Lucian Constantin - Author - PC World Australia

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Article | 31/05/2012 GameReplays invites hackers to probe site following data breach

The owner of GameReplays.org has invited ethical hackers to probe the website for vulnerabilities after a recent compromise that resulted in 10,000 me...

Article | 30/05/2012 Copies of anti-censorship software used in Iran and Syria contain keylogger

Rogue copies of Green Simurgh, an Internet proxy software application used in Iran and Syria, have been found to contain malware that records users' a...

Article | 29/05/2012 Romanian authorities dismantle hacker group targeting government websites

Twelve individuals were detained by Romanian authorities on Tuesday, suspected of being members of a cybercriminal group that hacked into the websites...

Article | 28/05/2012 Researchers identify Stuxnet-like cyberespionage malware called 'Flame'

A new, highly sophisticated malware threat that was predominantly used in cyberespionage attacks against targets in the Middle East has been identifie...

Article | 25/05/2012 Mayor of New Jersey town arrested on hacking and conspiracy charges

The mayor of West New York, New Jersey, was arrested together with his son on Thursday, for allegedly hacking into a website that criticized him and h...

Article | 24/05/2012 Researchers propose TLS extension to detect rogue SSL certificates

A pair of security researchers have proposed an extension to the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol that would allow browsers to detect and block...

Article | 24/05/2012 Yahoo leaks private key, allows anyone to build Yahoo-signed Chrome extensions

Yahoo was forced to release a new version of its Axis extension for Google Chrome after the original one contained a private key that allowed anyone t...

Article | 23/05/2012 Bredolab botnet author sentenced to 4 years in prison in Armenia

The creator of the Bredolab malware received a four-year prison sentence in Armenia on Monday for using his botnet to launch DDoS (distributed denial-...

Article | 23/05/2012 Banking malware monitors victims by hijacking webcams and microphones, researchers say

A new variant of SpyEye malware allows cybercriminals to monitor potential bank fraud victims by hijacking their webcams and microphones, according to...

Article | 22/05/2012 Cross-browser worm spreads via Facebook, security experts warn

Malware writers have used Crossrider, a cross-browser extension development framework, to build a click-fraud worm that spreads on Facebook, security ...

Article | 16/05/2012 Zeus variant tricks Facebook, webmail users into exposing card details

A new variant of the Zeus trojan tricks users into exposing their debit card details by displaying rogue offers when they visit Facebook, Gmail, Yahoo...

Article | 16/05/2012 Wikipedia warns users about malware injecting ads into its pages

Visitors to Wikipedia who see advertisements on the site have most likely fallen victim to a browser-based malware infection, Wikimedia Foundation, th...

Article | 15/05/2012 Hackers break into bitcoin exchange site Bitcoinica, steal $90,000 in bitcoins

Bitcoin exchange site Bitcoinica suspended its operations on Friday after hackers managed to steal 18,547 bitcoins -- valued at about US$90,000 -- fro...

Article | 12/05/2012 Amnesty International's UK website compromised to infect visitors with cyberspying malware

The U.K. website of Amnesty International, a human rights watchdog organization, was compromised by hackers, who used it to infect visitors with a rem...

Article | 11/05/2012 APT attackers are increasingly using booby-trapped RTF documents, experts say

Booby-trapped RTF documents are one of the most common types of malicious Microsoft Office files that are used to infect computers with advanced persi...