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July 2008 4 posts

Storm Botnet Celebrates The Independence Day With New Wave Of Malware Spam 
 Data Breach At Benefits Company Affects Google Employees 
 Sony USA PlayStation Website SQL Injected And Redirects Visitors To Fake Anti-Virus Scam 
 Mozilla Fixes 12 Security Vulnerabilities In Firefox 2.0.0.15

June 2008 39 posts

25 Mac OS X Security Vulnerabilities Fixed in Apple's 2008-004 Security Update 
 Hackers Selling Stolen Credit Cards Lead To Montgomery Ward Parent Company Breach Exposure 
 Cross-Domain Vulnerability In Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 
 Hackers Hijack ICANN And IANA’s Domains 
 Terrorist And Leftist Websites Defaced By Israeli Hackers 
 Yahoo! Groups Are Used By Phishers To Send Personalized Scam Emails 
 Employees Personal Information Exposed In Department of Consumer Affairs Email Incident 
 Marshall Islands Email Service Paralysed By Spam Attack 
 Customers Data Stolen From Compromised Balmar E-commerce Server 
 Trojan In The Wild Exploits Recently Disovered Bug In Mac OS X Remote Management 
 Another Round Of Fake Breaking News Spam Installs Malware 
 New Malware Spam Reporting Bogus Beijing Earthquake Targets Olympic Games Fans 
 New Firefox 3.0 Is Vulnerable To High-Severity Code Execution 
 Photobucket DNS Records Hijacked By A Hacking Group 
 Mozilla Firefox 3.0 Final Version Available For Download 
 DivShare Online Storage Breached, Basic Members Data Accessed By Hacker 
 Customers Credit Cards Possible Theft In Compromised Altman Weil Online Store 
 Columbia University Students Private Details Available On Google-Hosted Website For 16 Months 
 New Zlob Trojan Version Alters Wireless Router Settings And Hijacks DNS 
 Personal Details Of More Than 11,000 Former And Current University Of Florida Students Found On School Website 
 Hackers Exposed Private Details Of 2000 Belgacom ISP Users 
 University Of Utah Hospitals & Clinics Stolen Backup Tape Contained 2.2 Million Billing Records 
 Critical Flaws Patched By Apple in QuickTime 7.5 Update 
 Cotton Traders Clothing Firm Customers Credit Card Details Stolen From Hacked Website 
 Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability On Dogpile.com Helps Malware Spam Distributors 
 Internet Movie Database And Amazon Hit By A DDOS Attack 
 Updated Blackmailer Virus Gpcode Encrypts User Data And Demands Payment For Decryption 
 Skype File URI Security Bypass Code Execution Vulnerability 
 OSU Bookstore Online Customers Payment Information Stolen 
 Credit Cards Data Stolen In 1st Source Bank Intrusion 
 HP Instant Support ActiveX Control Multiple Vulnerabilities 
 Social Networks Information Sharing Flaw Exposes Private MySpace Users Photos 
 Personal Information Sent To An Analysis Firm Stolen From State Street Corporation 
 Patients Personal Data Compromised In Walter Reed Army Medical Center 
 Microsoft Alerts Users Not To Use Safari Due To Carpet Bombing Vulnerability 
 UK Home Office Crime Reduction Website Hosted Italian Phishing Scam 
 Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities on EA Websites 
 Phoenix Mars Lander Website Defaced By Script Kiddies 
 Computers Storing Personal Data Breached At Pocono Mountain School District

May 2008 59 posts

Movie Sharing Program Causes A Security Breach In University Of California San Francisco 
 Hackers Have Cracked N-Gage Application, Alowing It To Run Pirated Games On Other Devices 
 Hacked Comcast.net Leaves Users Without Email Access 
 68 Fixes In Apple Update 10.5.3 and Apple Security Update 2008-003 
 New Adobe Flash Vulnerability Exploited In Latest Mass SQL Injection Attack 
 Adobe Flash Player SWF File Zero-Day Remote Code Execution Vulnerability 
 Another Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability On eBay Domain Sites Allows Phishing 
 Google Docs Abused In Latest Spam Technique 
 Fraudulent avast! Anti-Virus Products Advertised Via Google AdWords 
 New Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability Found On Facebook 
 Hackers Might Exploit Apple's iCal Memory Corruption Vulnerability 
 Hackers And Scammers Continue Exploit China Earthquake 
 Apple iTunes Users Are Targeted By Phishers 
 Remote Attack Could Damage Systems Hardware Beyond Repair 
 More Websites Are Compromised, This Time Avoiding Chinese Websites And Users 
 Current List Of Malicious Domains Inserted Through SQL Injection 
 LPL Financial Compromised Advisors Logons Used In Stocks Manipulations 
 Research Shows Vista Is Almost As Vulnerable As Its Predecessors 
 Above 300,000 More Websites Compromised Targeting Chinese Users 
 School Computer Hacked And Personal Records Stolen By 15-Year-Old Student 
 Users Fear Of Illegal Content Targeted By Social Engineering Trojan 
 Fake US Tax Court Spam Installs Malicious Code 
 Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability On Paypal Could Be Used In Phishing Attacks 
 Stolen Database Being Used To Spam Stickam Users 
 NSA Goes Offline Due To A DNS Glitch 
 Apple's Safari Downloads Websites Resources Without Asking For Permission 
 Oklahoma State University Parking Services Server Compromised 
 Botnet Kit And Service Offered To Non-Techies 
 Phishing Botnet Expands By SQL Injecting Websites Found In Google 
 30 Percent Of New Major Social Networks Accounts Are Fraudulent 
 MySpace Wins $230 Million Judgement Against Spammers 
 Debian.org Accounts Blocked Due To Recent OpenSSL Vulnerabilities 
 Microsoft Patches Critical Database And Office Flaws 
 Half-Million Sites Mostly Running PHPBB Forum Software Hacked In Latest Attack 
 Researchers Discovered A New Technique For Stealthier Rootkits 
 Hacker Published Confidential Records Belonging To Six Million Chileans On The Internet 
 FBI Looks Into Counterfeit Cisco Equipment 
 Botnet Spams 60 Billion Emails A Day 
 Adware Back-door In Firefox Language Pack 
 Facebook Agrees To Permanently Deploy Child-Safety Measures 
 HSBC Bank Lost 159,000 More Customers Records 
 Adobe Web Portal Exposed Educational Software Users Personal Data 
 Another SQL Injection Worm Making Rounds With 4000 Websites Infected 
 Top Quality Stolen Credit Cards And Bank Details For Sale 
 Microsoft Releases Windows XP Service Pack 3 But Locks IE7 Uninstall 
 University Of California At San Francisco Patients Records Exposed 
 Fake MP3 Files Infect With Trojan And Install Adware 
 Identity Theft Scam In Lunardi's Supermarket In Los Gatos 
 Stolen Business And Personal Data Found On Open Botnet Server 
 Stolen General Internal Medicine Laptop Exposes Nearly 12000 Patients 
 Turkish Prime Minister Website Hacked In Prostest Of Pay Increase Proposal 
 Educational And Military Networks Under Botnet attacks 
 Another Google Adwords Phishing Attack In Progress 
 Fake Meeting Invitations Spam In Google And Outlook Calendars 
 Malware In Online Game For Mobile Phones Launders Money 
 Sensitive Data Said To Be Available On California Riverside County Superior Court Website 
 Fake Microsoft-like Sites Attempt To Install Malware 
 Staten Island University Hospital Patients Personal Records Stolen In December 
 Vulnerabilities In Both Principal London Mayoral Election Candidates Websites

April 2008 93 posts

March 2008 54 posts