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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 | 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 Dutch bill seeks to give law enforcement hacking powers
The Dutch government today presented a draft bill that aims to give law enforcement the power to hack into computer systems -- including those located...
Article | 24/04/2013 Amazon looks to move security appliances to the cloud, says CISO
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is looking to expand its security offerings with hosted intrusion protection appliances and more extensive encryption featur...
Article | 23/04/2013 Malware hijacks Twitter accounts to send dangerous links
Twitter users in the Netherlands are being targeted by a piece of malware that hijacks their accounts, according to security vendor Trusteer.
Article | 16/04/2013 Pirate Bay co-founder charged with hacking IBM mainframes, stealing money
Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg was charged with hacking the IBM mainframe of Logica, a Swedish IT firm that provided tax services to th...
Article | 15/04/2013 Gambling software developer moves to fix poker game flaws
A poker software developer plans to implement a fix this week for a vulnerability recently discovered by two security researchers who analyzed one of ...
Article | 11/04/2013 Hackers could start abusing electric car chargers to cripple the grid, researcher says
Hackers could use vulnerable charging stations to prevent the charging of electric vehicles in a certain area, or possibly even use the vulnerabilitie...
Article | 4/04/2013 Sophos fixes vulnerabilities in its Web security appliance
Security vendor Sophos has released an update for the software used on its Web gateway security appliance in order to address three serious vulnerabil...
Article | 4/04/2013 Bitcoin storage service, Instawallet, suffers database attack
An online bitcoin storage service, Instawallet, said Wednesday it is accepting claims for stolen bitcoins after the company's database was fraudulentl...
Article | 2/04/2013 Researchers find APT malware that monitors mouse clicks to evade detection
Researchers from security vendor FireEye have uncovered a new APT (advanced persistent threat) that uses multiple detection evasion techniques, includ...
Article | 28/03/2013 Researchers find new point-of-sale malware called BlackPOS
A new piece of malware that infects point-of-sale (POS) systems has already been used to compromise thousands of payment cards belonging to customers ...
Article | 21/03/2013 Researchers find TeamViewer-based cyberespionage operation
Security researchers have uncovered yet another ongoing cyberespionage operation targeting political and human rights activists, government agencies, ...
Article | 21/03/2013 Taiwan security official warns of crippling Chinese cyberattacks
Chinese cyberattacks targeting Taiwan are moving beyond stealing sensitive information, and could be capable of crippling the island's transportation ...