Latest news
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Reuters' blogging platform and Twitter hacked
06.08.2012
It has been a tough end of the week for international news agency Reuters, as it first had its blogging platform hijacked on Friday by still unknown attackers, then its @ReutersTECH Twitter account compromised on Saturday.
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ASUS eStore allegedly hacked
16.07.2012
Another day, another data breach, another password dump.
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LulzSec duo pleads guilty to hacking charges
25.06.2012
UK nationals Jake Davis (aka "Topiary") and Ryan Cleary have officially admitted to being members of the infamous LulzSec hacking collective as they pleaded guilty to mounting attacks against a number of high-profile websites, The Telegraph reports.
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Compromised website serving "state-sponsored" 0-day exploit
20.06.2012
The still unpatched Microsoft XML Core Services vulnerability (CVE-2012-1889) that allows attackers to gain the same user rights as the logged on user and execute malicious code remotely is being actively exploited in the wild.
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UGNazi attack 4chan, CloudFlare
04.06.2012
Visitors to 4chan have recently been automatically redirected to the Twitter account of hacker group UGNazi, and an investigation into the matter revealed that the attack has been executed through a change of 4chan's DNS records by the hands of the hackers.
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Review: Logging and Log Management
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Experts highlight top data breach vulnerabilities
Posted on 22 May 2013. | Hidden vulnerabilities lie in everyday activities that can expose personal information and lead to data breach, including buying gas with a credit card or wearing a pacemaker.

A closer look at Mega cloud storage
Posted on 21 May 2013. | Once a novelty, nowadays many cloud storage services are fighting for their piece of the market in the virtual world. Mega offers 50GB of free space with great pricing on Pro accounts.

The CSO perspective on healthcare security and compliance
Posted on 20 May 2013. | Randall Gamby is the CSO of the Medicaid Information Service Center of New York. In this interview he discusses healthcare security and compliance challenges and offers a variety of tips.

Cyber espionage campaign uses professionally-made malware
Posted on 20 May 2013. | A massive cyber espionage campaign has been hitting government ministries, IT companies, academic research institutions, and more.
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