On Friday, 21 September 2012, at 10:52:27, the G Data SecurityLabs detected a malicious website containing a partially obfuscated and suspicious looking JavaScript. We suspect that this detected attack is one of the first attempts to use the exploit in a modified version and in a large scale attack, which stands in contrast to the […]
Yesterday, LinkedIn started investigating a password leak, followed by online dating site eHarmony, and now online music streaming site LastFM has announced on their blog that they too are investigating the leak of user passwords. As a precautionary measure, they are advising all their users to change their passwords immediately. You can do that here. […]
Yesterday, password databases from two popular websites were leaked in an underground forum popular with computer hackers. 6.5 million passwords from LinkedIn and a further 1.5 million passwords from internet dating site eHarmony were divulged following attacks on these sites. LinkedIn has already acknowledged the leak, and have said they are changing the algorithm for […]
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