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Article | 11/02/2013 Mega: Bug bounty program resulted in seven vulnerabilities fixed so far

One week after launching a security bug bounty program, the new file-storage and sharing service Mega claims to have fixed seven vulnerabilities, none...

Article | 8/02/2013 Critical vulnerability in cURL library could affect large number of applications

A critical buffer overflow vulnerability patched this week in the widely used open-source cURL library (libcurl) has the potential to expose a large n...

Article | 8/02/2013 Banking malware returns to basics to evade detection, Trusteer says

Financial malware authors are trying to evade new online banking security systems by returning to more traditional phishing-like credential stealing t...

Article | 7/02/2013 New Whitehole exploit toolkit emerges on the underground market

A new exploit kit called Whitehole has emerged on the underground market, providing cybercriminals with one more tool to infect computers with malware...

Article | 6/02/2013 Barracuda Networks takes further steps to close backdoor access to its network gear

Barracuda Networks released a new update on Monday to further mitigate a security issue that could have allowed attackers to gain unauthorized access ...

Article | 6/02/2013 Researchers devise new attack techniques against SSL

The developers of many SSL libraries are releasing patches for a vulnerability that could potentially be exploited to recover plaintext information, s...

Article | 5/02/2013 Bad Kaspersky antivirus update prevents business and home users from accessing websites

A faulty antivirus update issued by Kaspersky Lab on Monday left many of its home and business customers unable to access any websites on their comput...

Article | 4/02/2013 Mega launches vulnerability reward program

The Mega file-sharing service has launched a vulnerability reward program that will pay up to €10,000 (around US$13,600) for every serious security fl...

Article | 1/02/2013 Broadcom UPnP implementation also contains critical vulnerability, researchers say

Security researchers from Croatia-based security firm DefenseCode claim to have found a critical remote code execution vulnerability in the UPnP (Univ...

Article | 31/01/2013 Email attack exploits vulnerability in Yahoo site to hijack accounts

Hackers behind a recently detected email attack campaign are exploiting a vulnerability in a Yahoo website to hijack the email accounts of Yahoo users...

Article | 31/01/2013 New York Times computer network breached by Chinese hackers, paper says

Hackers from China breached the computer network of The New York Times and stole passwords that allowed them to gain access to computers and email acc...

Article | 31/01/2013 Critical vulnerability affects latest VLC media player version

Versions 2.0.5 and earlier of the popular VLC media player software contain a critical vulnerability that can be potentially exploited by attackers to...

Article | 30/01/2013 Kaspersky Lab adds mobile and system management to its business security offering

Kaspersky Lab on Wednesday made its bid to reduce the complexity associated with managing IT security processes in corporate environments, with a new ...

Article | 29/01/2013 Ruby on Rails receives the third security patch in less than a month

Developers of the Ruby on Rails Web development framework released versions 3.0.20 and 2.3.16 of the software on Monday in order to address a critical...

Article | 29/01/2013 UPnP flaws expose tens of millions of networked devices to remote attacks, researchers say

Tens of millions of network-enabled devices including routers, printers, media servers, IP cameras, smart TVs and more can be attacked over the Intern...