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Ubisoft Patches Uplay Security Flaw
Affected game titles include 'Assassin's Creed: Revelatons' and 'Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction.'
IBM Intros Security Network Protection XGS 5000 Appliance
The company calls the new device a 'next-generation intrusion prevention appliance.'
Two Jailed Over Michaels Stores Credit Card Breach
Eduard Arakelyan and Arman Vardanyan were both sentenced to five years in prison and ordered to pay $42,000 in restitution.
Hackers Plant Porn on Right-Wing Web Site
One of the accounts on The Daily Caller's ad server was hacked, according to spokesperson Nicole Roeberg.
Researchers Uncover Security Flaws in Huawei Routers
Felix Lindner described the routers' security as 'the worst ever.'
BT: Almost All Android Devices Are Infected with Malware
The company also says a third of Android apps are compromised with malware.
Sophos Warns of Malicious Groupon Spam
The e-mails include an attachment containing a Windows Trojan.
Two Arrested for Stealing 8.7 Million People's Personal Data
KT customers' names, phone numbers, and resident registration numbers were stolen.
Anonymous Hackers Publish ISP Customer Data
AAPT customers include the Australian Federal Police, Energy Australia, and the Swiss embassy, among others.
Security Firm Bit9 Gets $34.5 Million
The funding round was led by new investor Sequoia Capital.
Anonymous Hackers Hit Australian ISP
The hackers stole 40 GB of data to protest a proposed data retention law.
Sophos Warns of Twitter Malware Campaign
Thousands of spammed tweets are intended to distribute malware.
Demonoid Hit by Cyber Attack
The site has been unavailable for more than two days.
TeaMp0isoN Hacker Gets Six-Month Sentence
Junaid Hussain, a.k.a. 'TriCk,' pleaded guilty earlier this month.
DEFCON: NSA Chief Calls on Hackers to Secure the Internet
Security and civil liberties are not mutually exclusive, argues the Director of the NSA and the US Cyber Command.
Security and civil liberties are not mutually exclusive, argues the Director of NSA and the US Cyber Command.
Apple Buys Security Firm AuthenTec
AuthenTec will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Apple, according to an SEC filing.
Kaspersky Uncovers New Version of Mahdi Spyware
The updated version watches for specific keywords, including 'USA' and 'gov.'
GFI Labs Warns of New Android Malware
The new version of Opfake delivers a working copy of Android Mini.
Security Flaws Found in ADS-B Air Traffic Control System
'Any attacker can pretend to be an aircraft,' researcher Andrei Costin says.
Securing the Black Hat Wi-Fi Network
How do you provide military-grade secure wireless network connectivity to 6,000 hackers? We take a look inside the Network Operations Center at the Black Hat 2012 conference.
165 Hackers Arrested in China
The gang is accused of attacks on 185 government Web sites.
Black Hat: Apple Outlines iOS Security
Apple takes the stage at the hacker conference to demonstrate how security has been baked into iOS devices, from the hardware on up.
Hacker Demos Security Flaw in Hotel Room Locks
Millions of hotel rooms may be vulnerable.
Windows Malware Found in iOS App Store
The malware was found in the application package for the 'Instaquotes Quotes Cards for Instagram' app.
Anonymous Hackers Attack Australia
Ten government Web sites were defaced in protest of planned changes to privacy laws.
Siemens Patches SCADA Security Flaws
Two advisories 'address vulnerabilities first discovered in 2010,' according to the company.
Intego Uncovers New Mac OS X Trojan
The malware has not yet been found in the wild.
Trusteer Warns of Facebook Charity Malware
The scam, customized for the victim's location, is designed to steal credit card data.
Black Hat: NFC-Equipped Smartphones Vulnerable to Attack
Near Field Communication vulnerability on Android phones demonstrated at the Black Hat 2012 conference.
Australian Police Warn of Death Threat Spam
The police say they've been surprised by the scope of the attack.
Pwnie Express Intros Power Pwn Hacking Tool
The $1,295 device is disguised as a surge protector.
