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Android Trojan masquerades as phone optimizer app

As you may already know, Android users are at a much bigger danger of getting saddled with a malicious app than users using other mobile platforms – especially those …

Cyber crooks combine new Zeus variant and DDoS attacks

A new variant of the information-stealing Zeus Trojan – dubbed Gameover – is currently being delivered to unsuspecting victims via emails purportedly coming from …

Exploit code for recent ASP.NET DoS flaw made public

The ASP.NET DoS flaw that has recently been revealed at the Chaos Communication Congress in Berlin has been patched by Microsoft in almost record time, but users who have not …

Cyber attack on Israeli sites considered terrorist operation, says Israeli official

The new year started with a number of data leaks made by Anonymous, and one leak by a hacker dubbed 0xOmar, who is allegedly part of the “largest Wahhabi hacker group of …

Stratfor hack exposes UK, US and NATO officials to danger, phishing

During the last days of 2011, Anonymous attacked Stratfor, a US-based research group that gathers intelligence and produces political, economic and military reports that help …

Zuckerberg giving away free iPads and iPhones?

You might be surprised at receiving what seems to be an email from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, notifying you that you have been selected to receive both a free Apple iPhone …

DotA 2 and Diablo III beta testing crack files carry malware

Gamers are known for their impatience when it comes to trying out updates and new packs for popular games, and cyber crooks are always ready to take advantage of that. …

Anonymous hacks Sony website and Facebook account

Anonymous hackers have again targeted Sony over its support of the contentious SOPA (Stop Online Piracy) bill, and have compromised both the Sony Pictures website, its …

Leaked Symantec source code is five years old

Following claims made by a Indian hacker group that they are in possession of source code for Symantec’s Norton Antivirus solution and that they plan to post in online, …

Scammy Facebook Timeline deactivation pages target users

As more and more Facebook users choose to try out the new Timeline view of their profiles, some are disappointed and want to revert back to the old view. Unfortunately for …

Ramnit worm goes social, steals Facebook passwords

Ramnit – the file-infecting, financial-data-stealing worm that has been around since April 2010 – has been modified again and is now bent on stealing Facebook …

EFF: Don’t use the new AOL Instant Messenger

The Electronic Frontier Foundation advises AOL Instant Messenger users not to switch to the new version of the software because it “introduces important …

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