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Uh-oh, this computer virus can spread via Wi-Fi

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Researchers at England's University of Liverpool have created Chameleon, a virus that can proliferate via Wi-Fi as efficiently as the common cold infects humans. British researchers have created a computer virus that they say is the first to spread like a real airborne contagion.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 03, 2014

Businesses told to lockdown Bitcoin wallets against malware threat

Businesses considering accepting Bitcoins or other forms of cryptocurrency should be prepared to battle a rising number of malware aimed at emptying digital wallets.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 03, 2014

Two in five Brits cough up for CryptoLocker ransomware's demands

Around two in five people who fall victim to CryptoLocker have agreed to pay a ransom of around

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 28, 2014

Bitcoins, other digital currencies stolen in massive 'Pony' botnet attack

Cybercriminals have infected the computers of digital currency holders, using a virus known as "Pony" to make off with account credentials, bitcoins and other digital currencies in one of the largest attacks on the technology, security services firm Trustwave said.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 25, 2014

Portions of Forbes Site Still Down After Hacker Attack

Business news site Forbes.com was still recovering today from the after-effects of an attack by hackers that exposed the email addresses of more than a million of its users and forced it to take its blogging platform down.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 19, 2014

Asus, Linksys Router Exploits Tell Us Home Networking is the Vulnerability Story of 2014

If you're using network-attached storage, video surveillance equipment, or remote router management software, beware of dodgy firmware--it's become ground zero for hacker exploits, as recent debacles with Asus and Linksys routers emphatically illustrate.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 19, 2014

2014

The dramatic increase in the number of security attacks and the sophistication of the cyber criminals masterminding them means there is a critical need for businesses to take a more radical approach to their information security.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 17, 2014

Cybercrooks use stolen consumer data hour-to-hour

While the big data breaches at Target, Neiman Marcus and Michaels have drawn heavy news coverage, the everyday machinations of various specialists in the cyberunderground remain out of sight and out of mind to most people.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 13, 2014

Cryptolocker scambles US law firm's entire cache of legal files

A small US law firm has bravely admitted losing its entire cache of legal documents to the Cryptolocker Trojan despite attempting to pay the $300 (

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 07, 2014

War on Anonymous: British Spies Attacked Hackers, Snowden Docs Show

A secret British spy unit created to mount cyber attacks on Britain

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 06, 2014

iFrame attack injects code via PNGs

Security vendor Sucuri is warning that it's spotted an attack in the wild that embeds malicious code in PNG files.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 05, 2014

Angry anti-NSA activists deface Angrybirds.com

Anti-NSA hackers defaced ‪Rovio's official Angry Birds website ‬on Tuesday night as a reprisal against revelations that GCHQ and the NSA were feasting on data leaked from the popular smartphone game.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 29, 2014

Gaming Console Hacks

A couple times a year, maybe, you

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Jan 28, 2014

Microsoft says law enforcement documents likely stolen by hackers

Documents linked with law enforcement inquiries appear to have been stolen in recent phishing attacks on certain employee email accounts, Microsoft said.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 27, 2014

13 indicted in $2M gas station card-skimming scheme

Pump-mounted devices used Bluetooth chips that allowed the thieves to retrieve the data without having to physically connect to the devices, prosecutors allege.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 27, 2014

Why I did it: Former hacker Mitchell Frost explains his motivation

In 2006, Mitchell Frost, then a 19-year-old college student at the University of Akron, used the school's computer network to control the botnets he had created. Authorities say between August 2006 and March 2007, Frost launched a series of denial of service (DDOS) attacks against several conservative web sites, including Billoreilly.com, Anncoulter.com and Rudy Giuliani's campaign site, Joinrudy2008.com.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 23, 2014

China's Great Firewall directs millions to open door to free surfing

It's believed that human error caused a glitch in the country's firewall, sending people to a company that sells anti-censorship technology to Chinese citizens.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 22, 2014

NSA hacking tools will find their way to criminals eventually

The U.S. National Security Agency has reportedly developed technology to commandeer computers even when they are off the Internet, and security experts warn it's only a matter of time before similar tools become part of cybercriminals' toolbox.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 21, 2014

Spy agencies around the world use radio signals to tap data from targeted systems

Reports this week that the National Security Agency uses radio signals to collect data from tens of thousands of non-U.S. computers, some not connected to the Internet, is sure to fuel more acrimony towards the U.S. spy agency.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 16, 2014

Teen Reported to Police After Finding Security Hole in Website

A teenager in Australia who thought he was doing a good deed by reporting a security vulnerability in a government website was reported to the police.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 10, 2014

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U.S. Investigation into China-Backed Telecom Companies Hack: The Role & Risks of Encryption Backdoors

FASTCash Linux Malware: A New Cybercrime Menace Targeting Payment Switch Systems

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