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Critical IE 11 bug can be used for effective phishing attacks

A hacker has discovered a universal Cross Site Scripting (XSS) flaw that affects Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 7 and 8.1, and which could allow attackers to execute …

Massive malvertising campaign leads to latest Flash Player zero-day exploit

It has been a tough beginning of the year for Adobe and a dangerous one for Adobe Flash Player users. The recently discovered zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2015-0313) affecting …

Fake Facebook Account Suspended emails lead to Trojans, ransomware

Fake Facebook account suspension emails are doing rounds of inboxes around the world, trying to convince the recipients that their account has been temporarily disabled due to …

APT players lack deep skills of exploitation, fail at QA

Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) actors are generally considered to be among the most sophisticated cyber exploiters out there. But is this perception correct? Gabor …

Beware of emails pushing Google Chrome updates!

Google Chrome users are being actively targeted with a spam email campaign impersonating the Internet giant, urging them to download a newer version of the popular browser …

League of Legends exploit allows attackers to access gamers’ accounts

A string of hacks has revealed the existence of an exploit targeting League of Legends players, which allows the attackers to open up the game’s store from a web browser …

HipChat service users urged to change password after database breach

Australian enterprise software company Atlassian has notified users of its HipChat service that they have suffered a breach, which resulted in the compromise of names, …

New Flash Player 0-day exploited in malvertising attacks

A new Adobe Flash Player zero-day flaw is being actively exploited in the wild via the Angler exploit kit, Trend Micro threat analyst Peter Pi has warned. The flaw …

Browser security warning redesigned with partial success

How to make users understand a browser’s SSL warning, and make them choose the link that will lead them away from a site that has been deemed unsafe for use? A group of …

Hackers continue breaching, stealing credit card data from parking services

The hackers behind the Target and Home Depot data breaches have struck again, and this time the victims seem to be the customers of Book2Park.com, an online parking …

Raptr hacked, user info and passwords compromised

Gaming social networking site Raptr is the latest victim of hackers. Dennis Fong, the company’s founder and CEO, announced that they have had a break in and that user …

Outlook for iOS breaks company security, developer warns

One the same day that Microsoft released its new Outlook app for iOS, a developer has warned that it breaks corporate security in multiple ways. René Winkelmeyer, Head of …

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