A new variant of the Citadel financial malware is targeting users of the Payza online payment platform by launching local in-browser attacks to steal their credentials, according to researchers from security firm Trusteer. Citadel is a ...
Tags: Payza, Payment Platform, Computer Products
The latest victim of disruption by Internet technologies is a veteran of World War I: the missing persons search. French police will no longer search for adults reported missing by their families unless there are signs that the person is ...
Tags: French, Facebook, Computer Products
Google plans to upgrade the security of its Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificates, an important component of secure communications. SSL certificates are used to encrypt communication and verify the integrity of another party with which ...
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In 2003, Yukos was preparing for a game-changing merger with another private Russian oil company, Roman Abramovich's Sibneft, to create a 2.3 million b/d Russian oil producing giant. The deal was scuppered, however, in large part because ...
Tags: Yukos Demise, Giant Oil Producer
We all know the siren call of eBay: The one-of-a-kind finds. The chance to score them at low prices. The excitement that comes with the potential of being outbid. It’s a regular thrill ride. And, for those of you searching for used ...
Tags: Office Furniture, eBay
Previously unknown Mac OS X spyware, signed with a valid Apple Developer ID, has turned up on the laptop of an activist from Angola at a human rights conference in Norway. Security researcher and privacy activist Jacob Appelbaum found the ...
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Security researchers from Trend Micro have uncovered an active cyberespionage operation that so far has compromised computers belonging to government ministries, technology companies, media outlets, academic research institutions and ...
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Yahoo has concluded a $1.1bn (£725m) deal to acquire Tumblr, the microblogging and social networking website, which achieved revenues of just $13m (£8.56m) in its last financial year. The deal is the largest undertaken by ...
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Security researchers from Trend Micro have uncovered an active cyber-espionage operation that so far has compromised computers belonging to government ministries, technology companies, media outlets, academic research institutions and ...
The Android threat landscape is growing in both size and complexity with cybercriminals adopting new distribution methods and building Android-focused malware services, according to a report from Finnish security vendor F-Secure. The ...
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Security researchers from Russian cybercrime investigations firm Group-IB have uncovered a cyberfraud operation that uses specialized financial malware to target the customers of several major Australian banks. Over 150,000 computers, ...
Alberto Yusi Lajud Pena, found dead in the Dominican Republic two weeks ago, was the leader of the New York cell of an international gang of cyber thieves that authorities allege stole a staggering $45 million from ATM machines around the ...
Tags: Bank Security, Computer Products
Hackers are finding it pays to call ahead before sending malware-laden email. Symantec has seen what it describes as a sophisticated social engineering campaign aimed at French-speaking accounting and finance department employees. The ...
Tags: Malware, Computer Products
There is definitely a positive upward trend in residential home building. After years of weak demand for new construction, builders in most regions of the country are finally seeing more activity, bidding more work and signing more ...
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Colleges and universities are being encouraged to scrutinize their systems to keep them from being hijacked in DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attacks. The Research and Education Networking Information Sharing and Analysis Center ...