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  • koobface-suspects Koobface worm: authors unmasked, not worried January 18th, 2012 - 11:27 am ET The Russian authors of the Koobface – an anagram of Facebook – have apparently been unmasked.
  • Symantec-logo Symantec’s source code stolen January 09th, 2012 - 02:09 pm ET Security solutions editor Symantec has confirmed that the source code of two of their old enterprise products has been stolen.
  • Special-Forces LulzXmas: SpecialForces.com hacked January 02nd, 2012 - 05:58 am ET For their Christmas special, Anonymous – or those at least claiming to be long to the group – have brought up an old hacking of SpecialForces.com.
  • Windows 7 logo Windows 7 fault: a BSoD via Safari December 22nd, 2011 - 12:11 pm ET A security vulnerability which can be immediately executed affects the 64-bit version of Windows 7. The Safari browser is used as a vector which provokes a blue screen of death.
  • Lady-Gaga-Twitter Scam: Lady Gaga promises iPad's on Twitter and Facebook December 20th, 2011 - 11:45 am ET Following her Twitter account being hacked, the singer who has more than 17 million followers promised each a free iPad. This stunt was also repeated on Lady Gaga’s Facebook ...
  • MS-Patch-Tuesday-dec-2011 Microsoft: Duqu patched, bringing years total to 99 corrections December 14th, 2011 - 11:21 am ET The last Patch Tuesday for the year has corrected the Duqu vulnerability. A total of nineteen security faults have been corrected, although twenty were pre-announced, as the ...
  • Firefox_Nouveau_Logo Security: Mozilla reacts to Google funded study December 13th, 2011 - 01:42 pm ET For Mozilla, sandboxing isn’t everything. A precision made following the release of Accuvant Labs study.
  • Accuvant-Labs-etude-1 Security: Firefox indirectly attacked by Google December 12th, 2011 - 09:38 am ET An Accuvant Labs study has compared to Google Chrome to Internet Explorer and Firefox, looking at which is the most secure web browser. The study was financed by Google.
  • yahoo-logo Yahoo! awarded 610 million dollars from spammers December 08th, 2011 - 02:29 pm ET The American courts have condemned spammers for their activities, awarding Yahoo! 610 million dollars in damages following the organisation of a fake lottery using their ...
  • ssl-logo-google HTTPS: Google protects today’s emails from future attacks November 25th, 2011 - 09:10 am ET Google is protecting their systems against attacks that could take place in the future which could affect todays HTTPS service by activating the proprietary forward secrecy ...