Duo Security Launches X-Ray Android Security App
The app scans Android devices for unpatched vulnerabilities.
Black Hat: Open Source Web Application Firewall Comes to Microsoft IIS
After 10 years on Apache, the popular open source ModSecurity web application firewall is expanding its footprint to Microsoft's IIS web server.
Security Breach at BIDMC
A stolen laptop contained approximately 3,900 patient records and 230 administrative employee records.
AC/DC Attacks Iran
A new worm apparently caused AC/DC's 'Thunderstruck' to blast from workstations at Iranian nuclear facilities.
Millions of Gamigo Passwords Published Online
PwnedList founder Steve Thomas calls it 'the largest leak I've ever actually seen.'
Pinterest Locking Hacked Accounts
The company says it has been temporarily locking accounts when it detects suspicious activity.
California Launches Privacy Enforcement Unit
The new unit will 'hold accountable those who misuse technology to invade the privacy of others,' according to Attorney General Kamala Harris.
Hacker Mom Arrested for Changing Kids' Grades
Catherine Venusto faces up to 42 years in prison.
Japanese Finance Ministry Hit by Malware Attack
123 ministry computers were infected with data-stealing Trojans.
SecureState Releases Smart Meter Hacking Tool
The Termineter framework is designed to help utility companies look for security flaws.
19 Percent of iOS Apps Access the Address Book
And according to Bitdefender, 42.5 percent of iOS apps don't encrypt that data, even when sending it over public Wi-Fi.
APWG Sees Surge in Phishing Sites
56,859 phishing Web sites were detected in February.
Maplesoft Acknowledges Security Breach
E-mail addresses, first and last names, and company and institution names were accessed.
Oracle Extends Identity and SSO to Mobile Devices
With new features for enterprise mobile app developers, Oracle Identity Management 11g Release 2 enables the extension of authenticated access beyond the four walls of the organization.
Hacker Arrested for Amazon, eBay Cyber Attacks
Dmitry Olegovich Zubakha faces up to 37 years in prison.
Hacker Threatens ISP with Axe
Bryce Kingsley Quilley hacked into his former employer's server -- and threatened the owner with an axe.
Dave & Busters Hacker Gets Seven-Year Sentence
Aleksander Suvorov has also been ordered to pay a fine of $300,000 and $675,000 in restitution.
Nike Hacker Steals $80,000
A former college basketball player accessed 12 elite clients' accounts and used them to place orders online.
ITWallStreet.com Hacked
Data published online included e-mail addresses, user names, names, addresses, phone numbers and more.
Grum Botnet Taken Down
The botnet was responsible for 18 percent of all spam worldwide.
Android Jelly Bean Enhances Security
Version 4.1 is the first to fully implement ASLR.
Minecraft Security Flaw Patched
The vulnerability provided attackers with access to user accounts.
Dropbox Investigates Possible Security Breach
The company has brought in outside experts to investigate a flood of spam.
Kindle Touch Security Flaw Found
The vulnerability could provide an attacker with access to a victim's Amazon account.
Canadian Voters Hit by Massive Security Breach
As many as 2.4 million voters' names, genders, birthdates and addresses were exposed.
Oracle Critical Patch Update Fixes 87 Flaws
Security issues in database, middleware, and CRM applications are addressed in Oracle's quarterly CPU.
Kaspersky, Seculert Uncover Mahdi Spyware Campaign
The spyware can log keystrokes, capture screenshots, steal messages and record audio.
Cisco Buys Security Firm Virtuata
Virtuata provides software for securing virtual machines.
Symantec Security Update Crashes Windows PCs
The flawed update was made available for more than eight hours on July 11.
Skype Acknowledges IM Privacy Flaw
Some users' chat messages are being sent to unintended recipients.
Google Secures Chrome Browser Extensions
Safe browsing tip: Don't download browser extensions and add-ons from third-party websites.
