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Paybacks are hell: Parental spying prompts infiltration of German police system

Jan

2012

Der Spiegel published a story in yesterday's edition of their magazine that the hack on the German police surveillance system "Patras" was prompted by a senior officer spying on his daughter's internet activities. The Patras system is used by the police to track suspects using so-called "silent" SMSs and GPS tracking devices planted on automobiles. […]

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Anonymous and LulzSec trawl Google Code search for security holes

Nov

2011

Exotically named hacking tools such as Low Orbit Ion Cannon and #RefRef have garnered plenty of headlines over the last few months but a new report suggests that the world’s favourite search engine might be an equally important weapon in the arsenal of cyber-criminals and hacktivists. The report explains how a simple search on Google […]

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Nitro malware attack targets industrial companies, relies on social engineering

Nov

2011

Symantec published a paper today titled “The Nitro Attacks: Stealing Secrets from the Chemical Industry.” The paper details research they did into a recent series of targeted attacks on industrial companies. This “nitro” attack has an interesting blend of malware techniques that does show some ingenuity. It used a socially engineered email message with a […]

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