Archive for September 2012

September 1, 2012

· South Korea to upgrade its cyber defence
· Chrome 21 update closes high-risk security holes

September 4, 2012

· Hackers turn NetWire into trojan
· Google suspicious sign-in alert contains a trojan
· Hacker group releases one million Apple UDIDs.

September 5, 2012

· Mobile malware is up - way up
· Chrome Plugins Dupe Tens of Thousands of Users on Facebook

September 6, 2012

· WD Ships New Slim and Sleek Family of Portable Hard Drives
· Huawei Denies Stealing State Secrets or Supporting Cyber Espionage
· Cybercrime losses exceed $100 billion

September 7, 2012

· Mozilla updates Firefox 15 to fix private browsing problem
· 'Elderwood' Crew, Tied to Google Aurora Attack, Targeting Defense, Energy, Finance Companies

September 8, 2012

· Google Adds Online Malware Scanner VirusTotal To Security Lineup

September 10, 2012

· Early Windows 8 Users to Remain Vulnerable to Flash Exploits Until October
· Apache Blocks IE 10 Do Not Track Privacy Setting

September 11, 2012

· GoDaddy experiences massive outage
· BlueToad confesses to UDID leak

September 12, 2012

· GoDaddy says outage was not caused by a hacker attack - Update
· Microsoft Changes Mind; Will Patch Flash on IE 10 Before Windows 8 Ships

September 13, 2012

· PHP 5.5 should reduce password vulnerability
· Microsoft Carries out Nitol Botnet Takedown

September 14, 2012

· Google enables Do Not Track in Chrome
· Fake ADP and FDIC Notifications Leading Users to Blackhole Exploit Kit

September 15, 2012

· Google to drop support for IE8 on Nov. 15

September 16, 2012

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September 18, 2012

· Attackers exploit unpatched Internet Explorer vulnerability
· Study finds web developers undertake too little vulnerability testing
· Microsoft and Germany's BSI warn against using IE

September 19, 2012

· Microsoft FixIt Will Address IE Zero-Day Vulnerability
· Romanian POS Hackers Plead Guilty, Net $10 M from Scam

September 20, 2012

· Sophos Anti-Virus suspects itself and others

September 21, 2012

· Hotmail Limits Passwords to 16 Characters
· Microsoft Releases Out-Of-Band IE Zero-Day Patch

September 22, 2012

· Brute-force attack on Oracle passwords feasible

September 24, 2012

· Malware programmers start using Go
· Tiny Evil Maid CHKDSK Utility Can Steal Passwords

September 25, 2012

· Large-Scale Water Holing Attack Campaigns Hitting Key Targets
· Published Threat Intelligence, Not Cybersecurity Laws, Is What's Needed

September 26, 2012

· Rent-to-own laptops were spying on users
· Researcher uncovers yet another Java hole

September 27, 2012

· Analysis Shows Some URL Shorteners Often Point to Untrusted Websites
· 'Historic' DDoS Attacks Against Major U.S. Banks Continue

September 28, 2012

· Mozilla's Persona Web Authentication System Moves into Beta
· California Joins Ban on Employers Demanding Social Media Access