Article | 25/05/2012
Mayor of New Jersey town arrested on hacking and conspiracy charges
The mayor of West New York, New Jersey, was arrested together with his son on Thursday, for allegedly hacking into a website that criticized him and h...
Article | 24/05/2012
Researchers propose TLS extension to detect rogue SSL certificates
A pair of security researchers have proposed an extension to the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol that would allow browsers to detect and block...
Article | 24/05/2012
Yahoo leaks private key, allows anyone to build Yahoo-signed Chrome extensions
Yahoo was forced to release a new version of its Axis extension for Google Chrome after the original one contained a private key that allowed anyone t...
Article | 23/05/2012
Bredolab botnet author sentenced to 4 years in prison in Armenia
The creator of the Bredolab malware received a four-year prison sentence in Armenia on Monday for using his botnet to launch DDoS (distributed denial-...
Article | 23/05/2012
Banking malware monitors victims by hijacking webcams and microphones, researchers say
A new variant of SpyEye malware allows cybercriminals to monitor potential bank fraud victims by hijacking their webcams and microphones, according to...
Article | 22/05/2012
Cross-browser worm spreads via Facebook, security experts warn
Malware writers have used Crossrider, a cross-browser extension development framework, to build a click-fraud worm that spreads on Facebook, security ...
Article | 16/05/2012
Zeus variant tricks Facebook, webmail users into exposing card details
A new variant of the Zeus trojan tricks users into exposing their debit card details by displaying rogue offers when they visit Facebook, Gmail, Yahoo...
Article | 16/05/2012
Wikipedia warns users about malware injecting ads into its pages
Visitors to Wikipedia who see advertisements on the site have most likely fallen victim to a browser-based malware infection, Wikimedia Foundation, th...
Article | 15/05/2012
Hackers break into bitcoin exchange site Bitcoinica, steal $90,000 in bitcoins
Bitcoin exchange site Bitcoinica suspended its operations on Friday after hackers managed to steal 18,547 bitcoins -- valued at about US$90,000 -- fro...
Article | 12/05/2012
Amnesty International's UK website compromised to infect visitors with cyberspying malware
The U.K. website of Amnesty International, a human rights watchdog organization, was compromised by hackers, who used it to infect visitors with a rem...
Article | 11/05/2012
APT attackers are increasingly using booby-trapped RTF documents, experts say
Booby-trapped RTF documents are one of the most common types of malicious Microsoft Office files that are used to infect computers with advanced persi...
Article | 10/05/2012
Police-themed ransomware starts targeting US and Canadian users
A ransomware application that locks computers and asks their owners to pay fines for allegedly violating several laws through their online activity is...
Article | 9/05/2012
PHP patches actively exploited CGI vulnerability
The PHP Group has released PHP 5.4.3 and PHP 5.3.13 on Tuesday in order to address two remote code execution vulnerabilities, one of which is being ac...
Article | 9/05/2012
Financial malware tricks users with claims of free credit card fraud insurance
A piece of financial malware called Tatanga attempts to trick online banking users into authorizing rogue money transfers from their accounts as part ...
Article | 7/05/2012
PHP working on new patch for critical vulnerability after initial one failed
The PHP Group plans to release new versions of the PHP processor on Tuesday in order to patch two publicly known critical remote code execution vulner...
