquisition further strengthens GFI’s ability to provide …
Practical tips for identity theft prevention
A recent Javelin Strategy & Research study found that fraud suffered by Small Business Owners (SMBO) totaled $8 billion. Banks, merchants and other providers absorbed at …
Personal info of 9 million Israelis stolen, available online
Personal information of some 9 million Israelis (alive and deceased) has been stolen by a contractor working for the country’s Ministry of Labor and Welfare with the …
Duqu: Another “most advanced” piece of malware
Rootkit.Duqu.A is the current star in the world of malware but, as history shows, that fame will be short-lived. Just like fashion models, modern malware has a lifespan in the …
Anonymous shuts down child porn sites, leaks usernames
Hacktivist group Anonymous has started a new campaign. Dubbed “Operation Darknet”, it aims to battle child pornography and ISPs that knowingly support and allow …
Consumers increasingly savvy about being online
Online consumers are increasingly savvy about being online, but many still do not employ all of the right tools to protect their privacy according to Anonymizer. While nearly …
Bug allows remote code execution in Chrome
In September ACROS Security notified Google about a peculiar behavior of the Chrome browser that can be exploited for execution of remote code outside Chrome sandbox under …
Microsoft YouTube channel hacked
A week after the official Sesame Street YouTube channel got compromised and started offering adult content to children, Microsoft’s official YouTube channel has been …
Scammers asking for donations for bogus Steve Jobs charity
Before his death, Apple CEO Steve Jobs was well known for not giving donations to charities or setting up foundations for various humanitarian causes, so it may come as a …
Security code review tool Agnitio 2.1 released
Agnitio is an application security tool developed by David Rook to help further the adoption of the Principles of Secure Development and to bring more repeatability and …
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