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Microsoft, Adobe Issue Critical Updates

11

Apr

2012

Tuesday was quite a day for IT administrators-for the month of April, both Microsoft and Adobe released patch loads repairing a slew of critical flaws that could easily pave the way for users to become victims of malicious attacks. For its April Patch Tuesday security bulletin, Microsoft released six updates repairing a total of 11 […]

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Web Attack Ahead of Tax Season

08

Feb

2012

At 3 AM, on February 6, 2012, Symantec Security Response observed spam carrying malicious links which target the upcoming tax season. The spam volume spiked between 6 AM and 1 PM, identifying over 200 unique URLs which lead to a Blackhole toolkit. A Blackhole toolkit compromises the machine by targeting various vulnerabilities on the victim's […]

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TinKode arrested for suspected hack of NASA and Pentagon servers

01

Feb

2012

Police in Romania believe that they may have apprehended the notorious hacker TinKode, who in the past has hacked into government and military websites, exposing their poor security. The 20-year-old man, named as Razvan Manole Cernaianu, allegedly attacked Pentagon and NASA computer systems, revealed security holes, and published information about SQL injection vulnerabilities he had […]

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