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• Article | 24/05/2012 Bug bounty hunters reveal eight vulnerabilities in Google services

  Security researchers unveiled eight vulnerabilities in Google services during the Hack in the Box conference in Amsterdam on Thursday -- but they clai...
• Article | 23/05/2012 McAfee reports big spike in malware

  PC malware had its "busiest quarter in recent history," according to McAfee's quarterly security report released Wednesday.
• 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 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 | 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 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 Malware demands payment for alleged copyright infringement

  A new wave of malware freezes a computer and demands payment to unlock it, this time falsely alleging victims have infringed copyright.
• Article | 25/04/2012 Macs more likely to carry Windows malware than Mac malware, study finds

  One in five Mac computers is likely to carry Windows malware, but only one in 36 is likely to be infected with malware specifically designed for the M...
• Article | 24/04/2012 Russian-speaking cybercriminals earned $4.5 billion in 2011, researchers estimate

  Russian-speaking hackers earned an estimated US$4.5 billion globally using various online criminal tactics and are thus responsible for 36 percent of ...
• Article | 20/04/2012 Twitter spam campaign infects users with fake antivirus programs

  A large spam campaign observed on Twitter during the last couple of days directed users to malicious websites that exploited vulnerabilities in browse...
• Article | 19/04/2012 Android malware writers exploit Instagram craze to distribute SMS Trojan horse

  In an attempt to take advantage of the popularity of free photo-sharing app Instagram among smartphone users, malware writers have created fake Instag...