Singaporean men in naked web cam extortion scam
Singaporean police have warned men in the city state of a five-fold increase in extortion cases in which they are coaxed into a state of undress, secretly filmed and then asked to hand over cash to prevent release of the resulting video. Cops in the island nation said the number of such incidents has shot […] more…Indonesian police claim progress in probe into Bumi computer hacking
Indonesian police expressed optimism about their investigation into the recent hacking of email accounts belonging to publicly-listed coal miner PT Bumi Resources, saying they were making further probes into the coal miner’s stolen data and any links with its business partners. Police chief spokesman Brig. Gen. Boy Rafli Amar said here on Friday that with […] more…Adobe to patch Reader zero-day this week
Adobe on Saturday said it would release an emergency patch for two Reader zero-day vulnerabilities this week. Hackers have already been exploiting the bugs using rigged PDF documents sent as email attachments. “Adobe plans to make available updates for Adobe Reader and Acrobat … during the week of February 18, 2013,” the company said in […] more…Security experts say zombie TV warning exposes flaws
The zombie attack alert issued on a handful of US TV stations this week is more serious than a mischievous hacker prank say cyber experts, who warn the incident exposes lax security practices in a critical public safety system. While broadcasters said poor password security paved the way for the bogus warning, security experts said […] more…Hackers attack Facebook’s internal network
Facebook revealed on Saturday that its internal network was hacked last month. The attackers were able to access the tech giant’s computer network after employees visited a mobile developer’s website which downloaded malware – software often used to steal information – onto employees’ laptops. Tags: Facebook Security more…Unlock Old School Arcade Games in Your Mac’s Terminal
The Terminal may seems like a scary place for many Mac users, but do you know that you can play games in your Terminal too? We have previously shown you how to play Tetris on your Terminal. In this tutorial, we will show you how to play many other games in your Terminal. Tags: Apple […] more…Microsoft job postings confirm more about Windows and Windows Phone Blue
If there’s any doubt that the Windows client team is laser-focused on the coming Blue refresh of Windows 8, a new Microsoft job post makes it even plainer. Tags: Microsoft Windows more…Apple’s iOS 6.1.1 networking failures continue
OK, so here’s the good news. When Apple released iOS 6.1.1 last week it did fix the problem some European phone users were having with 3G connections. The bad news is that iOS’s other network-related problems persist.iOS61.1Apple’s iOS 6.1.1 is still loaded with serious network and security problems. (Credit: ZDNet) To start with the least […] more…Facebook owns up – admits network breached, blames "Java in the browser"
In The Social Network, the movie version of Zuckerberg could shout, “WE NEVER CRASH!” I bet the real-life Zuckerberg wishes he could say, “We never get hacked…” more…Point-of-Sale malware attacks – crooks expand their reach, no business too small
SophosLabs has been tracking a set of incidents involving Point-of-Sale malware. The crooks have added a few tricks over the last 15 months. Find out what’s new, and why no business can “fly under the radar” of cybercrime… more…WordPress Plugin: Easy Digital Downloads – Security Flaw Discovered and Patched
Last night we were contacted by Adam Pickering about a security flaw discovered in Easy Digital Downloads (EDD), a free WordPress eCommerce plugin that allows you to sell digital downloads. If you use EDD and haven’t done so already, please make sure to upgrade to Version 1.4.4.2 immediately! The plugin author, Pippin Williamson received word […] more…Taking Poika Out on the Town: 2013
AV-TEST has awarded F-Secure Internet Security with Best Protection 2012. And apparently we have ourselves something of a tradition in which we take our “poika” for a tour of the town. Poika Tours 2011 & 2012: Presenting Poika on the Town 2013: Poika outside the Helsinki Cathedral Poika driving near the railway station Poika by […] more…Large Scale Compromises Leading to Traffic Distribution System
For the last few weeks we’ve been tracking a large scale decentralized Traffic Distribution System (TDS). It’s using hundreds of compromised sites as their first entry point. Anyone that visits the compromised sites from a search engine gets redirected to another site controlled by the attackers (most of the time with pornographic or pharmaceutical content). […] more…Various Shades of Malware – Abusing Your Resources
We often write about very clear cut cases of malware activity. The attacker is leveraging your traffic, redirecting it to other locations, or injecting things like iFrames in an attempt to perform some type of drive-by-download. These are obviously very clear cut cases of malware and nefarious activities. But what about others? By others I […] more…Does Apple really assign engineers to "fake" projects as a loyalty test?
“Apple Makes New Employees Work on Fake Products Until Apple Can Trust Them”, blared a headline—and many others like it—last January. In the Apple-watching world, it has since become common wisdom that the company assigns new engineers to “fake” projects in order to test their loyalty—that is, their propensity to leak—before giving them actual work. […] more…Frosty attack on Android encryption
If you lose possession of an Android phone, your PIN or pattern unlock might not be enough to protect the sensitive data stored on it. Not, at least, after it’s spent an hour in a hacker’s freezer. Tags: Android Encryption more…More information
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- French electronic voting allegedly easy to rig
- Briton Arrested Over Deutsche Telekom Hacking
- Old Malware Tricks To Bypass Detection in the Age of Big Data
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- New Vehicle Hack Exposes Users’ Private Data Via Bluetooth