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Article | 20/11/2012 Facebook to roll out HTTPS by default to all users
Facebook started encrypting the connections of its North American users by default last week as part of a plan to roll out always-on HTTPS (Hypertext ...
Article | 14/11/2012 Adobe confirms breach of Connectusers.com forum database, shuts down website
Adobe has shut down Connectusers.com, a community forum site for users of its Adobe Connect Web conferencing platform, because the site's user databas...
Article | 14/11/2012 Skype blocks password resets after trivial account hijacking flaw made public
Skype has disabled the account password reset option on its website following reports that the feature can be abused to hijack Skype accounts if the a...
Article | 13/11/2012 Phishing attack targets CloudFlare customers
Customers of the popular CloudFlare website acceleration and security service were targeted in an email attack that directed them to a fake version of...
Article | 5/11/2012 Hackers claim attacks against ImageShack, Symantec, other websites
Different hacker groups claim to have breached servers belonging to ImageShack, Symantec, and other organizations.
Article | 1/11/2012 Huawei to meet with security researcher who disclosed vulnerabilities in its products
Chinese networking and telecommunications equipment manufacturer Huawei plans to send a team of engineers to Germany in order to meet with Felix Lindn...
Article | 1/11/2012 Unprotected Apache server status pages put popular websites at risk
Many Apache Web servers, including those hosting some popular websites, expose information about the internal structure of the sites they host, the IP...
Article | 30/10/2012 Lack of abuse detection allows cloud computing instances to be used like botnets, study says
Some cloud providers fail to detect and block malicious traffic originating from their networks, which provides cybercriminals with an opportunity to ...
Article | 25/10/2012 Open DNS resolvers increasingly abused to amplify DDoS attacks, report says
Open and misconfigured DNS (Domain Name System) resolvers are increasingly used to amplify distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, according to ...
Article | 24/10/2012 Researcher to demonstrate feature-rich malware that works as a browser extension
Security researcher Zoltan Balazs has developed a remote-controlled piece of malware that functions as a browser extension and is capable of modifying...
Article | 24/10/2012 Adobe patches six critical vulnerabilities in Shockwave Player
Adobe has fixed six critical vulnerabilities in Shockwave Player that could potentially be exploited by attackers to execute malicious code, via the r...
Article | 22/10/2012 Spammers abuse .gov URL shortener service in work-at-home scams
Spammers have found a way to abuse a URL shortener service destined for U.S. government social media activities in order to craft rogue .gov URLs for ...
Article | 22/11/2011 EFF proposes new method to strengthen Public Key Infrastructure
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is proposing an extension to the current SSL chain of trust that aims to improve the security of HTTPS and ot...
Article | 9/11/2011 European information security agency warns about data-profiling risks to minors
The European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) has issued recommendations to law enforcement agencies, European Union member states, civ...
Article | 6/11/2011 Anonymous again says it will not attack Facebook on Saturday
Facebook will not be targeted by Anonymous on Saturday, the hacking group said in one of its Twitter accounts, again distancing itself from a threat t...

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