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Park 'N Fly and OneStopParking suffer card breaches
Cybercrime
Obama to call for longer hacking prison sentences with revised Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
Google puts a stop to Adsense malvertising campaign
Corel vulnerabilities could allow hackers in via DLL hijacking
Park 'N Fly and OneStopParking are the latest companies to reveal data breaches, potentially exposing the card details of customers who used either service
Alan Martin • 16 Jan 2015 • 2 min. read
President Barack Obama intends to persuade Congress to increase the sentence for hackers, as well as widen the definition of what hacking means, according to Ars Technica.
Alan Martin • 15 Jan 2015 • 2 min. read
A 'widespread' malicious advertising campaign that sent web browsers to immitation websites has been stopped by Google
Alan Martin • 15 Jan 2015 • 1 min. read
Many of Corel's photo, video and media editing programs contain DLL hijacking vulnerabilities, a security researcher has discovered.
Alan Martin • 14 Jan 2015 • 1 min. read
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Swiss bank data released by hackers
The Swiss state owned Banque Cantonale de Geneve has confirmed that hackers have released confidential customer correspondences after the bank refused to pay the ransom demanded by the attackers
Obama to propose legislation that protects firms sharing cyberthreat data
President Barack Obama is planning to push legislation which would protect companies from lawsuits for sharing cyberthreat data with the government, reports the Washington Post.
Alan Martin • 13 Jan 2015 • 1 min. read
Vulnerability found in AMD processor firmware
A vulnerability found in certain AMD processor firmware has been patched by the company it was revealed at the 31st Chaos Communication Congress.
Hacked routers used for paid DDoS attacks
The rent-a-DDoS service that knocked out Xbox Live and Playstation Network is powered by thousands of hacked residential internet routers.
British Prime Minister wants access to messaging apps
British Prime Minister David Cameron has stated his belief that encrypted messaging services must have backdoor access to government agencies
Alan Martin • 13 Jan 2015 • 2 min. read
