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Article | 18/03/2013 Internal-use SSL certificates pose security risk for upcoming domain extensions
The practice of issuing SSL certificates for internal domain names with unqualified extensions could endanger the privacy and integrity of HTTPS commu...
Article | 15/03/2013 Researchers find vulnerability in EA's Origin platform
Users of Origin, the game distribution platform of Electronic Arts (EA), are vulnerable to remote code execution attacks through origin:// URLs, accor...
Article | 15/03/2013 3G and 4G USB modems are a security threat, researcher says
The vast majority of 3G and 4G USB modems handed out by mobile operators to their customers are manufactured by a handful of companies and run insecur...
Article | 14/03/2013 Researchers resurrect and improve CRIME attack against SSL
Two researchers from security firm Imperva have devised new techniques that could allow attackers to extract sensitive information from users' encrypt...
Article | 6/03/2013 LinkedIn wins dismissal of lawsuit seeking damages for massive password breach
Professional social networking service LinkedIn won the dismissal of a lawsuit seeking damages on behalf of premium users who had their log-in passwor...
Article | 5/03/2013 Cybercriminals using digitally signed Java exploits to trick users
Security researchers warn that cybercriminals have started using Java exploits signed with digital certificates to trick users into allowing the malic...
Article | 4/03/2013 Oracle releases emergency fix for Java zero-day exploit
Oracle released emergency patches for Java on Monday to address two critical vulnerabilities, one of which is actively being exploited by hackers in t...
Article | 4/03/2013 Researchers link latest Java zero-day exploit to Bit9 hack
The attacks discovered last week that exploited a previously unknown Java vulnerability were likely launched by the same attackers that previously tar...
Article | 22/02/2013 Facebook said to fix OAuth-based account hijacking flaw
Facebook has patched a serious vulnerability that could have allowed attackers to easily gain access to private user account data and control accounts...
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...

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