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British spies reportedly spoofed LinkedIn, Slashdot to target network engineers

Key employees from telecommunication companies were redirected to pages that installed malware on their computers

By Lucian Constantin

Nov 11, 2013 5 mins

Government IT Intrusion Detection Software Small and Medium Business

Security researchers laud Microsoft, Facebook bug bounty programs

Efforts should provoke responsible vulnerability research on widely used technologies

By Jaikumar Vijayan

Nov 8, 2013 4 mins

Facebook Malware PHP

DOJ continues scrutiny of underground market sellers, arrests arms vendor

DOJ has arrested a seller on 'Black Market Reloaded' for alleged illegal weapons sale

By John Ribeiro

Nov 8, 2013 4 mins

Cybercrime Malware Small and Medium Business

‘Operation Hangover’ hackers exploit latest Windows zero-day

Indian gang ups its game with targeted attacks that rely on malicious Word docs

By Gregg Keizer

Nov 7, 2013 3 mins

Cybercrime Malware Microsoft

New bug bounty program rewards researchers for finding flaws in widely used software

Microsoft and Facebook team up to reward vulnerability research that can affect a lot of Internet users

By Lucian Constantin

Nov 7, 2013 3 mins

Malware Patch Management Software Small and Medium Business

Silk Road online drug marketplace resurfaces

The new website comes about a month after the original Silk Road was shut down by the FBI

By John Ribeiro

Nov 7, 2013 3 mins

Cybercrime Malware Small and Medium Business

Microsoft warns of Office zero-day, active hacker exploits

Flaw unlikely to be patched in next week's security updates, says expert

By Gregg Keizer

Nov 5, 2013 3 mins

Malware McAfee Microsoft

Spike in traffic with TCP source port zero has some researchers worried

Traffic with this source port might indicate reconnaissance for future attacks, researchers from Cisco said

By Lucian Constantin

Nov 5, 2013 3 mins

Intrusion Detection Software Malware Small and Medium Business

Microsoft waves more security pros into the pool for $100K bounties

Moves step closer to traditional bug bounties by accepting novel techniques found in active attacks that skirt Windows' defenses

By Gregg Keizer

Nov 5, 2013 4 mins

Cybercrime Malware Microsoft

Adobe confirms stolen passwords were encrypted, not hashed

System hit was not protected by traditional best practices, used 3DES instead

By Antone Gonsalves

Nov 4, 2013 4 mins

Access Control Data Breach Malware