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July sees spam continuing to dominate emails

July sees spam continuing to dominate emails

Threat reports for July show that spam continues to be sent at a high level with image spam and phishing still in high figures.
Dan Raywood Aug 12 2009 11:29AM Security
Top websites using Flash cookies to track user behavior

Top websites using Flash cookies to track user behavior

Users often delete HTTP cookies to enhance their privacy, but some of the most popular websites are circumventing these efforts by utilising little-known Flash cookies, researchers at the University of California have found.
Angela Moscaritolo Aug 12 2009 11:16AM Security
North Korea blamed for DDoS attacks on United States and South Korea

North Korea blamed for DDoS attacks on United States and South Korea

A series of distributed denial-of-service attacks on American and South Korean websites have been blamed on North Korea.
Dan Raywood Jul 10 2009 10:46AM Security
Mass attacks on government and financial sites continue

Mass attacks on government and financial sites continue

Researchers remain unsure of the source of an ongoing distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that is affecting a number of US and South Korean government websites, along with financial institutions, such as the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ sites, as well as various military sites and the Washington Post.
Chuck Miller Jul 9 2009 11:22AM Security
Nine ball attack was 'overstated'

Nine ball attack was 'overstated'

ScanSafe has poured cold water on claims that the so-called "Nine Ball" attack discovered last week compromised over 40,000 legitimate websites.
Phil Muncaster Jun 22 2009 11:14AM Security
Mac trojan targets game sites to infect users

Mac trojan targets game sites to infect users

Virus researchers have spotted a new variant of a Mac trojan that attempts to change a victim computer's DNS settings.
Dan Kaplan Jun 22 2009 11:03AM Security
"Nine-Ball" mass injection attack compromises 40,000 sites

"Nine-Ball" mass injection attack compromises 40,000 sites

A new threat dubbed "Nine-Ball" has compromised up to 40,000 legitimate websites that are now infecting users with an information-stealing trojan, according to security vendor Websense.
Angela Moscaritolo Jun 18 2009 10:46AM Security
EFF launches new service to inform on T&C changes

EFF launches new service to inform on T&C changes

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has begun a new service that tracks changes in the terms and conditions users have to sign to access online services.
Iain Thomson Jun 8 2009 7:37AM Telco/ISP
Hackers hit US Army websites

Hackers hit US Army websites

A group of computer hackers based in Turkey breached the sites of two U.S. Army facilities, leveraging SQL injection attacks.
Chuck Miller Jun 2 2009 12:10PM Security
Russian website claims that Conficker is launching DDoS attacks

Russian website claims that Conficker is launching DDoS attacks

The Conficker worm has been stepping up its activities with reports made of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks on a number of Russian websites.
Dan Raywood Apr 9 2009 11:30AM Security
Easter-related malicious sites appear on search engine results

Easter-related malicious sites appear on search engine results

Cybercriminals have begun using Easter-related websites to intercept search engine optimisation.
Staff Writers Mar 30 2009 11:12AM Security
Social networking websites make recruiting spies difficult

Social networking websites make recruiting spies difficult

A social networking world makes it harder for the UK intelligence services to recruit a spy without a profile, as Ken Munro explains.
Ken Munro Feb 4 2009 2:53PM Security
Websense: Number of compromised websites at all-time high

Websense: Number of compromised websites at all-time high

Seventy percent of the most popular sites on the web have either hosted malicious content or contained a masked redirect, a recent study has found.
Angela Moscaritolo Jan 22 2009 10:47AM Security
Compromised Halloween websites passing along rogue software

Compromised Halloween websites passing along rogue software

Users might end up with rogue anti-virus software on their machines by searching for Halloween costumes online.
Angela Moscaritolo Oct 23 2008 10:09AM Security
Criminal gangs compromise more than 200,000 websites

Criminal gangs compromise more than 200,000 websites

Criminal gangs have acquired login details for more than 200,000 websites.
Dan Raywood Oct 7 2008 9:54AM Security
Business logic flaws endanger websites

Business logic flaws endanger websites

Forget SSL injection and cross-site scripting, there's a new website vulnerability in town -- and you can't scan for it.
Dan Kaplan Aug 13 2008 9:50AM Security
Hackers infiltrate legitimate websites

Hackers infiltrate legitimate websites

Surfers who think they can avoid cyber-crime by sticking to reputable websites are fooling themselves.
Andrew Charlesworth Jul 31 2008 7:57AM Security
Hackers 'seeding' legitimate websites

Hackers 'seeding' legitimate websites

SQL injection attacks colonising big name sites.
Staff Writers Jun 10 2008 9:00AM Security
SQL attack hits 500,000 websites

SQL attack hits 500,000 websites

Security researchers have uncovered a new SQL attack which has compromised more than half a million web pages.
Shaun Nichols Apr 26 2008 10:22AM Security
IFRAME attack impacting 20,000 trusted websites

IFRAME attack impacting 20,000 trusted websites

Researchers on Friday continued to monitor a widespred IFRAME attack that exploits visitors to legitimate websites by installing an information-stealing trojan on their machines.
Dan Kaplan Mar 17 2008 10:10AM Security

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