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		<title>Dutch Keep Cash under Mattress after DDoS Attacks</title>
		<link>http://www.hotforsecurity.com/blog/dutch-keep-cash-under-mattress-after-ddos-attacks-6280.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 16:29:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bianca Stanescu</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[banks]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Dutch increasingly keep extra cash at home after the recent DDoS attacks targeting the country’s infrastructure and financial institutions, according to the Virus Bulletin. The month-long attacks persuaded a quarter of Dutch citizens to follow advice from Nibud, a charity organization that aims to make families more aware of their finances. Last month, ING [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Detective Arrested for Hacking out of Obsessive Love</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 16:23:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bianca Stanescu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A New York detective was arrested after allegedly spying on over 30 people, including police colleagues, to discover if any of them was sleeping with his ex, according to The Register. The 42-year-old cop hired hackers to get their usernames and passwords. Edwin Vargas allegedly spent over $4,000 for email-hacking services, and appeared before a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five Percent of the Internet Could Be Hijacked via Embedded OS Flaws</title>
		<link>http://www.hotforsecurity.com/blog/five-percent-of-the-internet-could-be-hijacked-via-embedded-os-flaws-6269.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 14:01:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bogdan Botezatu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2012 Internet Census published earlier this year revealed that embedded devices are facing serious security threats when connected to the Internet. The issue appears bigger than expected, according to Metasploit maker HD Moore’s presentation at AusCERT2013. Embedded devices – an umbrella term defining specialized appliances that run their own operating system such as GPS [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guantanamo Wi-Fi Cut Off after Anonymous Threat</title>
		<link>http://www.hotforsecurity.com/blog/guantanamo-wi-fi-cut-off-after-anonymous-threat-6262.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 12:28:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Loredana Botezatu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guantanamo Bay Naval Base shut down its wireless connection to bar prisoners from accessing the Internet. Inmates are also denied access to their social networking accounts on Twitter and Facebook, after Anonymous made public its plans to “shut down Guantanamo” to mark the 100th day of inmates’ hunger strike. Army Lt. Col. Samuel House told [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kids Watch Porn Online as Early as Age 6, Bitdefender Study Shows</title>
		<link>http://www.hotforsecurity.com/blog/kids-watch-porn-online-as-early-as-age-6-bitdefender-study-shows-6254.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 07:57:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bianca Stanescu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kids start watching porn online from as early as the age of 6, and flirting on the Internet from the age of 8, according to a Bitdefender marketing study of over 19,000 parents worldwide. The antivirus company’s marketing research shows the age of kids accessing instant messaging and computer games is decreasing. Some 3.45% of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UK Internet Providers Block Pirate Movie Websites</title>
		<link>http://www.hotforsecurity.com/blog/uk-internet-providers-block-pirate-movie-websites-6250.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 16:16:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Loredana Botezatu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Large Internet Service Providers in the UK have started blocking access to Movie2K and Download4All, two popular file sharing websites accused of distributing pirated materials. British web providers including BT, Virgin, Talk Talk, Sky and EE were compelled to bar their users from reaching the sites after the Motion Picture Association (MPA) obtained a court [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese Hackers Resume Attacks against US Targets</title>
		<link>http://www.hotforsecurity.com/blog/chinese-hackers-resume-attacks-against-us-targets-6238.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 12:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Loredana Botezatu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Chinese People’s Liberation Army’s Unit 61396 is again hitting US high-profile targets, including government agencies, top tier companies and media groups, after a three-month break, according to security industry representatives and US officials. The cyber unit of the China’s People’s Liberation Army resumed their attacks against American strategic targets with new tools and command-and-control [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hackers may have Seized 22 Million User IDs in Yahoo! Japan Hack</title>
		<link>http://www.hotforsecurity.com/blog/hackers-may-have-seized-22-million-user-ids-in-yahoo-japan-hack-6230.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 14:04:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bogdan Botezatu</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Industry News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[data breach]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Japanese division of Yahoo may have leaked roughly 22 million user IDs in a hack targeted at their administrative system. According to a news report from SecurityWeek, the extent of the damage is still unknown, but the company presumes user data may have been exfiltrated from Yahoo! Japan servers. &#8220;We don&#8217;t know if the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OSX Backdoor Found on Angolan Activist’s Mac, Apparently Downloaded from Romania</title>
		<link>http://www.hotforsecurity.com/blog/osx-backdoor-found-on-angolan-activists-mac-apparently-downloaded-from-romania-6218.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 07:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bogdan Botezatu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Bitdefender labs are currently working on an analysis of a Mac OS X backdoor that has been discovered by independent security researcher Jacob Applebaum on an Angolan activist. The victim, who had fallen victim to a phishing scam, ended up installing a malicious piece of code that acts as a backdoor, taking screenshots, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Internet criminals outstrip hacktivists to take back dominance of the internet underworld</title>
