Zeljka Zorz
U.S. DoD’s cybersecurity force to increase fivefold
The Pentagon is poised to start searching for more than 4,000 new employees for the Defense Department’s Cyber Command, in a bid to boost its cyber defensive and …
Facebook’s CPO tackles privacy policy questions
When late last year Facebook changed its Statement of Rights and Responsibilities and Data Use Policy, the social network’s users lost their right to vote on future …
Trojan uses anti-spam system to keep in touch with C&C servers
Most malware is severely crippled if it can’t contact the C&C servers from which it receives its instructions and updates, so malware authors are constantly coming …
AV developer Avast starts bug bounty program
Avast, the Prague-based maker of the popular eponymous AV software, has announced the introduction of a bug bounty program. Rewards are offered only for security-related bugs …
GitHub’s new search reveals passwords and private keys
GitHub, the popular online source code repository, has unveiled on Wednesday a new search infrastructure that should help coders find specific code within the millions of the …
Cutwail botnet on spam rampage, delivers Cridex worm
Since its inception some six years ago, the Cutwail / Pandex botnet experienced its fair share of setbacks, but it’s still going strong. The main reason for its …
How to avoid Facebook scams and limit the damage they make
Last week I wrote about the most common Facebook scams, the reasons why they are perpetually so successful, and what the scammers who set them up are after. Today I will …
SCADA password cracking code available
ICS-CERT has issued an alert about the existence and general availability of the proof-of-concept exploit code for a tool that can brute force passwords and thus gain access …
Barracuda Networks confirms exploitable backdoors in its appliances
Barracuda Networks has released firmware updates that remove SSH backdoors in a number of their products and resolve a vulnerability in Barracuda SSL VPN that allows attackers …
Watering hole campaign targeting “Reporters without Borders” visitors
Watering hole attacks continue unabated and, according to Avast’s Director of Threat Intelligence Jindrich Kubec, the finger could be safely pointed to China once again. …
Sony fined £250,000 for 2011 Playstation Network breach
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office has fined Sony £250,000 for failing to adequately protect UK gamers’ personal and possibly even financial information …
Users targeted with phishing scam via Facebook messages
Facebook users are advised to be on the lookout for bogus personal messages supposedly sent by the Facebook Security Team. The message claims that the users’ account has …
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