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Citadel banking malware is evolving and spreading rapidly, researchers warn

A computer Trojan that targets online banking users is evolving and spreading rapidly because its creators have adopted an open-source development model, according to researchers from cyberthreat management firm Seculert.

Written by Lucian Constantin • 10 Feb. 12 02:42
Foxconn said to have been hacked by group critical of working conditions

Hackers claimed to have stolen internal data from Apple supplier Foxconn, and leaked the information online, in response to media reports of poor working conditions at the electronics manufacturer's factories in China.

Written by Michael Kan • 09 Feb. 12 19:47
Adobe releases sandboxed Flash beta for Firefox

Adobe has released an important security feature for Flash Player on Firefox 4.0 and higher, delivering a public beta that sandboxes process in the browser on Windows.

Written by Liam Tung • 07 Feb. 12 12:43
Researchers crack satellite encryption

Researchers at a university in Bochum, Germany claim to have cracked encryption algorithms of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) that are used to secure certain civilian satellite phone communications.

Written by Ellen Messmer • 09 Feb. 12 09:27
US gov't falling behind in social-media race, expert says

The U.S. government is losing a race in cyberspace -- a social-networking race for the hearts and minds of Internet users, a computer security expert said Wednesday.

Written by Grant Gross • 09 Feb. 12 08:46
Google to pay users to track their movements online

Amid widespread concern about its new privacy policies, Google is now facing criticism over an offer to give users Amazon gift certificates if they open their Web movements to the company in a program called Screenwise.

Written by Cameron Scott • 09 Feb. 12 08:41
Spammers impersonate well-known developers to publish rogue apps on Android Market

Spammers are impersonating well-known Android software developers in order to distribute rogue apps through the official Android Market.

Written by Lucian Constantin • 09 Feb. 12 07:39
Trustwave admits issuing man-in-the-middle digital certificate, Mozilla debates punishment

Digital Certificate Authority (CA) Trustwave revealed that it has issued a digital certificate that enabled an unnamed private company to spy on SSL-protected connections within its corporate network, an action that prompted the Mozilla community to debate whether the CA's root certificate should be removed from Firefox.

Written by Lucian Constantin • 09 Feb. 12 00:32
Opposition to ACTA swells in Europe

A British member of the European Parliament has been given the job of evaluating the controversial ACTA agreement as more European countries shy away from the intellectual-property treaty.

Written by Jennifer Baker • 08 Feb. 12 06:26
Symantec verifies stolen source code posted by Anonymous is "legitimate"

Symantec is in an ongoing fight against hackers in the group Anonymous that last January attempted to extort a payment of around $50,000 from Symantec in exchange for not publicly posting stolen Symantec source code they had stolen for various older Symantec security products dating to 2006.

Written by Ellen Messmer • 08 Feb. 12 06:29
Symantec expects Anonymous to publish more stolen source code

Symantec today confirmed that the pcAnywhere source code published on the Web Monday by hackers who tried to extort $50,000 from the company was legitimate.

Written by Gregg Keizer • 08 Feb. 12 06:12
FTC warns background screening mobile apps may be unlawful

The Federal Trade Commission this week said it sent letters to six unidentified mobile applications makers warning them that their background screening apps may be violating federal statutes.

Written by Michael Cooney • 08 Feb. 12 05:26
Denial-of-service attacks are on the rise, anti-DDoS vendors report

Both the number and volume of distributed denial-of-service attacks are increasing, according to new reports from DDoS mitigation companies Prolexic and Arbor Networks.

Written by Lucian Constantin • 08 Feb. 12 01:34
Data breach? Blame your third party's remote access systems

An in-depth study of data-breach problems last year where hackers infiltrated 312 businesses to grab gobs of mainly customer payment-card information found the primary way they got in was through third-party vendor remote-access applications or VPN for systems maintenance.

Written by Ellen Messmer • 07 Feb. 12 22:33
Anonymous claims to have released source code of Symantec's pcAnywhere

Hacker group Anonymous claimed late Monday that the source code of Symantec's pcAnywhere had been uploaded on The Pirate Bay site.

Written by John Ribeiro • 07 Feb. 12 18:17
Web giants remove content on India's order

Google India has removed web pages deemed offensive to Indian political and religious leaders to comply with a court case that has raised censorship fears in the world's largest democracy.

Written by AAP • 07 Feb. 12 09:33
Small business lags on computer security

Small businesses have embraced the internet but 16 per cent don't use anti-virus software and 30 per cent don't use a protective firewall, a new study shows.

Written by AAP • 07 Feb. 12 09:25
Copyright lawsuit targets owners of non-secure wireless networks

A federal lawsuit filed in Massachusetts could test the question of whether individuals who leave their wireless networks unsecured can be held liable if someone uses the network to illegally download copyrighted content.

Written by Jaikumar Vijayan • 07 Feb. 12 08:15
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Written by Nancy Weil • 07 Feb. 12 04:00
Hundreds of DreamHost websites abused by spammers

Rogue PHP pages that redirect users to work-at-home scams have been added to hundreds of websites hosted at DreamHost following a security breach suffered by the company in January, researchers from cloud security vendor Zscaler said.

Written by Lucian Constantin • 07 Feb. 12 02:31

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Citadel banking malware is evolving and spreading rapidly, researchers warn

Foxconn said to have been hacked by group critical of working conditions

Adobe releases sandboxed Flash beta for Firefox

Researchers crack satellite encryption

US gov't falling behind in social-media race, expert says

Google to pay users to track their movements online

Spammers impersonate well-known developers to publish rogue apps on Android Market

Trustwave admits issuing man-in-the-middle digital certificate, Mozilla debates punishment

Opposition to ACTA swells in Europe

Symantec verifies stolen source code posted by Anonymous is "legitimate"

Symantec expects Anonymous to publish more stolen source code

FTC warns background screening mobile apps may be unlawful

Denial-of-service attacks are on the rise, anti-DDoS vendors report

Data breach? Blame your third party's remote access systems

Anonymous claims to have released source code of Symantec's pcAnywhere

Web giants remove content on India's order

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