Seattle Hacker Gets 95 Months in Prison
Joshuah Allen Witt was one of a trio of hackers who stole more than $3 million from 50 different companies.
Yahoo Patches Contributor Network Security Flaw
The company says it has fixed the vulnerability and deployed additional security measures.
Phishing Attacks Target O2 Customers
The e-mails direct recipients to a fake account login page.
Anonymous Hackers Target Oil Companies Over Arctic Drilling
The hackers attacked Exxon Mobil, Shell, BP, Gazprom and Rosneft.
Cisco Patches Videoconferencing Security Flaws
The company has fixed 10 different vulnerabilities in its TelePresence products.
Security Flaws Found in VeriFone Point-of-Sale System
Researchers say the vulnerabilities could give an attacker full control of a terminal.
Former EMC Employee Charged with Embezzlement
Madeline Vinton allegedly stole $220,000 in company funds, including $48,000 in false overtime claims.
Billabong Hacked
More than 20,000 plain text passwords were published online.
DNS Changer Deadline Aftermath: No Mass Internet Outage
Many ISPs cushioned the fall by re-routing infected users after the July 9th deadline.
Hacker Bypasses Apple's iOS In-App Purchases
The hack doesn't require any jailbreaking of the device.
NVIDIA Hacked
E-mail addresses, user names and hashed passwords may have been accessed.
Rapper Arrested for Buying 27,257 Stolen Credit Cards
Guerilla Black is accused of stealing at least $150,000 using the credit card data.
Hackers Target Kentucky Restaurant
Stolen credit card information was used to make purchases in three states and the Dominican Republic.
Security Flaws Found in Tridium's Niagara Framework
The vulnerabilities could enable an attacker to access user names and passwords.
Security Firm Seculert Gets $5.35 Million
The company will use the funding to open a U.S. office and to grow its sales and product development teams.
AndroidForums.com Hacked
Over a million user names, e-mail addresses and hashed passwords may have been accessed.
Yahoo Password Breach Puts SQL Injection In the Crosshairs
Once again, a major Internet property has been found lacking in security -- though Yahoo claims that most of the breached passwords were invalid.
Instagram Patches Security Vulnerability
The flaw apparently enabled a security researcher to add himself to Mark Zuckerberg's account as a friend.
More Android Malware Found on Google Play
The malicious apps were downloaded more than 50,000 times.
Nexus Q Hacked
Developer kornyone has posted detailed instructions on how to root the device.
32 Indicted Over Internet Fraud Scheme
The alleged scheme caused losses of more than $2.7 million.
Hackers Target Chemical Company with 'Lost' USB Sticks
The drives were infected with spyware designed to upload user names and passwords to a remote server.
Formspring Hacked
Approximately 420,000 user passwords were posted online.
Black Hat 2012 Preview: New Leadership and Apple On Board
New management takes the reins at the Black Hat conference this year. Here's a look at what's changing and what to expect.
Trusteer Uncovers New Android Banking Trojans
The malware enables the attackers to initiate transfers from victims' bank accounts.
Anonymous Hackers Target Pedophiles
The group has already posted information on hundreds of alleged pedophiles.
July Patch Tuesday: XML 5 Still Vulnerable
Microsoft fixes some -- but not all -- XML flaws in the July Patch Tuesday security update. Meanwhile, Internet Explorer is set to get more frequent patches.
F-Secure Warns of New Multi-Platform Web Exploit
A Java applet determines whether the victim's machine is running Windows, Mac or Linux, then downloads the appropriate malware for the platform.
Best Buy Warns of Hacked Accounts
The company says the user names and passwords were not taken 'from any Best Buy system.'
Meeting Reminders Deliver Malware
Sophos researchers identify the malicious attachments at Troj/Invo-Zip.
Two Jailed in UK Over Phishing Scams
Damola Clement Olatunji and Amos Njoroge Mwangi were arrested in December of last year.
AusCERT Acknowledges Security Breach
A DVD containing Stay Smart Online subscribers' user names, e-mail addresses and passwords was lost in the mail.
