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security advisory vulnerability GNOME is officially shortening its standard vulnerability disclosure window from 90 days to 30 days, a change that impacts upstream maintainers, downstream Linux distributions, and system administrators in how they handle software vulnerabilities. The policy shift, announced by long-time security coordinator Michael Catanzaro , addresses modern software patching realities and a growing influx of automated submissions. . Because GNOME is the default desktop environment on several major Linux...
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security advisory moderate For organizations that run a self-hosted Git platform, it’s no longer just about hosting static code repositories. Today, Git servers are responsible for deployment pipelines, API tokens, SSH keys, package repositories, and the automation scripts that push code directly. Confirm that the upgrade addresses known vulnerabilities but also provides production environments. . That makes them trusted systems within the development environment and attractive targets for attackers looking to move...
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data privacy automation Every system admin has lived through the same Monday morning ritual. A queue of forty tickets, half of them password resets, permission errors, or disk space warnings that any experienced technician could resolve in under two minutes. The other half require actual judgment. For years, automation promised that software would eventually sort the two apart on its own. That promise is now being tested in production Linux environments. . Early results are reshaping how IT teams think about tier-1...
Jul 17, 2026
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data collection automation You're running a web scraping project to collect pricing data from e-commerce sites. You set up a pool of datacenter proxies, launch your scripts, and within minutes — banned . CAPTCHAs everywhere. Your data pipeline stops before it really begins. . It's a frustrating scenario that plays out daily in ad verification, market research, and multi-account management. The website doesn't know you're doing legitimate research or monitoring. It just sees traffic coming from IP ranges it recognizes as...
Jul 17, 2026
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security advisory social engineering Business Email Compromise used to be a numbers game — mass-blasted emails, broken English, an obvious "URGENT WIRE TRANSFER" subject line. That era is over. Generative AI has turned BEC into a tailored, low-noise operation that mimics writing style, voice, and even video presence. This piece looks at what's actually changed under the hood, what defenders are testing in response, and why so many organizations are still structurally unprepared for it. . The Infrastructure Problem Nobody Wants to...
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cybercrimeonline fraudidentity theft15-Year-Old Cosmo Sentenced for Identity Theft and Cybercrime
The 15-year-old UG Nazi hacker known as Cosmo* or Cosmo the God was sentenced in juvenile court on Wednesday in Long Beach, California. According to Cosmo, he pleaded guilty to multiple felonies in exchange for a probation, encompassing all the charges brought against him, which included charges based on credit card fraud, identity theft, bomb threats, and online impersonation.. Over the course of 2012, Cosmo and his group UG Nazi took part in many of the highest-profile hacking incidents of the year. UG Nazi, which began as a politicized group that opposed SOPA, took down a bevy of websites this year, including those for NASDAQ, CIA.gov, and UFC.com. It redirected 4Chan The link for this article located at Wired is no longer available. . Luna the Virtuoso, a 16-year-old coder, faced trial in youth court following admissions of culpability for multiple grave offenses.. Teen Hacker, Juvenile Cybercrime, UG Nazi Hacking Group. . Dave Wreski
Nov 12, 2012
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cyber threatsonline fraudmalicious sitesOrganized Crime Creates 3 Million Fraudulent Websites Each Year
A recent study shows that organized criminals create approximately 8,000 malicious websites every day, or over 57,000 each week.. These malicious websites model legitimate websites that we visit every day, such as bank websites, online shopping sites, and eBay. According to this study, the most frequently impersonated companies include Visa, Amazon.com, PayPal, HSBC, and the United States Internal Revenue Service. People are typically directed to these scam sites in one of three ways: 1. Often, potential victims end up visiting these spoofed websites via phishing scams. Phishing, of course, occurs when you receive an email that appears to be sent from your bank or other trusted entity, and a link in the email brings you to a website that is designed to steal your login credentials. The link for this article located at The Examiner is no longer available. . These malicious websites model legitimate websites that we visit every day, such as bank websites, o. recent, study, shows, organized, criminals, create, approximately, malicious, websites, every. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 07, 2010
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cybercrimehackinglaw enforcementViktor Pleshchuk Sentenced for RBS WorldPay Heist: $9 Million Loss
One of the masterminds behind the $9 million hack into RBS WorldPay received a six-year suspended sentence in Russia, according to local reports Wednesday.. Viktor Pleshchuk, 29, who pleaded guilty to his role in the heist, also got four years of probation and was ordered to pay $8.9 million in restitution. He received a reduced sentence for cooperating with authorities. Pleshchuk, of St. Petersburg, was a graduate of Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics and worked as a sales manager for an e-commerce company when he participated in what the U.S. has called The link for this article located at Wired is no longer available. . Viktor Pleshchuk, 29, who pleaded guilty to his role in the heist, also got four years of probation . masterminds, behind, million, worldpay, received, six-year, suspended. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 13, 2010
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cybercrimeonline fraudorganized crimeCanada's Organized Crime: The Surge of Online Fraud in Recent Years
