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  • Breaking of voice encryption in GSM systems

    Karsten Nohl, chief research scientist with H4RDW4RE, a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based security research firm says that encryption technology used in GSM (Global System for Mobile communications) system has many security vulnerabilities. Mention system is the ...
  • First zero-day bug in operation system Microsoft Windows 7

      Microsoft published security advisory about vulnerability in operation system Windows 7 that is result of improperly implementation of SMB (Server Message Block) protocol....
  • Huge security vulnerability in web browser Internet Explorer 8

    The latest version of Microsoft's browser, Internet Explorer 8, contains a bug that can enable attacks against websites that are otherwise safe....
  • Lawsuit for break in RBS WorldPay processor

    Four men were indicted for hacking into RBS WorldPay processor and stealing over $9 million from ATMs around the globe. Mention processor, owned by the Royal Bank of Scotland, processes financial transactions for different companies....
  • Tool that helps writers of malware is released

    Austrian hacker Peter Kleissner published that he created tool called “AV Tracker” that virus writers could use to make more programs that will be more undetectable by anti-virus tools....
  • Huge numbers of users are victims of scareware

    Symantec says that 43 million people have fallen victim to the "scareware" scam in the past 12 months....
  • Uncorrected vulnerability allows SSL certificate spoofing

    Even nine weeks after hacker Marlinspike demonstrated how to spoof authentication certificates for virtually any website on the internet, Microsoft still hasn't patched the underlying vulnerability....
  • Hacker attacked RBS WorldPay's site

    A Romanian hacker, well-known for discovering SQL injection vulnerabilities in popular Websites, discovered similar vulnerability on RBS WorldPay's site. ...
  • Trojan is using Google Groups for commands channel

    New variant of Trojan, called Trojan.Grups, is using Google Groups newsgroups to distribute commands. Trojan distribution via newsgroups has existed for more than a decade, but using newsgroups as a command and control channel is a new innovation. ...
  • Confickar worm infected London council’s computers

    An Ealing council employee infected the UK local authority's IT systems with the Conficker-D worm after he plugged an infected USB into a work computer. According to The Guardian report, system repair and lost revenue cost around £500,000....
  • New Trojan is stealing banking credentials trough IM

    Huge number of banking malware applications is using IM (instant messaging) to deliver stolen credentials to thieves in real time. The latest novelty is Trojan called Zeus which monitors actions on infected personal computer to get passwords entered into ...
  • An automated SQL injection attacks on numerous websites

    Security firm ScanSafe reported an automated attack using SQL injection has compromised tens of thousands of Web pages. The attack is conducting trough program that tries to upload a data-stealing Trojan horse program to visitors' computers....
  • Russian crime groups launched attacks to Georgian websites

    According to report of non-profit research group called the US-CCU (US Cyber Consequences Unit) the attack that brought internet traffic to a standstill in Georgia last year were carried out by two separate groups. ...
  • Experts discovered massive botnet

    Finjan recently discovered huge botnet, network of 1.9 million infected computers, whose command and control server is hosted in Ukraine. The botnet has infected machines from some 77 government-owned domains, 51 of which are U.S. government ones. Accor...
  • Hackers are using mobile phone for bank fraud

    According to Frank Engelsman report, fraud investigator on UAGI (Ultrascan Advanced Global Investigations), criminals are willing to pay thousands of Euros for a discontinued Nokia mobile phone. It is Nokia 1100 model, one of Nokia's best-selling devices,...
  • Multiple security issues found in ATC networks

    According to report of the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration), an audit of the Web applications connected to air-traffic control networks in U.S. found hundreds of critical vulnerabilities in the software and documented dozens of cyber incidents that c...
  • Rouge version of Windows 7 RC operating system

    A pirated version of the new Windows 7 operating system release candidate that has been circulating around the Internet is contain a Trojan downloader, and also building out a botnet. ...
  • New mobile phone spying tool

    Security experts in F-Secure organization, one of the worlds’s leading IT security providers, has detected new class-zero-message tool. ...
  • Multiple security risks in JRE packet

    Five months ago, Sun published multiple security vulnerabilities in JRE (Java Runtime Environment) software included in Java SE 6 (Standard Edition) platforms....
  • Statistic data about application security

    Application security awareness is hot today, with multiple new industry initiatives aimed at promoting and helping companies write more secure code....