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Article | 17/05/2013 Researchers uncover new global cyberespionage operation dubbed SafeNet

Security researchers from Trend Micro have uncovered an active cyberespionage operation that so far has compromised computers belonging to government ...

Article | 17/05/2013 New Mac spyware found on Angolan activist's computer

Previously unknown Mac OS X spyware, signed with a valid Apple Developer ID, has turned up on the laptop of an activist from Angola at a human rights ...

Article | 16/05/2013 Four former LulzSec members sentenced to prison in the UK

Four British men associated with the LulzSec hacker collective received prison sentences Thursday for their roles in cyberattacks launched by the grou...

Article | 16/05/2013 Pushdo botnet is evolving, becomes more resilient to takedown attempts

Security researchers from Damballa have found a new variant of the Pushdo malware that's better at hiding its malicious network traffic and is more re...

Article | 15/05/2013 Researchers uncover large cyberfraud operation targeting Australian bank customers

Security researchers from Russian cybercrime investigations firm Group-IB have uncovered a cyberfraud operation that uses specialized financial malwar...

Article | 14/05/2013 Adobe releases critical security updates for Reader, Flash Player and ColdFusion

Adobe has released scheduled security updates for its Reader, Acrobat, Flash Player and ColdFusion products on Tuesday in order to fix many critical v...

Article | 14/05/2013 Android threats growing in number and complexity, report says

The Android threat landscape is growing in both size and complexity with cybercriminals adopting new distribution methods and building Android-focused...

Article | 13/05/2013 Lookout will intercept privacy-invading mobile ad networks, apps

Mobile security vendor Lookout plans to start flagging as adware mobile apps that use aggressive ad networks if they don't obtain explicit consent fro...

Article | 10/05/2013 Academic institutions urged to take steps to prevent DNS amplification attacks

Colleges and universities are being encouraged to scrutinize their systems to keep them from being hijacked in DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) at...

Article | 9/05/2013 Adobe warns customers of unpatched critical flaw in ColdFusion

Adobe has warned users of its ColdFusion application server platform of a critical vulnerability that could give unauthorized users access to sensitiv...

Article | 9/05/2013 Name.com forces customers to reset passwords following security breach

Domain registrar Name.com forced its customers to reset their account passwords on Wednesday following a security breach on the company's servers that...

Article | 8/05/2013 Highly critical vulnerability fixed in Nginx Web server software

The development team behind the popular Nginx open-source Web server software released security updates on Tuesday to address a highly critical vulner...

Article | 7/05/2013 AutoIt scripting increasingly used by malware developers

AutoIt, a scripting language for automating Windows interface interactions, is increasingly being used by malware developers thanks to its flexibility...

Article | 26/04/2013 Dutchman arrested in connection with large DDoS attack on Spamhaus

A 35-year-old Dutchman was arrested Thursday in Spain, as part of an investigation into a large-scale DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attack that...

Article | 26/04/2013 Hackers increasingly target shared Web hosting servers for use in mass phishing attacks

Cybercriminals increasingly hack into shared Web hosting servers in order to use the domains hosted on them in large phishing campaigns, according to ...