Oracle released another Java fix to patch the vulnerabilities uncovered this week.  In a Security Alert for CVE-2013-1493, the company advises all users to install the security patch as soon as possible considering the “severity of these vulnerabilities.” This particular update addresses a vulnerability known as CVE-2013-1493 (US-CERT VU#688246) and a security issue “affecting Java running in web browsers,”...

In a brand new phishing campaign targeting Germans, scammers set their eyes on identification data of PayPal and ING customers in Germany. Germans should therefore take care with the e-mail that seems sent by PayPal or ING asking them to update their accounts for safety reasons. Scammers impersonate customer service representatives of the financial institutions seeking to help secure customers and their pri...

In an attempt to make money on the back of a subject that made the headlines in the past days, crooks launched a spear phishing campaign by luring targets with the false promise of a Mandiant report. The fake e-mails appear to be targeting some Japanese organizations and certain Chinese journalists by flaunting as an attachment a bogus copy of the Mandiant report on the Chinese spy unit launched this week. ...

Bitdefender security researchers recommend all employees to refrain from revealing the name of the company they are working for and minimize data sharing on social networking platforms. This information will do them and their companies more harm than good. And nowhere is this recommendation more urgent than in the United States – the country with both the highest profile hacking targets and the most lax cit...

Mandiant, the company investigating the cyber-security breaches at The New York Times and The Washington Post, has released a lengthy report exposing what it says is one of the most active cyber espionage cells of China’s People’s Liberation Army. “It is time to acknowledge the threat is originating in China, and we wanted to do our part to arm and prepare security professionals to combat that threat effect...

Burger King’s Twitter account was suspended on Monday after falling into the wrong hands and allowing an unauthorized party to post hateful, obscene and false messages about the Miami-based fast-food chain. The profile picture of the company was also altered to show an alleged merger between Burger King and McDonalds. For approximately an hour, the prankster behind this action displayed on behalf of Burger ...

China is collecting intelligence from the US military and business sector, right under the nose of a powerless US government, the US House Intelligent Committee reports. Mike Rogers, Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, claims 95 percent of private sector networks are vulnerable to cyber-attack and, in fact, they have already fallen victim to such attacks. Apparently not only China, but also Russia...

Clients of Citi Group, the third largest bank holding company in the US, are targeted by scammers who collect passwords and open backdoors for unauthorized remote attackers or download malware on the compromised systems. This attack seems part of a greater campaign conducted by the group behind other two malicious spam messages that in January had Better Business Bureau and DocuSign clients open malicious a...

The company released updates for Adobe Flash Player 11.5 and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh, Adobe Flash Player 11.2 and earlier versions for Linux, Adobe Flash Player 11.1 and earlier versions for Android. Adobe rushed a security fix for two Flash Player vulnerabilities currently exploited in the wild. The two bugs included already in exploit packs are used by crooks to download malware on the ...

The European Commission proposed changes to cyber-security policy aimed to better protect information systems of companies all across Europe against cyber-criminal attacks by having tens of thousands of companies report cyber-crime live. "The more people rely on the Internet the more people rely on it to be secure,” said Neelie Kroes, EU Digital Agenda Commissioner. “A secure Internet protects our freedoms ...