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“Free Facebook credits” survey scam is back

Facebook users are once more targeted with messages promoting a survey scam via a bogus offer of 5000 free Facebook credits. “Get your FREE 5000 FACEBOOK CREDITS! NO …

1000+ UN emails, usernames and passwords leaked

A group of hackers that go by the name of “Teamp0ison” has apparently hacked one (or more) of UN’s servers and dumped over 1000 email addresses, usernames …

Facebook worm leads to heavy infection

The researchers of Danish security firm CSIS warn about a new Facebook worm doing rounds and dropping malware. It spreads by compromising accounts and spamming out the …

FakeScanti rogue sends users to download additional fake AV solution

Lately, the Blackhole exploit kit has been getting a lot of attention, and no wonder – it is continually updated with exploits for various flaws in popular software, and …

73,000 Finnish online accounts compromised

The login credentials and email addresses of some 73,000 Finns have been stolen and posted online by unknown attackers who breached the database used by a network of …

Apache reverse proxy flaw opens door to internal networks

Apache has confirmed the existence of a new reverse proxy vulnerability after it was discovered by Prutha Parikh, a security researcher with Qualys, while she was creating a …

Three charged for ATM skimming spree

Three men allegedly responsible for a ATM skimming spree that resulted in the theft of debit card numbers of nearly 1,500 individuals and the loss of over $285,000 in …

Anonymous bloggers in danger of being exposed

You’re a blogger who, for whatever reason, wishes to remain anonymous. You are careful not to mention anything that could tie the blog to you, and you have gone through …

New UK Cyber Security Strategy revealed

The UK Government’s Cabinet Office has published today a new Cyber Security Strategy whose aim is, among other things, to make the UK one of the most secure places in …

“PayPal email address change” phishing scheme doing rounds

PayPal users are targeted again as emails supposedly sent by the online payment company urge them to fill out a form with their personal and financial information in order to …

Bosnian hacker collected, distributed massive amounts of illegal porn

A Bosnian national, identified only by the initials E.S., has been arrested by agents of the Bosnian Federal Police’s cybercrime unit following the discovery of a …

ISPs can’t be forced to filter file-sharing traffic, says EU court

European ISPs will not be required to filter electronic communications which use file-sharing software in order to prevent file sharing which infringes copyright, the European …

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