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Article | 27/02/2013 Researchers discover new global cyber-espionage campaign
Security researchers have identified an ongoing cyber-espionage campaign that compromised 59 computers belonging to government organizations, research...
Article | 26/02/2013 Hacking victim Bit9 blames SQL injection flaw
Bit9 said a common Web application vulnerability was responsible for allowing hackers to ironically use the security vendor's systems as a launch pad ...
Article | 22/02/2013 Zendesk says breach compromised email addresses
Zendesk said Thursday a hacker gained access to support information for some customers of its online help desk software.
Article | 22/02/2013 NBC.com hacked to serve up banking malware
Websites affiliated with U.S. broadcaster NBC were hacked for several hours on Thursday, serving up malicious software intended to steal bank account ...
Article | 21/02/2013 Mandiant report on Chinese cyberespionage used as bait in spear-phishing attacks
Attackers are using fake versions of a recently released report about a Chinese cyberespionage group as bait in new spear-phishing attacks that target...
Article | 21/02/2013 US students get cracking on Chinese malware code
Wesley McGrew, a research associate at Mississippi State University, may be among the few people thrilled with the latest grim report into a years-lon...
Article | 20/02/2013 Many companies likely affected by compromise of popular iOS developer forum
The administrators of a popular iOS developer Web forum called iPhoneDevSDK confirmed Wednesday that it had been compromised by hackers who used it to...
Article | 20/02/2013 China's Defense Ministry calls accusations of state-sponsored hacking groundless
China's Ministry of National Defense on Wednesday refuted the accusations that the nation's military supports cyberespionage, and said a recent securi...
Article | 20/02/2013 Twitter calls for smarter password habits following Jeep, Burger King hacks
Twitter is urging its account holders to be smarter with their passwords following two recent attacks by hackers directed at Burger King and Jeep that...
Article | 17/02/2013 Adobe to release emergency patches for Reader, Acrobat
Adobe Systems said it will release patches for two critical vulnerabilities disclosed last week that are actively being used by attackers.
Article | 15/02/2013 Facebook targeted by hackers, says no user data compromised
Facebook said Friday it had been the target of a sophisticated hacking attack but that it had no evidence any user data had been compromised.
Article | 14/02/2013 Adobe confirms zero-day exploit bypasses Adobe Reader sandbox
A recently found exploit that bypasses the sandbox anti-exploitation protection in Adobe Reader 10 and 11 is highly sophisticated and is probably part...
Article | 13/02/2013 Zero-day PDF exploit affects Adobe Reader 11 and earlier versions, researchers say
Researchers from security firm FireEye claim that attackers are actively using a remote code execution exploit that works against the latest versions ...
Article | 12/02/2013 DaVinci surveillance malware distributed via zero-day Flash Player exploit, researchers say
Political activists from the Middle East were targeted in attacks that exploited a previously unknown Flash Player vulnerability to install a so-calle...
Article | 11/02/2013 Bit9 says attack likely targeted a narrow set of companies
Security vendor Bit9 promised to release limited details of a hack caused by a failure of the company to install the same security software on its own...