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Article | 31/01/2013 New York Times computer network breached by Chinese hackers, paper says
Hackers from China breached the computer network of The New York Times and stole passwords that allowed them to gain access to computers and email acc...
Article | 24/01/2013 Web server hackers install rogue Apache modules and SSH backdoors, researchers say
A group of hackers that are infecting Web servers with rogue Apache modules are also backdooring their Secure Shell (SSH) services in order to steal l...
Article | 15/01/2013 Java exploit used in Red October cyberespionage attacks, researchers say
The hundreds of government, military and research organizations targeted in a large-scale cyberespionage operation dubbed Red October were not only at...
Article | 14/01/2013 Diplomatic and government agencies targeted in years-long cyberespionage operation
Unidentified attackers stole sensitive information from hundreds of diplomatic, government, research and military organizations from around the world ...
Article | 21/12/2012 Stabuniq malware found on servers at U.S. financial institutions
Security researchers from Symantec have identified an information-stealing Trojan program that was used to infect computer servers belonging to variou...
Article | 17/12/2012 Improved Carberp banking malware will target North American banks, Group-IB says
The creators of Carberp, a banking Trojan program used exclusively in Russian-speaking countries, have started to sell an improved version of the malw...
Article | 14/12/2012 SMS stealing apps uploaded to Google Play by Carberp banking malware gang
Several malicious Android apps designed to steal mobile transaction authentication numbers (mTANs) sent by banks to their customers over SMS (Short Me...
Article | 13/12/2012 Project Blitzkrieg e-banking heist is a credible threat, McAfee says
Project Blitzkrieg, a coordinated attack against U.S. banking customers allegedly planned for the spring of 2013, is a real and credible threat, secur...
Article | 7/12/2012 Tor network used to command Skynet botnet
Security researchers have identified a botnet controlled by its creators over the Tor anonymity network. It's likely that other botnet operators will ...
Article | 30/11/2012 Japan space agency: virus may have stolen space rocket data
Japan's space agency said Friday that sensitive information on a new long-range rocket project may have been stolen by a computer virus.
Article | 19/11/2012 Malware uses Google Docs as proxy to command and control server
Security researchers from antivirus vendor Symantec have uncovered a piece of malware that uses Google Docs, which is now part of Google Drive, as a b...
Article | 16/11/2012 Xtreme RAT cyberespionage campaign targeted U.S., U.K., other governments
The hacker group that recently infected Israeli police computers with the Xtreme RAT malware has also targeted government institutions from the U.S., ...
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...
Article | 13/10/2011 Peer-to-peer update to Zeus Trojan confers resistance to take-downs
The Zeus financial malware has been updated with P-to-P (peer-to-peer) functionality that makes it much more resilient to take-down efforts and gives ...
Article | 12/10/2011 German officials admit to deploying intercept software
Officials in a number of German state governments have owned up to using the Quellen-TKÜ Trojan Horse software in criminal investigations to intercept...

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