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Facebook awards $33,500 bounty for critical flaw
Facebook has announced that it has awarded $33,500 – their biggest bug bounty payout to date – to a Brazilian security researcher that discovered a remote code …
Chrome bugs allow websites to listen in on your conversations
Several security flaws in the popular Google Chrome browser can be exploited to turn the computer into a surreptitious listening device, claims Israeli developer Tal Ater. As …
Hacker Guccifer arrested in Romania?
A Romanian man believed to be the (in)famous hacker Guccifer has been arrested by the Romanian Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) on …
16 million logins compromised, warns German infosec agency
The German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) has issued on Tuesday a notification warning that some 16 million online user accounts have been compromised, and …
Target POS malware author reveals himself
In an unexpected turn of events, the suspected Russian author of the BlackPOS (or Kaptoxa) has confirmed that he was, indeed, the one who developed it. As a reminder: …
Fake Whatsapp for PC offer leads to banking malware
Brazilian cyber crooks are (in)famous for their predilection for banking malware, and they use every trick in the book to deliver it to potential victims. A recent email …
Card data stolen in Target breach starts getting misused
The payment card information swiped in the massive Target breach has been spotted being misused in Texas, and two Mexican citizens were arrested and are facing federal …
Mac and Windows users targeted with malicious “Failed delivery” emails
A widespread malware delivery campaign in the form of fake “undelivered courier item” emails is targeting both Windows and OS X users, warns Sophos. The emails in …
Apple users hit with “Update using new SSL servers” phishing email
Users with Apple Accounts are again being targeted with legitimate-looking phishing emails that are after their account credentials, personal and financial information. …
Author of BlackPOS is a Russian teenager, researchers say
As the number of active attacks on US merchants continues to rise (we’re up to six now), InterCrawler CEO Andrew Komarov believes he has discovered the identity of the …
Ad-pushers buy Chrome add-ons, update them to inject ads
Google has a new problem: original add-on developers are being bought out by ad firms and their creations equipped with code serving ads to unsuspecting users. The practice …
20M South Koreans affected by insider data theft
Personal and financial information of some 20 million South Koreans has been compromised by a consultant working for personal credit ratings firm Korea Credit Bureau (KCB), …
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