Zeljka Zorz
Popular online services graded on SSL implementation
It seems that Firesheep has succeeded where similar tools have failed in the past: the issue of full end-to-end encryption for all websites – especially the most popular …
Perverted Facebook hacker targeted women
The recent arrest of a 23-year-old California man that has allegedly hacked e-mail accounts of more than 170 women and posted sexually explicit pictures found within them to …
Google Android vulnerabilities
A shocking number of high-risk security flaws in Google’s Android smartphone OS have recently been discovered by security firm Coverity. “We found 88 high-risk …
Fake USAA e-mails phishing for card information
E-mails purportedly sent by the United States Automobile Association (USAA) have been hitting inboxes in the last few days, M86 researchers warn. In it, the recipients are …
Human rights organization targeted with cyber attack
The website of Survival International – a human rights organization that campaigns for the rights of indigenous tribal peoples – has been knocked offline last week …
Dissecting the Hack: The F0rb1dd3n Network (Revised Edition)
This book approaches the subject of hacking in an interesting way. Part fiction, part reference manual, its target audience are people who want to or should know more about …
The aftermath of the Bredolab botnet shutdown
The war against botnets will be long and hard – there is no doubt about it. For one thing, command and control centers can be replaced and the targeted botnet …
Fake AV pushers poison US election search results
The US midterm elections are taking place today, and scareware pushers aren’t sitting with their hands crossed – they have poisoned related search results: Search …
Spying app kicked out of Android Market
Secret SMS Replicator, a spying application that forwards contents of a user’s text messages to the phone of the person who installed it in the first place, has been …
RIAA’s sites downed by Anonymous DDoS attack
Anonymous continues its Operation Payback and has DDoSed two official websites belonging to the Recording Industry Association of America. Riaa.com and riaa.org have been …
Facebook discovers and “punishes” UID-selling developers
The recent discovery that some Facebook application were inadvertently forwarding users’ UIDs to advertising agencies and data collection companies has spurred the …
New DDoS Trojan used for downing dissident sites
A new DDoS Trojan connected with a slew of attacks against Vietnamese blogs has been discovered by SecureWorks. Dubbed Vecebot, the Trojan drops three files into the …
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