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Iranians are being phished ahead of election: Google
Google is warning Iranians that it is seeing a rise in what it believes are politically motivated phishing attacks ahead of the nation's presidential election.
Qld IT systems left unpatched, used in botnets
Queensland's IT systems have been found to be contributing to botnets, still use IE6, and in some cases have six-year-old vulnerabilities in their server software.
Spain pushing for right to install government spyware on citizens' devices
The Spanish government wants the power to install spyware on mobile devices and PCs belonging to suspected criminals.
FireEye: Malware attribution not key in cybercrime fight
The industry places too much emphasis on finding out the source of cyberattacks, which does little to improve the state of security. Instead resources should be invested in security innovation around mobile, social media and cloud.
McAfee: Hackers increasingly targeting Android devices
Google's mobile platform remains in the crosshairs of hackers, warns McAfee. Some variants surged by more than 30 percent in the first quarter alone.
Hacking 101: Metasploit, cross-site scripting, and SQL injection
WatchGuard director of security strategy Corey Nachreiner walks the audience at AusCERT 2013 through some of the tools that hackers use to break into systems.
S. Korea, HK, Japan lead Web threat origins
The three Asian markets are the origin of Web threats such as spam, phishing e-mail and Web sites, botnets, and servers hosting malicious content.
Why we need to stop cutting down security's tall poppies
We need to have a lower tolerance for lax security, but we also need to encourage those that are actually trying to do the right thing.
Drupal issues password reset after servers compromised
A vulnerability in a third-party application used on Drupal's servers have allowed attackers to access customer data, prompting the CMS developer to reset user passwords.
US urged to permit self-defense retaliation on hackers
Would retaliatory attacks make hackers think twice?
'Aggressive' espionage-for-hire operation behind new Mac spyware
An Indian malware service is building attack software for projects involving secret surveillance.
LulzSec group sentenced; hacker combats child porn allegations
Core members of LulzSec have been sentenced for their campaigns, but according to the defense, some of the victims were "thoroughly deserving" of what happened to them.
U.S. government becomes 'biggest buyer' of malware
Amid a growing battle between federal government agencies and hackers, cyberwarriors, and cyber-enemy nation states, the U.S. is ramping up its malware stockpile to 'hack back' at those who attack it.
US says Chinese government is behind cyber spying campaign
A U.S. report claims that China's government and military have targeted U.S. government networks as part of a cyber espionage campaign.
IE8 zero-day flaw targets U.S. nuke researchers; all versions of Windows affected
Security researchers have discovered a previously unreported zero-day attack that targets U.S. government nuclear weapons scientists and researchers. Microsoft has warned Internet Explorer 8 users to upgrade to a later version of the browser, as the potentially affects at most one-quarter of all IE users.