Criminal organizations are calling on black market hackers-for-hire, where they can buy the tools and services they need to break into brokerage accounts, says a new report by Canada's crime watchdog.. It's one example of a new frontier of online-based fraud that exists for organized crime in this country, says the 2010 25th annual Report on Organized Crime by Criminal Intelligence Service Canada. The report, released Friday, focuses on securities fraud, and states the size and complexity of schemes help conceal criminal activity, generate ample profits and facilitate tax evasion. It said social-networking websites are allowing criminals to efficiently and anonymously issue fake news releases and promotional material to potential victims. The link for this article located at Montreal Gazette is no longer available. . Canada is facing a rise in online fraud, becoming a key battleground for organized crime as cybercriminals use advanced hacking tools and techniques. Black Market, Hacking Services, Cybercrime, Organized Crime. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 23, 2010
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data breachcybercrimeonline fraudRussian Fraudster Vladislav Horohorin Arrested For Credit Card Fraud
A Russian man accused of selling stolen credit card numbers online for nearly a decade has been arrested in Nice, France, and faces charges in an indictment unsealed Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Justice said.. Vladislav Anatolievich Horohorin, 27, of Moscow was arrested by French authorities on Saturday as he attempted to board a flight to Moscow, the DOJ said. Horohorin, who called himself BadB online, advertised himself as one of the largest sellers of stolen credit and debit cards worldwide, the DOJ said in a grand jury indictment issued in November. Horohorin, in an April 2009 advertisement of his services, said he had been selling "dumps" -- compromised credit and debit card numbers -- through websites such as the now-closed Cardplanet.com for about eight years. The link for this article located at Network World is no longer available. . Vladislav Anatolievich Horohorin, 27, of Moscow was arrested by French authorities on Saturday as he. russian, accused, selling, stolen, credit, numbers, online, nearly, decade. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 13, 2010
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cyber threatsmalwareonline fraudTrojan Malware Compromises Banks: Over $1 Million Stolen from U.K. Accounts
Consumers and businesses in Great Britain have lost more than $1 million so far this summer from a Trojan that is infecting their computers, prompting them to log into their bank accounts, and then is surreptitiously transferring money to scammers in other countries, security researchers said on Tuesday.. About 3,000 bank accounts were found to be compromised at one financial institution, which was not identified, according to a white paper released by M86 Security. The multilevel scheme uses a combination of a new version of the Zeus keylogger and password stealer Trojan, which targets Windows-based computers and runs on major browsers, and exploit toolkits to get around anti-fraud systems used at bank Web sites, the report found. Bank sites that offer two-factor authentication, such as one-time passcodes and ID tokens, are ineffective because the malware has taken over the browser after the victim has logged into the banking site, Bradley Anstis, vice president of technology strategy at M86 Security, told CNET. The link for this article located at CNET is no longer available. . About 3,000 bank accounts were found to be compromised at one financial institution, which was not i. consumers, businesses, great, britain, million, summer. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 11, 2010
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security advisorysecurity fixvulnerabilityGoogle: Audio CAPTCHA Flaw Affects Account Creation Security
Google has fixed a flaw in its Audio CAPTCHA software that could have given scammers a way to automatically set up phoney accounts with the company's services.. The flaw was described in a post to the Full Disclosure mailing list Monday. According to the post, anyone could pass a Google Audio CAPTCHA (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart) test by typing in any 10 words as the response. CAPTCHA is testing software used by many websites to cut down on online fraud. Sites often use CAPTCHA systems to make sure that new accounts are created by human beings, instead of automated scripts. Typically a CAPTCHA test presents a hard-to-read image of a word, which the user must then type in to prove he is not a machine. The audio version gives visually impaired users a way to use CAPTCHA, by playing a recorded sound of the test word. The link for this article located at IT World is no longer available. . The flaw was described in a post to the Full Disclosure mailing list Monday. According to the post, . google, audio, captcha, software, given, scammers, automa. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 04, 2010
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cyber attackhackeronline fraudEmail Recovery: Kelly's Journey Through a Cyber Attack Incident
London. Home of Buckingham Palace, double decker buses and an e-mail sent from Covington's Kelly Ronning telling her friends that someone had stole her cash while vacationing in the English capital.. "It was saying, I myself was stranded in London and was mugged and needed money and to please send it," she said. London has Big Ben, that e-mail we'll call the Big Lie. See, someone had hacked into Kelly's Hotmail account and used her address book in the hope her friends would fish out $2,400 and send the chips to them. "I wanted to get in there and get access to my account, delete it or whatever I needed to do to get the hacker out," Kelly said, but she couldn't. It seems the hacker changed all of Kelly's passwords and personal information. The other problem, she just sent an e-mail with her tax return attached to get her kids a college scholarship. The link for this article located at King5 News is no longer available. . Blocked in Berlin, an intruder mimics Jake, siphoning off his savings. Discover effective ways to recover your account securely.. Email Recovery, Cybersecurity Tips, Personal Account Security. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jun 24, 2010
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