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Microsoft Accidentally Releases September Patch Tuesday Bulletins

Someone over at Microsoft is a little trigger-happy on the "publish" button, it seems. The software giant published the details of the bulletins for...

Anonymous Defaces Texas Police Website After Latest Arrests

It seems Anonymous and law enforcement authorities are busy one-upping each other. Someone gets arrested, the hacktivist collective expresses its anger by defacing yet...

WikiLeaks Battles Leaked Password, DDoS Attacks

It has not been a good week for WikiLeaks, what with its documents being leaked and its being hit by a denial of service...

Apache Patches “Apache Killer” DoS Bug

Apache has patched its Web server software to close the vulnerability that could result in a denial of service attack disabling the server.Apache 2.2.20...

Zscaler Finds Gmail Phishing Website

Security researchers at Zscaler recently came across a phishing Website masquerading as a Gmail login page. Unless users are very vigilant, they can easily...

Twitter Joins Mandatory HTTPS Club

Twitter has announced it will begin to turn on HTTPS by default for all users. This is good news, as Web services need to...

Serious Cryptographic Bug Fixed in PHP

The PHP Group has fixed the serious bug in the cryptographic function in PHP 5.3.7 and pushed out the fix a day later in...

China’s Cyber-War Software Possibly Leaked in a Documentary

A military documentary broadcast in China appears to have some screenshots of what may be software designed for cyber-warfare attacking a server in the...

Internet Users Posting Info that Helps Cyber-Crooks

Internet users are overly complacent about posting personal or potentially sensitive data online, providing cyber-criminals with a wealth of information that could be used...

Facebook: Friend Who You Actually Know

Facebook has a simple tip for its users to stay safe online: "Friend" only people you know.In a 13-page guide titled "Own Your Space,"...