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Infection rates of the Flashback malware that was on over 650,000 Macs at the beginning of April have been in steep decline, according to the organization that discovered the malware in the first place. What’s …
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A recently reported flaw that allowed an attacker to drastically reduce the number of attempts needed to guess the WPS PIN of a wireless router isn’t necessary for some Arcadyan based routers anymore.<!– adsense –>
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A recently reported flaw that allowed an attacker to drastically reduce the number of attempts needed to guess the WPS PIN of a wireless router isn’t necessary for some Arcadyan based routers anymore.<!– adsense –>
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Two firms found to have used typosquatting domains to lure consumers to misleading web competitions have each been hit with unprecedented £100,000 fines, the UK industry watchdog has announced.
Premium rate regulator PhonepayPlus ruled that Dutch-based companies RD Media Europe and Unavalley BV were guilty of running a premium rate racket in which consumers were invited to enter SMS-based competitions for the chance to win prizes including Apple iPads.
Unfortunately, in order to enter visitors had to supply their mobile numbers in order to receive a competition PIN, after which they were charged £1.50 for each question received and each answer given without the charges being explained in advance.
In addition to breaking the premium rate phone services code of practice, the companies impersonated popular domains such as Twitter, YouTube and Wikipedia using typosquatted domains – ‘wikapedia.com’ and ‘twtter.com being examples – and visuals that made them look almost identical to the real websites.
One consumer complained that his fiancée had been tricked into paying £63 to enter a competition she thought was connected to YouTube, the regulator said.
In addition to the £100,000 fines, each company was ordered to refund consumers of money taking during the misleading competitions.
“These judgements send a clear message to providers that they cannot play on the public’s trust in well-known websites to promote services,” said PhonepayPlus chief executive, Paul Whiteing.
“We want consumers to continue to have confidence in the digital market place and we will do everything we can to ensure that they do. Most providers support us in this area as they recognise that this market will only grow if consumers have such trust.”
PhonepayPlus introduced it 12th code of practice in 2011 after extensive consultation with the industry, which for the first time required that all premium rate providers register with the watchdog.
The premium rate phone industry is controversial at the best of times but typosquatting was probably the final staw in these cases.
In December, Websense warned UK consumers to beware using sites that employ typosquatting techniques as part of a wider sales deceptions.
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A hacker who claims to act in defense of Israel has released 100,000 credentials of allegedly Arab users of Facebook in an ongoing row between Israeli and Arab hackers.
The hacker, who goes by the name Hannibal, posted the credentials in four parts on Pastebin on Saturday as well as making the details available on 14 file-sharing sites.
In a note introducing the data, the hacker claimed to have 30 million email account details, 10 million bank accounts and four million credit card accounts belonging to “Arabs from all over the world.”
Hannibal appeared to propose a truce, as activity from hackers targeting Israel appears to have subsided in recent days, but the hacker vowed to come to Israel’s defense if needed: “If they appear again, I again come to save Israel. Trust me. I’ll always be around.”
Emails sent to an address provided by Hannibal in the Pastebin data were rejected by the hosting provider.
Since 13 January, Hannibal has released several batches of email and Facebook log-in details. Facebook officials said last week of one of the releases that less than a third of the credentials were valid, and half were not associated with Facebook accounts.
“This does not represent a hack of Facebook or anyone’s Facebook profiles,” according to a statement.
Facebook said it validates every single log-in attempt to the site, whether the password is right or not, in order to scan for malicious activity.
Earlier this month, a hacker going by the name “oxOmar” released tens of thousands of credit card numbers of Israeli citizens. Israel’s Banking Supervision Department later said that only 15,000 of the numbers were active.
Shortly after that release, someone going by the name Omer Cohen, or “0xOmer” on Twitter, released 400 credit card numbers and expiration dates belonging to Saudi Arabian cardholders. Omer Cohen did not publish the CVC, the three-digit code on the back of the cards, however, needed to conduct online purchases.
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Israeli hacker Hannibal claims to have stolen another 100,000 Facebook logins from Arab users of the social network. A quick analysis shows that the number is actually closer to 20,000 accounts.
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The fourth pretrial hearing for Army Pfc. Bradley Manningday put the spotlight on more than 100,000 sensitive documents and conversation logs between Manning. This case raises the question of how organisations can contain the considerable risk presented by rogue employees? 
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