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EFF exposes extensive FBI violations

In 2009, the Electronic Frontier Foundation filed a suit against a number of federal agencies that deal with intelligence gathering, requesting that they release documents and …

Top cybercrime host and others get shut down

VolgaHost, the “World’s number one bad host”, has been taken offline on January 17th, reports malicious host-tracking outfit HostExploit. A few weeks before …

Spammers take advantage of the Facebook API bug?

It seems that high-profile accounts and Facebook pages might not be the only ones messed with by individuals taking advantage of the bug found in Facebook’s API. All …

5 men busted in relation to Anonymous DDoS attacks

Five men believed to have taken part in recent Anonymous’ DDoS attacks have been arrested this morning during a series of raids coordinated by the Metropolitan Police …

API bug responsible for Zuckerberg page hack

When at first Facebook didn’t issue a statement about what really happened on Mark Zuckerberg’s fan page and how someone managed to post a message in his name …

A step towards wider SSL implementation

Two great stumbling blocks on the path leading to a Web-wide implementation of the SSL/TLS protocols have always been cost and speed. So far, the great majority of websites …

An increase in form-based e-mail phishing attacks

Luring people in with the promise of hefty tax refunds and “stimulus payments”, phishers have been targeting users with e-mails purportedly coming from HM Revenue …

Facebook adds secure browsing and social authentication

The “social CAPTCHA” method of authentication that Facebook developed to prevent the Tunisian government to access the accounts of the people whose login …

Protesters organize via social networks, governments move to block them

The wave of nation-wide protests that ended in the Tunisian president Ben Ali’s run to Saudi Arabia was at least in part made possible by the organizers’ use of …

Facebook fake photo links lead to malware

A simplistic but seemingly effective bait leading to malware is apparently been circling on Facebook for a couple of weeks now. Users are sent messages from their …

Fedora Project investigates possible infrastructure compromise

A security incident on Fedora infrastructure has been reported by Jared Smith, Fedora Project’s leader, who confirmed that the account of one of its contributors has …

“Guy kills girlfriend” Facebook scam

The latest Facebook scam counts on sheer morbid curiosity: According to Naked Security, variations of the same scam have been spotted propagating during the last few days and …

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