Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Guilty Plea: Blind Hacker Admits Harassment, Eavesdropping, Fraud

Not necessary something the neighbors want to see, a SWAT team storming into your house. But I guess for some people that was funny till now.

Read the full article here: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/01/guilty-plea-bli/

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Trojans are fastest-growing data-stealing malware

This is nothing new but it seems that the current approaches are not really getting this problem under control, trjans stealing information of computers.

Read the full article here: http://www.scmagazineus.com/Trojans-are-fastest-growing-data-stealing-malware/article/139252/

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Britney Spears Twitpic account hacked

A vulnerability in a third-party service through which users post photos to their Twitter profiles allowed hackers on Sunday to falsely report that Britney Spears had died.

Read the full article at: http://www.scmagazineus.com/Britney-Spears-Twitpic-account-hacked-to-post-fake-death-notice/article/139250/

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Sunday, June 28, 2009

Michael Jackson's death exploited by cybercriminals

Michael Jackson's death exploited by cybercriminals
Always quick to capitalize on major headlines, spammers have begun sending out messages related to the deaths of Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett, security researchers said.

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Michael Jackson's death exploited by cybercriminals

We are on Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/1ssa

We are now also on Twitter, for the really busy people that do not even have time to read the RSS, Blog or Newsletter version. Take a look at www.twitter.com/1ssa

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Q2 security highlights

Business as usual I would say...

Q2 security highlights
President Obama's cybersecurity speech was the most notable information security event from the second quarter of 2009, security vendor F-secure said in its quarterly threat summary. The most notable threats from March to June included the Conficker worm, Twitter attacks, and PDF exploits. Conficker, in particular, "proved to be the most significant malware outbreak in recent years," F-Secure said. — AM

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Q2 security highlights

FTP login credentials at major corporations breached

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Who knows what else has been working under the cover for years...

FTP login credentials at major corporations breached
A trojan has reportedly been uncovered that is harvesting FTP login data of major corporations, including the Bank of America, BBC, Amazon, Cisco, Monster.com, Symantec and McAfee.

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FTP login credentials at major corporations breached