Lucian Constantin - Author - PC World Australia

Stories by Lucian Constantin

Article | 3/04/2012 Ice IX malware tricks Facebook users into exposing credit card details, says Trusteer

A new configuration of the Ice IX malware attempts to trick its victims into exposing their credit card details when they try to access their Facebook...

Article | 3/04/2012 Adobe releases open source malware classification tool

Adobe Systems has released a malware classification tool in order to help security incident first responders, malware analysts and security researcher...

Article | 3/04/2012 Unpatched Java vulnerability exploited to infect Macs with Flashback malware

A Java vulnerability that hasn't yet been patched by Apple is being exploited by cybercriminals to infect Mac computers with a new variant of the Flas...

Article | 31/03/2012 Kelihos gang is building a new botnet, researchers say

The cyber-criminal gang that operated the recently disabled Kelihos botnet has already begun building a new botnet with the help of a Facebook worm, a...

Article | 30/03/2012 Do-it-yourself plan to take down Sality botnet outlined on public mailing list

A method that anyone can use to hijack a massive multipurpose botnet called Sality was described in detail on a public mailing list on Tuesday.

Article | 30/03/2012 Malware infects Macs through Microsoft Office vulnerability

Security researchers have encountered new email-based targeted attacks that exploit a vulnerability in Microsoft Office to install a remote access Tro...

Article | 29/03/2012 Security firms disable the second Kelihos botnet

A group of malware experts from security companies Kaspersky Lab, CrowdStrike, Dell SecureWorks and the Honeynet Project, have worked together to disa...

Article | 29/03/2012 Flash Player 11.2 fixes critical vulnerabilities, adds silent updates

Adobe released Flash Player 11.2 on Tuesday, addressing two critical arbitrary code execution vulnerabilities and introducing a silent update option.

Article | 28/03/2012 Reborn LulzSec claims hack of dating site for military personnel

A group of hackers claiming to be the reborn Lulz Security (LulzSec) took credit for an alleged compromise of MilitarySingles.com, a dating website fo...

Article | 26/03/2012 Facebook scammers host Trojan horse extensions on the Chrome Web Store

Cybercriminals are uploading malicious Chrome browser extensions to the official Chrome Web Store and use them to hijack Facebook accounts, according ...

Article | 23/03/2012 European mid-size businesses unprepared for data security risks, study says

European mid-size businesses are not doing enough to protect their sensitive data, and need to take employee-related information security threats more...

Article | 23/03/2012 Most webmasters don't know how their websites got hacked, report says

Most owners of compromised websites don't know how their sites got hacked into and only 6 percent detect the malicious activity on their own, accordin...

Article | 22/03/2012 Hacktivism was the leading cause for compromised data in 2011, says Verizon

More than half of data stolen from companies in 2011 was a result of hacktivist actions, even though the majority of data breaches were still caused b...

Article | 22/03/2012 Report about hack threat to Tibetan activists used as lure in attack against them

Hackers are using a recent report about cyberthreats to Tibetan activists as a lure in a new attack against pro-Tibet organizations that distributes W...

Article | 21/03/2012 Researchers discover new Duqu variant that tries to evade antivirus detection

Security researchers have discovered a new variant of the Duqu cyberespionage malware that was designed to evade detection by antivirus products and o...