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Article | 21/05/2013 Researchers find critical vulnerabilities in popular game engines
Security researchers found serious vulnerabilities in the engines of several popular first-person shooter video games that could allow attackers to co...
Article | 20/05/2013 Attack on Telenor was part of large cyberespionage operation with Indian origins: report
A recent intrusion on the computer network of Norwegian telecommunications company Telenor was the result of a large cyberespionage operation of India...
Article | 17/05/2013 In a sea of malware, viruses make a small comeback
The computer virus seems to be making a subtle comeback.
Article | 14/05/2013 Microsoft rushes Explorer 8 patch release
Just 11 days after issuing an advisory, Microsoft has released a patch for a bug in Internet Explorer 8 that bedeviled the U.S. Department of Labor ea...
Article | 14/05/2013 Adobe releases critical security updates for Reader, Flash Player and ColdFusion
Adobe has released scheduled security updates for its Reader, Acrobat, Flash Player and ColdFusion products on Tuesday in order to fix many critical v...
Article | 14/05/2013 It's better to call ahead before sending malware, Symantec finds
Hackers are finding it pays to call ahead before sending malware-laden email.
Article | 10/05/2013 The Onion explains how its Twitter account was hacked
Hackers who commandeered The Onion's Twitter account used simple but effective phishing attacks to obtain passwords, according to a writeup by the pub...
Article | 9/05/2013 Adobe warns customers of unpatched critical flaw in ColdFusion
Adobe has warned users of its ColdFusion application server platform of a critical vulnerability that could give unauthorized users access to sensitiv...
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 | 8/05/2013 Highly critical vulnerability fixed in Nginx Web server software
The development team behind the popular Nginx open-source Web server software released security updates on Tuesday to address a highly critical vulner...
Article | 8/05/2013 Stealthy Web server malware spreads further
A stealthy malicious software program is taking hold in some of the most popular Web servers, and researchers still don't know why.
Article | 3/05/2013 Systems manager arrested for hacking former employer's network
A 41-year-old man was arrested for allegedly disrupting his former employer's network after he was passed over for promotions, leading him to quit his...
Article | 2/05/2013 D-Link publishes beta patches for IP camera vulnerabilities
D-Link has published beta patches for vulnerabilities in the firmware of many of its IP surveillance cameras, which could allow a hacker to intercept ...
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 | 30/04/2013 D-Link firmware flaws could allow IP video stream spying
If you run a bank and use an IP video camera from D-Link, you may want to pay attention to this.