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Fake CNN malware attack spins Gaza angleOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 1 hour 10 minutes ago (http://www.networkworld.com)
Category: security | Tags fake, cnn, malware, attack, spins, gaza, angle,
Hackers have launched a large-scale spam attack masquerading as CNN.com news notifications about the Israeli invasion of Gaza, security researchers said Thursday, in a repeat of a massive campaign la read more »
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Watch CrunchGear on Attack of the Show Tonight!Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 13 hours ago (http://www.crunchgear.com)
Category: internet | Tags watch, crunchgear, attack, tonight, , , ,
Be sure to check out tonight's airing of Attack of the Show on G4 TV because CrunchGear will be featured around 8:20 PM ET (I'd check to see what time it's supposed to air in your area just to make s read more »
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Twitter Gets Hacked, BadlyOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 1 day 12 hours ago (http://www.techcrunch.com)
Category: security | Tags twitter, hack, facebook, phish, attack, , ,
"Phishing attacks, which hit Twitter over the weekend, are a sign a service has arrived (Facebook has the same problem). But someone hacking into Twitter's internal admin tools and compromising 33 read more »
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Password guessing attack exposed in Twitter pwnOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 1 day 18 hours ago (http://go.theregister.com)
Category: internet | Tags password, guessing, attack, exposed, twitter, pwn, ,
The pursuit of 'happiness'Miscreants broke into Twitter's admin system on Sunday night using a simple password guessing hack, it has emerged.… read more »
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The State of Spam: What to Expect in 2009Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 2 days ago (http://feeds.infoworld.com)
Category: security | Tags spam, attack, security, future, junk, , ,
"2008 saw a promising blow to the endless sea of junk mail, but the relief didn't last for long. Now, spam experts say new forms of annoyances are on..." read more »
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Thousands of Israeli web sites under attackOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 2 days ago (http://blogs.zdnet.com)
Category: security | Tags thousands, israeli, web, sites, attack, , ,
In the wake of the escalating conflict between Israel and Hamas, it didn’t take long before pro-Hamas supporters organized themselves and started to defacing thousands of pro-Israeli web sites read more »
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Nokia 'Curse of Silence' SMS exploit uncoveredOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by MargaretM 7 days ago (http://go.theregister.com)
Category: security | Tags bill ray, the register, symbian os, attack, tobias engel, nokia, exploit,
Bill Ray of The Register writes "Mobile phone security vendors were rejoicing last night when it emerged that an obscure bug in an old version of the Symbian OS could allow an attacker to crash a ta read more »
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MD5/rogue CA attack: The sky is not fallingOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 8 days ago (http://blogs.zdnet.com)
Category: security | Tags md5, rogue, ca, attack, sotirov, pki, ,
"Today there’s been a lot of buzz about the clever new attack on public key infrastructure from Alex Sotirov and a team of researchers.   In the attack, the bad guy ends up..." read more »
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