Security Firm AlienVault Gets $22.4 Million in New Funding
The funds will be used to expand AlienVault's sales, marketing and support functions, and to further invest in research and development.
Luxury Car Hacker Gets 8 Years in Prison
Alan Watkins was the leader of a gang that stole more than 170 vehicles.
TrustGo Warns of New Android Malware
More than 100,000 devices have already been infected, according to the company.
Hackers Publish Israeli E-mail Addresses, Passwords
Haaretz reports that there have already been attempts to exploit the published data.
Will Microsoft's July Patch Tuesday Shut Down XML Attack?
Microsoft is set to release 9 patches next week, double what it issued in July of 2011.
GFI Warns of Trojan Posing as Firefox for Android
The malware sends SMS messages to premium rate numbers.
British Columbia Institute of Technology Suffers Security Breach
12,680 students' personal information may have been accessed.
WikiLeaks Begins Publishing Hacked Syrian E-mails
More than two million e-mails will be released over the next few months.
Appeals Court Rules Against Bank in Cyber Theft Lawsuit
The ruling describes the bank's security systems as 'commercially unreasonable.'
Three Jailed for Use of SpyEye Malware
Pavel Cyganok, Ilja Zakrevski and Aldis Krummins received five-year, four-year and two-year prison sentences, respectively.
Trend Micro Notes Massive Surge in Android Malware
The number of malicious apps recently doubled in the space of a single month.
Sophos, Microsoft Warn of Android Spam Botnet
Google denies that Android devices are the source of the spam.
Malware Found in Apple's iOS App Store
The malicious app uploads the user's entire contact list to a remote server, then sends spam texts to all contacts.
Hacker May Have Activated Illinois Warning Sirens
Seven sirens in Lemont, Ill., and three in Evanston, Ill., recently began sounding despite the fact that no village officials had activated them.
Twitter Feed Shares Photos of Debit Cards, Credit Cards
@NeedADebitCard points out the idiocy of posting a photo of your debit or credit card online.
Microsoft IDs Two Alleged Zeus Botnet Operators
Yevhen Kulibaba and Yuriy Konovalenko are already in prison in the UK.
Georgia Man Convicted of Chase, BofA, ADP Phishing Attacks
Osarhieme Uyi Obaygbona faces up to 50 years in prison.
Turkish Foreign Ministry Hacked
The ministry's Web site was defaced, and images of foreign diplomats' identity cards were posted online.
Indian Navy Breached by Chinese Hackers
Data from naval computer systems was uploaded to Chinese IP addresses.
Ixia Buys Security Firm BreakingPoint for $160 Million
The acquisition gives Ixia access to BreakingPoint's testing platform -- and BreakingPoint's customer base.
Security Company LogRhythm Gets $15 Million
LogRhythm says the funding will be used to accelerate growth, product innovation and international expansion.
Anonymous Hacker Hits Arizona Boarding School
The attack was part of Anonymous' Operation Liberation, launched in August of 2011.
Prosecutors Seek Six-Year Sentence for Celebrity Hacker
Christopher Chaney faces a possible 71-month prison sentence and payments of more than $150,000.
TeaMp0isoN Hacker Pleads Guilty
Junaid Hussain, a.k.a. TriCk, will be sentenced next month.
New Mac Malware Targets Uyghur Activists
The malware connects to a command and control server in China.
Secure Your Wi-Fi, or a SWAT Team May Attack
An unsecured wireless network led an Indiana SWAT team to the wrong house.
MD Anderson Cancer Center Acknowledges Security Breach
An unencrypted laptop containing sensitive information on 30,000 patients was stolen from a doctor's home.
Facebook Mobile Apps Deleting User Contact Info?
Several reports indicate that Facebook's apps for Android and iPhone may be replacing contacts' e-mail addresses with Facebook e-mail addresses.
Drone Aircraft Hacked
University of Texas researchers demonstrated the attack using equipment that cost less than $1,000.
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