Zeljka Zorz
Worm blocks access to Facebook
A relatively new worm that Symantec named W32.Yimfoca presents a very interesting and never before seen modus operandi. A variant of the worm spreads via Yahoo! Messenger and, …
How can independent media and human rights sites defend themselves from DDoS attacks?
Thanks to the attacks executed by hacktivist group Anonymous against sites of companies that have (in their eyes) wronged WikiLeaks, the DDoS attack has once again become a …
Gawker’s future security plans revealed
An internal memo sent to the Gawker staff by Thomas Plunkett, Gawker Media CTO, has revealed further details about last week’s massive breach that resulted in the …
Database of routers’ embedded private SSL keys published
The recent publishing of a database containing over 2,000 private SSL keys hard-coded into various routers – with their corresponding public certificates and …
110,000 credit card records stolen in NY tour company web server breach
The web server of CitySights NY – a company that organizes tours around New York on double-decker buses – has been breached and names, addresses, e-mail addresses, …
Experimental botnet reveals long sought answers
Is there a better way of analyzing the ins and outs of a botnet than making one yourself? The answer to that question was negative for ESET’s researcher Pierre-Marc …
Google doesn’t want to share its encryption keys
Two years ago, the wish to have control over communication systems and the lack of technical resources of Indian intelligence agencies has led to a particular request targeted …
Vendor creates malware to sell its anti-malware product
Chinese antivirus software companies seem to have a unusual strategy for keeping its services and products in demand – secretly developing threats themselves and …
FarmVille players lured with fake “farm cash” offer from Zynga
The latest Facebook scam takes advantage of the popularity of Zynga’s FarmVille game and lures users into allowing an application access to their accounts with promises …
Bradley Manning offered plea bargain
WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange has been released a few minutes before 6 pm (GTM) on Tuesday, after the High Court in London confirmed the decision that he is to be …
NSA considers its networks compromised
Debora Plunkett, head of the NSA’s Information Assurance Directorate, has confirmed what many security experts suspected to be true: no computer network can be …
Dell, AMD executives accused of selling confidential information
Market research companies usually pay experts from various industries to give their opinion and provide information about future trends in those industries, and they sell that …
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