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Article | 9/05/2013 Microsoft releases fix-it for Internet Explorer 8 vulnerability
Microsoft has released a temporary fix for a zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer 8, which was used by hackers in a prominent attack against th...
Article | 2/05/2013 U.S. Department of Labor website infected with malware
A subdomain of a U.S. Department of Labor website appeared offline on Wednesday after an apparent hack that looks similar to a known China-based hacki...
Article | 14/02/2013 Targeted online attacks rise against Uyghur minority
Two security vendors have detected an uptick in targeted malicious software attacks against the Uyghur community, an ethnic group in western China tha...
Article | 10/01/2013 Java zero-day vulnerability actively exploited by attackers
An exploit for a previously unknown and currently unpatched vulnerability in Java is being used by cybercriminals to infect computers with malware, ac...
Article | 17/12/2012 Another data-wiping malware program found in Iran
A new piece of malware that deletes entire partitions and user files from infected computers has been found in Iran, according to an alert issued Sund...
Article | 12/11/2012 Researchers identify year-long cyberespionage operation targeting Israelis, Palestinians
The recent cyberattack that infected Israeli police computers with malware was likely part of a year-long cyberespionage operation with targets in Isr...