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Source Code for Android Ibanking Bot Surfaces on Underground Forum
CIO The malware connects to a command-and-control server that allows attackers to issue commands to each infected device, making iBanking not just a Trojan app, but a botnet client. The iBanking source code leak spotted recently by the RSA researchers … |
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Seoul forum calls for international rules for cyber warfare
Yonhap News "It is now quite obvious that cyber warfare presents a new and maybe potentially a more destructive form of threat than conventional warfare, although the implications of this form of threat are still not fully understood and appreciated," said Jia … |
E-mail addresses, user names, and password data for every registered user of the Ubuntu Forums—estimated to be 1.82 million accounts—were exposed in a security breach hitting the company responsible for maintaining the freely available, open-source operating system.
The Ubuntu Forums were closed Saturday evening, following the discovery that the site’s homepage was defaced by someone who managed to gain privileged access to its underlying servers. To their credit, administrators with Canonical, the for-profit company that markets Ubuntu, quickly issued an advisory that warned users to change their credentials immediately. The forums remained inaccessible at time of writing on Sunday afternoon.
“While the passwords were not stored in plain text, good practice dictates that users should assume the passwords have been accessed and change them,” Ubuntu CEO Jane Silber wrote in an updated advisory. “If users used the same password on other services, they should immediately change that password.”
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World Peace Forum experts call for global effort to boost internet security
South China Morning Post Common criminal or much-needed whistle-blower? The Edward Snowden case divided opinion among the dignitaries, diplomats and academics at the World Peace Forum in Beijing. But they all agreed that international collaboration was needed to draw up … |
