Zeljka Zorz
Securing the Smart Grid: Next Generation Power Grid Security
Smart grids are a reality and the future, and they promise greater reliability, affordability, efficiency and, hopefully, a better and environmentally cleaner exploitation of …
What happened to WikiLeaks over the weekend?
It has been a busy weekend for WikiLeaks. Their latest release made public a list of assets of strategic importance to the US, which are located across the globe. And while …
Cybergang infects all ATMs in Russian city
A group of fraudsters has been arrested in Yakutsk and Moscow for allegedly compromising all the ATMs in the city of Yakutsk – population: around 210,000 – in the …
Lady Gaga, Justin Timberlake targeted by German hackers
Two German youths have allegedly been using Trojans to hack into computer belonging to over 50 pop stars, looking primarily for unreleased music but also for personal …
WikiLeaks back online on new Swiss domain
The cat and mouse game continues for WikiLeaks as it moves its site to Switzerland – wikileaks.ch is the new domain on which the whistleblowing site can be reached. The …
WikiLeaks site is down
Whether its really because the DDoS attacks against the WikiLeaks website have threatened “the stability of the EveryDNS.net infrastructure, which enables access to …
Adobe update scam offers “membership”
E-mails purportedly coming from the Adobe Support Team, reminding the recipient that a new version of Adobe Acrobat Reader has been released and offering a link …
WikiLeaks booted from Amazon, Assange to be arrested soon
While a “hacktivist” that goes by the handle of The Jester has claimed responsibility for the DDoS attack aimed at the WikiLeaks’ page via his Twitter …
ProFTPD.org main FTP server compromised
A warning has been issued by the developers of ProFTPD, the popular FTP server software, about a compromise of the main distribution server of the software project that …
Phishers exploit Facebook features
Phishing e-mails supposedly coming from the Facebook Security Team with account deactivation warnings have been hitting inboxes around the world. The targeted users are led to …
Chrome sandboxes Flash Player
It’s good news for Windows users – Chrome developers have added a Flash Player sandbox to the development channel of the browser, adding to the already present …
Exploit kit with integrated AV checker
The latest version of the relatively new “Siberia Exploits Kit” has an interesting feature that must make it pretty popular among criminals – a built in AV …
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