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Malicious link on Facebook distributing Fake Adobe Flash Player add-on; Hackers Hijacking your Online Accounts

A Malicious Link is nearby you on Facebook which claims to give you the info that who viewed your profile but on the name of that gives you the fake and Malware filled browser add-on of Adobe Flash Player.

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General Security
IBM takes a big new step in cryptography: practical homomorphic encryption

A posting from Naked Security  about IBM takes a big new step in cryptography: practical homomorphic encryption: IBM just released an open source software package called HELib. The HE stands for homomorphic encryption. Although it doesn't sound terribly sexy or impressive, HELib is actually an interesting and important milestone in cryptography. HE is also a surprisingly relevant topic right now, with […]

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Vulnerability
US nabs suspected programmer of bank Trojan that drained millions of dollars

A posting from NBC News in there Technology section:  ATLANTA (AP) - An Algerian man accused of helping to develop and market a computer program that drained millions of dollars from bank accounts around the world pleaded not guilty Friday to nearly two dozen charges. A 23-count indictment charges Hamza Bendelladj, 24, with wire fraud, bank fraud, computer […]

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Malware
Got Malware? Three Signs Revealed In DNS Traffic

A posting from Dark Reading about Malware and three Signs Revealed In DNS Traffic:  Companies focus much of their energy on hardening computer systems against threats and stopping attempts to breach their systems' security, and rightfully so. However, companies should always assume that the attackers have already successfully compromised systems and look for the telltale signs […]

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Vulnerability
Websites Harbor Fewer Flaws, But Most Have At Least One Serious Vulnerability

A posting from Dark Reading: Websites now contain fewer numbers of serious security vulnerabilities, but the majority of websites still have at least one serious flaw that can lead to a major compromise. Some 86 percent of websites have at least one serious bug that could be used in an attack, while the total number […]

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US Labor Department Website is being Operated by Chinese Hackers and serving Malware

Malicious activity in US government’s Department of Labor website uncovered by AlienVault Labs, it is compromised by Chinese Hackers known as Deep Panda or any individual Group.

No one knew about this and AlienVault tells the Truth about that website that how US Labor website redirect users to Malicious code.

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Sensitive Army database of U.S. dams compromised; Chinese hackers suspected

According to a report at FreeBeacon.com, U.S. intelligence agencies traced a recent cyber intrusion into a sensitive infrastructure database to the Chinese government or military cyber warriors, according to U.S. officials.

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General Security
See how beautiful a DDoS attack can look

A posting From Cnet News in there security and privacy section: Using the Web app Logstalgia, a developer has managed to capture on video a visual impression of what happens during a DDoS attack. We've all heard of a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack and know what it is: when a person or people attempt to take […]

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Mobile Security
Google tightens up Play Store policy, officially bans "off-market" updates...

A posting from Naked Security:  Google has made a number of changes to its Android Play Store ecosystem recently. Part of the reason is that Mountain View has been copping lots of flak for the prevalence ofmalware in unofficial application markets, often in pirated apps. That's a trifle unfair, since one of the attractions of Android over […]

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Vulnerability
Spamhaus DDoS Suspect Arrested

A posting from Information week in there Security section: Police in the Netherlands Friday announced the arrest of a 35-year-old Dutchman on charges of having launched "unprecedented heavy attacks on the non-profit organization Spamhaus." The suspect, identified only as "S.K." by Dutch police, has been named in multiple news reports as Sven Kamphuis, the leader of Amsterdam-based […]

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