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100,000+ Snapchat Pictures Leaked into the Web

Cache of about 13 gigabytes of pictures, some of them of nude and underage users, leaked out in the free web on Thursday night. Most of them were posted into the 4Chan imageboard website. The cache came from the photo…

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The Best Smartphone for Oct 2014

The review for the best smartphone for October 2014 will cover six devices. Below will be enumerated all the positive and negative elements in each smartphone model, so that the customers can make an information based choice. APPLE – iPhone…

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TicTacToe-malware

Tic Tac Toe Game with Malware in Disguise

The cyber criminals are getting more and more inventive. They are making different attempts to disguise the malware they have created and present it as useful application. Gomal developers however, went an extra mile when creating the new mobile Trojan.…

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PayPal Authentication Process Flaw Makes Blocked Accounts Accessible

PayPal Authentication Process Flaw Makes Blocked Accounts Accessible

A flaw in the filtering process of account restrictions via the mobile API makes blocked accounts accessible without any additional security details requested. The typical security technique for such cases is to block the account and require an answer to…

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Microsoft and Adobe – New Patch Releases to Come

New Microsoft Releases Are Coming Out Next Week Next week Microsoft will release a new set of patches ever since dissolving its Trustworthy Computing group in early September this year. Formed in the early 2000s as a response to all…

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New Facebook Scam Promises Adult Footage of Emma Watson

A new Facebook scam lures users with a private video of the actress Emma Watson but injects a load of Trojans in the compromised computers instead. It is the same old story – the user gets a message about the…

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Selfmite.b-Android-Messages

150 000 Messages Sent by Selfmite.b SMS Worm for Android

The reported in late June Selfmite.b SMS worm for Android, created to use affiliate marketing for making money, has been spotted to have a new, more aggressive scheme for its purposes than the earlier version. The spreading method uses the…

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Qbot-Botnet

Qbot Botnet Infects 500,000 Systems for Financial Purposes

Security researchers at Proofpoint recently published “Analysis of a Cybercrime Infrastructure,” where they revealed the Qbot botnet has infected 500,000 systems and sniffed 800,000 banking transactions. 59% of these transactions are from accounts from five of the largest banks in…

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Google Chrome More Secure After 159 Security Flaws Get Fixed

159 security issues have been discovered and fixed for the new, now more stable version of Google Chrome. The combination of IPC (Inter-Process Communication) and V8 vulnerabilities is among the most striking of the bugs discovered on Google Chrome. It…

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No Built-In Keylogging Capabilities for Windows 10

Currently, the PC users made a big fuss about the keylogging and the rest of the “spying” capabilities of Windows 10 recently released version of the Technical Preview. The IT specialists confirm that the claim is true, stating however that…

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Bugzilla with Critical Security Vulnerability, Now Patched

The popular online tool Bugzilla for bug-tracking and bug-testing underwent critical security vulnerability. The situation with the tool is now sorted out, however the users are advised to update immediately to new releases. Cyber criminals who manage to exploit the…

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ABC-Broadcasting-Suspended-Crypto-Malware

ABC Broadcasting Suspended by Crypto-Malware

On Tuesday, the broadcasting of the Australian television news channel ABC News 24 was suspended for 30 min. The channel went dark after an attack from ransomware with encryption capabilities. As a result from the attack, the service broadcasting had…

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Business with Fake Likes Is Booming, Despite Facebook Warnings

A note on the Facebook Security Page posted on October 3, informs the public that the administrators of the social media are putting all efforts to eliminate the “fake likes” practice that is enjoying great popularity lately. It is a…

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Yahoo-WinZip-Servers- Shellshock-Bug

Yahoo& WinZip Servers Compromised by the Shellshock Bug

Recently a number of servers that belong to Lycos, Yahoo and WinZip have been compromised by hackers who used the Bash Shellshock vulnerability. The servers have been used to explore other potential victims. This was claimed by the former black…

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Android Apps-Trojan

Authorized Android Apps with Text Message Stealing Trojan

Malware researchers have recently informed about three benign Android apps that actually carried within them a malicious Trojan. These are Trojan versions of the apps iNoty, QuickPic, and Bluelight Filter for Eye Care. The Nature of iNoty, QuickPic & Bluelight…

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Microsoft-Cloud-Azure

Microsoft Azure Compliant with the Australian Government

Microsoft recently announced that its cloud program Microsoft Azure has been accepted and recognized as fully compliant with the manual and protective security policy of the Australian government. The service of Microsoft Azure has undergone a four-month assessment of its…

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iWorm-Mac OS X-Botnet

Mac OS X Botnet Powered by Reddit Infected Thousands of Mac Computers

The Russian based antivirus company Dr. Web has identified a Reddit-powered Mac OS X botnet, which has infected thousands of compromised computers. According to the security researchers, the botnet has infected more than 18 000 Macs as of 29th September.…

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Shellshock Bash Bug Attacked with Patch by VMware

VMware, the reputable computer virtualization software provider, released patches for some of the VMware products, aiming to help the virtual appliances affected by the Bash command-line tool security flaw Shellshock. Fixes are still to be offered to other solutions. On…

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Over-20-000-Twitter-Accounts-phishing

Phishing Campaigns use More Than 20 000 Twitter Accounts on the Peak Days

The popular messaging platform of Twitter is a very important resource for the cyber criminals. Recent research showed that more than 20 000 Twitter accounts have been used for different phishing campaigns in order to spread malicious links. How are…

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ShellShock-bug

Shellshock: The Things we Must Know

The attacks of the Shellshock bug are so complicated that even the best malware researchers find it difficult to figure it out. The PC users are asking themselves how serious these attacks are and if they are vulnerable. The Security…

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