EU Fights Back, Hints It May Fine Google Over Privacy Policy

As expected, a group of European data privacy advocates have asked for search giant Google to clarify what and how much information the company extracts from its customers. In a letter to Google’s CEO Larry Page today .PDF, the National Commission for Computing and Civil Liberties, or CNIL, argue...

New Report Beckons 'Cyber Arms Race,' Explains Black Hole Kit

Espionage has gone digital and we’re just now seeing the beginnings of what will prove to be a “cyber arms race,” according to Mikko Hypponen, Chief Research Officer for the F-Secure, the Finnish security firm. Hypponen laid out his thoughts and recapped the last seven months in threats in the...

Zeus Comes to the BlackBerry

Researchers have found several samples of a new version of the mobile version of the Zeus malware, with these newest ones targeting the BlackBerry platform. BlackBerry has not been a common target for attackers, despite the high-value user base of corporate executives and government officials, bu...

Three Baltic Men Jailed After Using SpyEye Malware

Two men found using the SpyEye Trojan to swindle users out of their banking information were jailed last week after violating the United Kingdom’s Computer Misuse Act. Pavel Cyganok, 28, a Lithuanian, along with Ilja Zakrevski, 26, an Estonian, were jailed for four years while a third man, Latvia...

EU Officials, Privacy Agencies Attempt to Clarify Cookie Rules

Officials in Europe this week are hoping to set clearer rules for online advertisers with new guidelines that are supported by the continent’s leading digital privacy agencies. According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, agencies from the European Union’s EU member countries met last week...

FBI Targets An Austrian Remailer in Pitt Bomb Threat Case

FBI investigators have broadened their probe into emailed bomb threats at the University of Pittsburgh to an anonymous remailer in Austria. Earlier this week, at the request of U.S. authorities, police visited Christian Mock, an Austrian provider who offers anonymous remailing services. Authoriti...

Phone based denial-of-service (DoS) attack on MI6 Anti-terrorism Agency

Phone based denial-of-service DoS attack on MI6 Anti-terrorism Agency +attack+on+MI6+Anti-terrorism+Agency.jpg The Hacking group, 'TeaMp0isoN' said they targeted counter-terrorism officers at MI6 with a barrage of phone calls for a period of 24 hours, which meant nobody else could get through. By...

A Russian Zeus attacker Sentenced from Million Dollar Fraud

A Russian Zeus attacker Sentenced from Million Dollar Fraud A Russian Hacker, who was part of an elaborate Cyber attack that used Zeus Banking Trojan in U.S. visas to move cash stolen from U.S. businesses out of the country was sentenced on March 23 to two years in U.S. federal prison. Nikokay...

Google Launches New Privacy Policy to Worldwide Criticism

Search giant Google rolled out a sweeping new privacy policy on Thursday, despite continuing opposition from countries in Europe and Asia to the changes. The company announced a sweeping revision to dozens of overlapping privacy plans in January and set March 1st as the date on which the new,...

European Central Bank SQL Injection

Exploit Title: European Central Bank SQL Ýnjecktion Author: Th4 MasK Contact to ; th4maskatwindowslive.com Software Website : http://www.generationeuro.eu Date : 29.02.2012 Platform : Php Demos Site : http://www.generationeuro.eu/index.php?id=1&L=1SQL Virüslerden Önce Akil Var. Ne Kadar Efendi...

India demands Real time monitoring on Indian Gmail & Yahoo Emails

India demands Real time monitoring on Indian Gmail & Yahoo Emails Looks like the Government Of India is really after the digital communication in India. Internet content providers Yahoo, Gmail and others would be asked to route all emails accesed in India through the country even if the mail...

EU Asks Google to Delay Privacy Policy Changes

European officials want Google to slow its plans to introduce a new privacy policy so that they can investigate whether or not it is strong enough to protect user data. The Article 29 Working Party, which is comprised of European data protection officials as well as a representative from the...

NASA Hacker Arrested in Romania

Razvan Manole Cernaianu, perhaps better known as Tinkode, the hacker who gained notoriety after allegedly compromising a number of websites, including those of NASA, the European Space Agency, and Sun Microsystems, was recently arrested in Romania. According to a statement released by the Romania...

EU to Propose New Data Breach, Privacy Regulations

The European Union EU is preparing to propose new rules that will require companies to disclose data breaches within 24 hours, according to reports. The new rules are aimed at protecting customers and reducing bureaucracy, EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding explained in a speech at a conferen...

More Apps Pulled From Android Market Over Hidden SMS Functionality

There has been another round of malicious apps discovered in the official Android Market, with this wave containing hidden functionality to send SMS messages to premium-rate numbers. The apps, which Google has pulled from the Market already, are counterfeit versions of popular games, including...

European Security Services GPS v1.0 - Multiple Vulnerabilities

Title: ====== European Security Services GPS 1.x - Multiple Vulnerabilities Date: ===== 2011-09-28 VL-ID: ===== 63 Reference: ========== http://www.vulnerability-lab.com/getcontent.php?id=63 Introduction: ============= Fur eine geringe Ortungsgebuhr erhalten Sie einen Zugang zu unserem Online...

European Security Services GPS 1.x SQL Injection / Bypass

Title: ====== European Security Services GPS 1.x - Multiple Vulnerabilities Date: ===== 2011-09-28 VL-ID: ===== 63 Reference: ========== http://www.vulnerability-lab.com/getcontent.php?id=63 Introduction: ============= Für eine geringe Ortungsgebühr erhalten Sie einen Zugang zu unserem Online...

ESecurityServices GPS v1.0 - Multiple Vulnerabilities

Document Title: =============== ESecurityServices GPS v1.0 - Multiple Vulnerabilities Release Date: ============= 2011-09-27 Vulnerability Laboratory ID VL-ID: ==================================== 63 Product & Service Introduction: =============================== Für eine geringe Ortungsgebühr...

ESecurityServices GPS v1.0 - Multiple Vulnerabilities

Document Title: =============== ESecurityServices GPS v1.0 - Multiple Vulnerabilities Release Date: ============= 2011-09-27 Vulnerability Laboratory ID VL-ID: ==================================== 63 Product & Service Introduction: =============================== Für eine geringe Ortungsgebühr...

Let's Play a Game of Cyber Security at CSAW CTF 2011

Let's Play a Game of Cyber Security at CSAW CTF 2011 Ready for a little game of capture the flag? What if you weren't running around a field like a crazy person trying to grab a flag out of someone's belt, but instead were navigating around a network overcoming technical challenges to find marker...