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Fedora Update for kdepimlibs FEDORA-2011-13417
Check for the Version of kdepimlibs OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Fedora Update for kdepimlibs FEDORA-2011-13417 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under...
Fake Facebook Profile For NATO Senior Commander Used To Phish Senior Brass
A fake Facebook profile for NATO Senior Commander James Stavridis, a US Navy Admiral, was used to trick senior officers in both the U.S. and British military to becoming friends. The spear phishing attack is of unknown origin and is believed to have divulged a wide range of personal information o...
Chinese spied on NATO officials using Facebook Friends
Chinese spied on NATO officials using Facebook Friends An online scam has been exposed in which senior British military and government officials were tricked into becoming Facebook friends with someone masquerading as U.S. Admiral James Stavridis, NATO's Supreme Allied Commander and lead officer ...
Groupon Piggyback Site Offers $500 Voucher, Charges Users for Allegedly 'Free' Trial Offers
A domain registered two days ago as groupon500.com, which claims to offer a $500 voucher toward Groupon or its primary competitor, LivingSocial, is actually registering users for ‘free’ trial offers that aren’t free at all. The best part, however, is that everything about this scam is perfectly...
Hackers Hit Alabama, Mexican Government Websites
Hackers with Anonymous have taken credit for targeting government websites for Alabama and Mexico. The group claimed Friday to have hacked several Alabama police and government servers and stolen personal information on more than 46,000 people, including social security numbers, license plate...
Path Reverses Course After Revelation That App Uploads User Contacts
After a researcher discovered that any person who decides to download the Path app onto their mobile device is unknowingly sending their address book to a server belonging to the social network and photo-sharing service without prior notification, the company has released a new version of the app...
Arab Countries websites urged to Increase Security Against Israeli Hackers
Arab Countries websites urged to Increase Security Against Israeli Hackers Recent hacking attacks online have gotten the attention of the world's media outlets in a big way. What has been reported as beginning as a youth led hacker attack against an Israeli website quickly escalated when six...
Data Breach Affects Two Million NY Customers, State Commission to Investigate
The New York State Public Service Commission announced yesterday they’ll be looking into a data breach that may have exposed the personal information of almost two million customers to unknown attackers. An employee from a software consulting firm contracted by New York State Electric & Gas NYSEG...
Update: Zappos Says 24 Million Customers Affected By Data Breach
UPDATE: Online retailer Zappos said that its network has been compromised and attackers were able to access personal information belonging to more than 24 million of its customers. Zappos said that its database that contains customers’ credit card numbers was not compromised, however. “We were...
Facebook Security Phishing Attack In The Wild
At the time of writing there is a new Facebook phishing attack going on. It will not just try to steal your Facebook credentials; it will also try to steal credit card information and other important information such as security questions. This Facebook phishing attack is pretty interesting becau...
Claroline CMS Stored Cross Site Scripting
HUT CNIS Exploit Title: Claroline CMS stored XSS Vulnerability Date: 2011/10/19 Author: S.Azadi Google Dork: intext:Powered by Claroline 2001 - 2009 Vulnerability Type: Stored XSS Version: Claroline © 2001 2009 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Technical...
Report: Anonymous Targets Neo-Nazis
The Anonymous Internet collective’s campaign against groups with whom they disagree surged into 2012 with “Operation Blitzkrieg,” which is targeting Neo-Nazi groups in Germany. Their latest effort includes a Wikileaks-style Website, Nazi-leaks.net, to uncover and expose the identities of...
USAA Phishing Scam and Malware Campaign
US-CERT is aware of public reports of an active spear-phishing attack via email messages directed at United Services Automobile Association USAA members. These messages contain the subject line "Deposit Posted" and contain a randomly generated four-digit number placed in the USAA security zone...
Twenty Something Asks Facebook For His File And Gets It – All 1,200 Pages
Be careful of what you ask for. That’s a lesson that Max Schrems of Vienna, Austria, learned the hard way when he sent a formal request to Facebook citing European law and asking for a copy of every piece of personal information that the world’s largest social network had collected on him. After ...
McAfee drafted Five Steps to Avoiding bad apps on Pc & Mobile
McAfee drafted Five Steps to Avoiding bad apps on Pc & Mobile Malicious applications are one of the most serious threats to smartphone users today. Not only can a dangerous app infect your phone and steal your personal information, it can even spy on you. Read our five easy tips for avoiding bad...
Possible Data Breach Involving APEC Host Committee
Dozens of members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit’s host committee who submitted to background checks ahead of a meeting with President Obama may have been the victims of a data breach, according to an Associated Press report. An unknown individual gained unauthorized access to...
UMP French Political Party got hacked & personal information leaked
UMP French Political Party got hacked & personal information leaked The personal data of several political parliamentarians, ministers, Minister of UMP French Political Party employees were released online by an unknown source. The leak contain the details of Bernard Accoyer, Lionel Tardy, Jean...
UMP French Political Party got hacked & personal information leaked
UMP French Political Party got hacked & personal information leaked The personal data of several political parliamentarians, ministers, Minister of UMP French Political Party employees were released online by an unknown source. The leak contain the details of Bernard Accoyer, Lionel Tardy, Jean...
Promiscuous Facebookers More Likely To Fall For Fake Friend Scams
Having more friends on Facebook might not mean you’re popular, but it does make you more likely to accept an invitation from a fake friend, according to research from the University of British Columbia. In a paper to be presented in December at the Annual Computer Security Application Conference ...
Defense Department Sued Over Data Breach
A group of people affected by the TRICARE data breach in September has filed a class-action lawsuit against the Department of Defense, alleging that the department and its health care organization didn’t properly safeguard personal information that was stored on backup tapes stolen last month. Th...