Lucian Constantin - Author - PC World Australia

Stories by Lucian Constantin

Article | 21/02/2013 Mandiant report on Chinese cyberespionage used as bait in spear-phishing attacks

Attackers are using fake versions of a recently released report about a Chinese cyberespionage group as bait in new spear-phishing attacks that target...

Article | 21/02/2013 Twitter implements DMARC standard to fight phishing

Twitter has implemented DMARC, a standard for preventing email spoofing, in order to make it harder for attackers to send phishing emails that appear ...

Article | 21/02/2013 New Silent Text app for iOS allows encrypted file transfers with self-destruct option

Silent Circle, a startup company that provides encrypted mobile communication services, released a new version of its Silent Text app for iOS that all...

Article | 20/02/2013 Many companies likely affected by compromise of popular iOS developer forum

The administrators of a popular iOS developer Web forum called iPhoneDevSDK confirmed Wednesday that it had been compromised by hackers who used it to...

Article | 20/02/2013 Adobe releases emergency patches for Reader and Acrobat

Adobe released emergency patches for Adobe Reader and Acrobat 11, 10 and 9 on Wednesday that address two critical vulnerabilities being actively explo...

Article | 20/02/2013 Oracle releases new Java fixes, speeds up patching cycle

Oracle released new Java security updates on Tuesday and announced plans to accelerate the release of future Java patches following recent attacks tha...

Article | 19/02/2013 Mozilla changes policy to limit risk of subordinate CA certificate abuse

Mozilla is taking steps to limit the risk of powerful subordinate Certificate Authority (CA) certificates falling into the hands of attackers and pote...

Article | 18/02/2013 Germany probes labor practices at Amazon contractor

A TV report into the lives of migrant workers employed at Amazon.com distribution centers in Germany has prompted the government to call for an invest...

Article | 14/02/2013 Certificate Authorities form group to push for better certificate-revocation checking

Several Certificate Authorities (CAs) have formed an advocacy group called the Certificate Authority Security Council (CASC), which will focus on prom...

Article | 14/02/2013 Adobe confirms zero-day exploit bypasses Adobe Reader sandbox

A recently found exploit that bypasses the sandbox anti-exploitation protection in Adobe Reader 10 and 11 is highly sophisticated and is probably part...

Article | 13/02/2013 Emergency Alert System devices vulnerable to hacker attacks, researchers say

Devices used by many radio and TV stations to broadcast emergency messages as part of the U.S. Emergency Alert System (EAS) contain critical vulnerabi...

Article | 13/02/2013 Zero-day PDF exploit affects Adobe Reader 11 and earlier versions, researchers say

Researchers from security firm FireEye claim that attackers are actively using a remote code execution exploit that works against the latest versions ...

Article | 12/02/2013 Adobe releases patches for Flash Player and Shockwave Player

Adobe released security updates for Flash Player and Shockwave Player on Tuesday in order to address a total of 19 vulnerabilities affecting the two p...

Article | 12/02/2013 DaVinci surveillance malware distributed via zero-day Flash Player exploit, researchers say

Political activists from the Middle East were targeted in attacks that exploited a previously unknown Flash Player vulnerability to install a so-calle...

Article | 12/02/2013 McAfee enhances its business security management and SIEM products

McAfee is enhancing its business security platform by adding near real-time querying capabilities to its ePolicy Orchestrator software and by integrat...