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Some Samsung phones can be wiped by clicking a malicious link
- Update 9/26: Samsung has issued a security fix for its flagship Galaxy S3 smartphone addressing this issue. The update can be found under Software Update feature in Settings. No word yet on when the Galaxy S II and other affected…
Intel working to eliminate passwords through palm reading technology
- Intel is actively developing a palm reading technology that they hope will allow users to log into online services more easily. The company believes that biometrics offer an escape from the problems that accompany traditional passwords – having too many…
Kaspersky uncovers mystery malware on Flame C&C servers
- Kaspersky has published its findings on the massively distributed Flame malware it identified four months ago, revealing that evidence found on Command & Control (C&C) servers suggests the strain dates back as far as 2006. Researchers also learned that the…
Internet Explorer hit by zero-day exploit, temporary fix issued
- Microsoft is urging users of Internet Explorer to download a free security tool, enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET), as an interim measure against a previously unknown zero-day exploit in its web browser software that is under active malware attack by hackers. …
UK's GCHQ announces a new cyber security institute
- Britain’s Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) has announced a new academic cyber security institute will open in the UK next month. Partly funded by a £3.8 million ($6.1m) grant from the country’s spy center, the move comes as the government looks…
Compression flaw may allow for HTTPS hijacking on some browsers
- Security researchers have discovered a SSL-based compression flaw which allows hackers to hijack HTTPS-encrypted web sessions. HTTPS, or HTTP Secure, is the same protocol used by online stores, banks and other websites to encrypt the sensitive data transmissions across the net. …
Microsoft disrupts botnet malware that was preinstalled on new PCs
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Microsoft has disrupted an emerging botnet along with more than 500 strains of malware after taking control of a malicious.org domain this week. Last August, Microsoft learned that many systems sold in China were preloaded with malware, including strains linked to Nitol...
Google acquires VirusTotal, but will continue independent operation
- VirusTotal, a popular web-based virus scanning tool, announced its very own acquisition by Google. While details regarding the deal remain mostly secretive, VirusTotal says it will continue to operate independently of Google and maintain its multi-faceted sphere of partnerships with…
Anonymous member claims responsibility for GoDaddy hack
- Domain registrar and hosting company GoDaddy is experiencing outages that could potentially affect millions of websites. The issues were first noticed around 10 a.m. PT and have been intermittent since then, a spokesperson for GoDaddy told CBS News. The outages…
BlueToad: We're the real source of Apple UDIDs leaked by AntiSec
- BlueToad, a Florida-based digital publishing firm, announced today that the one million stolen Apple Unique Device Identifiers (UDIDs) published by AntiSec hackers last week were taken from its servers two weeks ago, and are not part of an FBI snooping…
Guild Wars 2 players targeted in phishing attacks
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Guild Wars 2 is suffering from phishing attacks by hackers believed to be in China who so far have compromised scores of user accounts since the game launched a couple of weeks ago. ArenaNet, the game's developer, insists its servers and web portals remain secure...
Oil giant Saudi Aramco hit by hackers, virus infects 30,000 PCs
- Saudi Aramco, a Saudi Arabian oil giant responsible for supplying a tenth of the world's oil, has instructed six separate firms with expertise in hacking and viruses to investigate a massive breach of security that infected 30,000 of the company's…
Symantec says cybercrime cost consumers $110 billion last year
- New research shows more than 71 million Americans became victims of cybercrime over the past 12 months. Symantec’s 2012 Cybercrime Report further highlights the fact that US consumers lost nearly $21 billion as a result of malware, viruses, hacking, scams,…
Embedded Flash puts Windows 8 users at risk until Oct 26
- Are you running the Windows 8 RTM yet? If you are, you may want to be careful out there, suggests Ed Bott from ZDNet. Internet Explorer 10's embedded Flash component suffers from a number of critical vulnerabilities which allow hackers…
BitFloor breached, hacker makes off with $250,000 in BitCoins
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The future of BitFloor, the largest BitCoin exchange in the United States is uncertain after its founder announced yesterday that the company has suspended operations due to hackers compromising its server and making off with 24,000 BitCoins...
AntiSec breaches FBI laptop, grabs 12 million Apple iOS UDIDs
- The Federal Bureau of Investigation is in the spotlight after Anonymous and LulzSec co-op AntiSec revealed it breached their security and extracted 12,367,232 Unique Device Identifiers (UDID) for Apple iOS devices from one of their agent’s laptops, raising concerns as…
New malware targets Linux and Mac OS X
- A new piece of malware targeting Macs and Linux-based systems is causing a world of trouble for those in its path. Wirenet.1 is responsible for stealing passwords stored in browsers like Chrome, Chromium, Firefox and Opera. Furthermore, it’s able to…
Mozilla warns Firefox users to disable Java over zero-day exploit
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Mozilla has warned Firefox users to disable Oracle's Java software framework plugin after researchers discovered that cybercriminals are actively exploiting yet another zero-day vulnerability in the cross-platform software. Atif Mushtaq, a security researcher for FireEye, first discovered...
Google job listing reveals creation of privacy red team
- Google is preparing to build a privacy “red team” that will work to investigate and solve privacy concerns moving forward. The new division comes just a week after the search giant was hit with a record-setting $22.6 million fine by…
Homeland Security probes SSL flaw in RuggedCom gear securing critical infrastructure
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The US Department of Homeland Security is investigating claims that a researcher has found a SSL vulnerability in Siemens’ RuggedCom network equipment that could enable hackers to compromise the networks of critical infrastructure...
Car viruses? Intel aims to protect drivers from hackers
- As high-technology continues to creep into horseless carriages everywhere, there's one thing we can all count on: abuse of that technology. According to Reuters, Intel's "top hackers" are on the case though, poring over the software which powers the fanciest…
Hackers target AMD's blog, steal usernames, emails and passwords
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AMD’s official blog has become the latest victim of hackers after a four-man group known as r00tbeer breached its server, defaced their blog and dumped a SQL database with the user credentials of nearly 200 of the...
Apple responds to SMS vulnerability in iOS, suggests using iMessage
- Apple has replied to a story that surfaced last week highlighting a SMS vulnerability in iOS that has existed since the original iPhone shipped in 2007 and is still present in iOS 6 beta 4. Instead of offering to fix…
SMS spoofing vulnerability exposed in Apple's iOS
- A prominent jailbreaker that goes by the handle Pod2g has exposed a vulnerability in the way iOS interprets key SMS data that could allow scammers to gain sensitive information from iPhone users. Essentially, the flaw makes it possible to change…
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