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Stuxnet delivered to Iranian nuclear plant on thumb drive
Posted by Gary on April 13, 2012
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An Iranian double agent working for Israel used a standard thumb drive carrying a deadly payload to infect Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility with the highly destructive Stuxnet computer worm, according to a story by ISSSource. Related stories ’60 Minutes’ profiles threat posed by Stuxnet Ex-CIA chief: Stuxnet a good idea Spam sinks to lowest level [...]
Update of Android malware uses exploit to take over
Posted by Gary on April 4, 2012
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LeNa displays what looks like the official Android marketplace once it is on the device. A new variant of a piece of Android malware dubbed LeNa (Legacy Native) has been modified so that it does not require user interaction to take control of a device, mobile security firm Lookout said today. LeNa has been seen [...]
Old-time hacktivists: Anonymous, you’ve crossed the line
Posted by Gary on March 31, 2012
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In December 1998, a U.S.-based hacker group called Legions of the Underground declared cyberwar on Iraq and China and prepared to protest human rights abuses in those countries by disrupting their Internet access. About a week later, a coalition of hackers from groups including Cult of the Dead Cow (cDc), L0pht, Chaos Computer Club in [...]
Sophos warns of Twitter scam involving Draw Something
Posted by Gary on March 30, 2012
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Scammers are sending Twitter users messages directing them to a Web site to fill out a survey when they tweet about Draw Something. The Pictionary-type game Draw Something is so popular it was only a matter of time before online scammers jumped on the bandwagon. Security firm Sophos is warning about a scam on Twitter [...]
110,000 PC-strong Kelihos botnet sidelined
Posted by Gary on March 29, 2012
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This infographic shows the precursors to Kelihos and statistics on number of infections and operating systems the infected PCs are using. A new version of the Kelihos spamming botnet has been sidelined by using the peer-to-peer distribution mechanism to basically hijack it, researchers announced today. The botnet, which was used mostly to distribute spam for [...]
Apparent Groupon hole exposes customer data
Posted by Gary on March 28, 2012
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Stephen Pipino was surprised to see credit card information belonging to another Stephen Pipino when he logged into his Groupon account. This is a redacted screenshot showing what he saw. An apparent security hole in Groupon’s Web site has exposed the data of at least one customer, a Groupon customer who discovered the problem told [...]
TSA asks congressional panel to uninvite critic Bruce Schneier
Posted by Gary on March 27, 2012
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Bruce Schneier, security expert and TSA gadfly. Bruce Schneier, a vocal critic of security measures used by the Transportation Security Administration, was asked to testify before Congress about TSA’s security screening initiatives but then was “formally uninvited” after the agency complained. “On Friday, at the request of the TSA, I was removed from the witness [...]