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Oracle Has Issued a Comprehensive List of Its Software
Apr 17, 2014Oracle has issued a comprehensive list of its software that may or may not be affected by the OpenSSL (secure sockets layer) vulnerability known as Heartbleed, while warning that no fixes are yet available for some likely affected products. ...
Tags: Computer Products, Web Security
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The Gang Has Been Using The Dropbox File-Sharing Service for Roughly The Last 12 Months
Jul 17, 2013The Chinese cyber-spies behind the widely publicised espionage campaign against?The New York Times?have added Dropbox and WordPress to their bag of spear-phishing tricks. The gang, known in security circles as the DNSCalc gang, has been ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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The UK Government Has Defended a Deal with Chinese Telecommunications Provider Huawei
Jun 6, 2013The UK government has defended a deal with Chinese telecommunications provider Huawei, which MPs have labelled as a possible risk to national security. The 2005 deal saw Huawei granted permission to provide BT with equipment for its ...
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PayPal Has Denied Him a Reward for Finding a Vulnerability in Its Website
May 30, 2013A 17-year-old German student contends PayPal has denied him a reward for finding a vulnerability in its website. Robert Kugler said he notified PayPal of the vulnerability on May 19. He said he was informed by email that because he is ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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Mac OS X Spyware Has Turned up on The Laptop of an Activist
May 21, 2013Previously 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 ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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Security Researchers From Trend Micro Have Uncovered an Active Cyberespionage Operation
May 21, 2013Security 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 ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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The Computer Virus Seems to Be Making a Subtle Comeback
May 21, 2013The computer virus seems to be making a subtle comeback. The term virus is frequently used as a catch-all for malicious software, but actually describes a very specific type of program that infects files and replicates, noticeable ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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Security Researchers From Trend Micro Have Uncovered an Active Cyber-Espionage Operation
May 20, 2013Security 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 ...
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Hackers Are Finding It Pays to Call Ahead Before Sending Malware-Laden Email
May 15, 2013Hackers 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
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Several Media Outlets Have Had Their Websites Hacked and Used to Spread Malware
May 9, 2013Several media outlets in the Washington DC area have had their websites hacked and used to spread malware. WTOP, the largest radio station in the region, and Federal News Radio, along with the website of technology blogger John Dvorak ...
Tags: Media Websites, Cyber Attacks
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A U.S. Department of Labor Website Appeared Offline on Wednesday After an Apparent Hack
May 6, 2013A subdomain of a U.S. Department of Labor website appeared offline on Wednesday after an apparent hack that looks similar to a known China-based hacking campaign nicknamed DeepPanda. The tampered page, called Site Exposure Matrices (SEM), ...
Tags: Labor Website, Computer Products
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Researchers Found Additional Malware Related to The Targeted Attacks
Apr 26, 2013Researchers following a cyber espionage campaign apparently bent on stealing drone-related technology secrets have found additional malware related to the targeted attacks. FireEye researchers have been tracking so-called "Operation ...
Tags: Malware, Cyber Attacks, Computer Products
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Banking Trojan Shylock Is Currently Targeting More Than 60 Financial Institutions
Apr 9, 2013Security firm Symantec has found that banking Trojan Shylock – malware which aims to infect computers – is currently targeting more than 60 financial institutions, the majority of which are in the UK. In a blog, the firm ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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A Special Unit in The Chinese Army Is Behind Repeated Cyber Attacks on U.S. Institutions
Mar 4, 2013In a move to counter recent reports claiming that a special unit in the Chinese Army is behind repeated cyber attacks on U.S. institutions, the nation Thursday claimed its military and defence ministries websites are routinely hacked from ...
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Hackers Are Adapting Distributed Denial of Service Attacks to Infiltrate Banks
Feb 27, 2013According to a new report from Gartner, hackers are adapting distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks and combining these with social engineering tactics to try and infiltrate banks. The report, called Arming Financial and E-Commerce ...