		<link>http://www.hotforsecurity.com/blog/internet-criminals-outstrip-hacktivists-to-take-back-dominance-of-the-internet-underworld-6206.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 12:39:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik Grueter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Organized crime, data theft, and other “old school” methods for stealing information have re-gained control over the internet underworld  in the past year, shoving aside the hacktivists who had dominated the virtual landscape from 2011. Verizon&#8217;s Data Breach Report is the best place to explore the reasons behind such a change. This report comprises millions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bitdefender Antivirus Free Adds Quarantine Ability</title>
		<link>http://www.hotforsecurity.com/blog/bitdefender-antivirus-free-adds-quarantine-ability-6213.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 08:56:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liviu Arsene</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bitdefender Antivirus Free for desktop computers is designed to minimize both the performance footprint on computers and user interactions. Using the same award-winning technology proven to fend off even the most intrusive malware, Antivirus Free not only offers 24/7 protection, but is also fully compatible with Windows 7 and Windows 8. Since we’re always trying [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cyber-Criminals Grabbed Over $500 Million Last Year, FBI Complaints Show</title>
		<link>http://www.hotforsecurity.com/blog/cyber-criminals-grabbed-over-500-million-last-year-fbi-complaints-show-6198.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 15:02:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bianca Stanescu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cyber criminals stole more than $500 million last year, according to the latest IC3 study based on reported incidents. In 2012, the organization received almost 300,000 complaints, an average of more than 24,000 a month. Compared to the previous year, losses by users tricked over the Internet increased by 8.3 percent. Almost half of the complaints [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SysAdmin Hoax Goes International; Spanish Passwords Go Straight to Scammer Database</title>
		<link>http://www.hotforsecurity.com/blog/sysadmin-hoax-goes-international-spanish-passwords-go-straight-to-scammer-database-6185.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 12:17:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bianca Stanescu</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.hotforsecurity.com/?p=6185</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The SysAdmin scam that makes people believe they need to restore their account because of hacking attempts went international. The Spanish are now sending their passwords straight to the cyber-criminals’ database. The e-mail targeting the Spanish in their language claims the user&#8217;s email account needs to be urgently restored. “Several incorrect login attempts on your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fake Deutsche Bahn Ticket Reservation Infects Germans with Malware</title>
		<link>http://www.hotforsecurity.com/blog/fake-deutsche-bahn-ticket-reservation-infects-germans-with-malware-6181.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.hotforsecurity.com/blog/fake-deutsche-bahn-ticket-reservation-infects-germans-with-malware-6181.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 11:50:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Loredana Botezatu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent wave of malware-laden spam e-mails infects recipients with the Gamarue Trojan. The malware is delivered as an attachment disguised as an on-line train ticket reservation at Deutsche Bahn, the German passenger transportation and logistics company. The dangerous messages inform receivers of a successful on-line ticket reservation at Deutsche Bahn (German Railways) and politely [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spam Posing as FedEx E-mail Delivers Gamarue Trojans Instead of Packages</title>
		<link>http://www.hotforsecurity.com/blog/spam-posing-as-fedex-e-mail-delivers-gamarue-trojans-instead-of-packages-6173.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 08:52:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bianca Stanescu</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.hotforsecurity.com/?p=6173</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A new wave of malicious FedEx spam delivers Trojans instead of packages, infecting users with malware when opening the attachments. In the last couple months, the Gamarue Trojan has spread intensely in the US, Australia, Croatia, Romania, Iran, the UK, Germany and Spain. “This tracking update has been requested and attached to this email,” the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dorkbot Malware Infects Facebook Users; Spies Browser Activities and Grabs Data</title>
		<link>http://www.hotforsecurity.com/blog/dorkbot-malware-infects-facebook-users-spies-browser-activities-and-grabs-data-6165.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 13:11:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bianca Stanescu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new variant of the Dorkbot malware infects Facebook users worldwide, spreading from one friend to another through the social network’s internal chat. The Bitdefender Labs have caught and blocked the worm, which is capable of spying on users’ browsing activities and stealing their personal details. The malware family mainly circulates in the US, India, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Barclays Bank Tests Vocal Passwords</title>
		<link>http://www.hotforsecurity.com/blog/barclays-bank-tests-vocal-passwords-6160.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.hotforsecurity.com/blog/barclays-bank-tests-vocal-passwords-6160.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 09:28:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Loredana Botezatu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Barclays Wealth &#38; Investment Management is testing the biometrics solution offered by Nuance’s FreeSpeech to authenticate phone customers. The bank identifies customers by checking callers’ voices against pre-recorded customers’ voice patterns. The bank logs the vocal sample without customers’ knowledge, by recording several calls after  security identification checks are passed by its clients. A 20 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fraudsters Target Bank Customers across the Globe in Phishing Campaign</title>
		<link>http://www.hotforsecurity.com/blog/fraudsters-target-bank-customers-across-the-globe-in-phishing-campaign-6151.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 10:47:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Loredana Botezatu</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.hotforsecurity.com/?p=6151</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ The Bitdefender anti-spam lab is issuing a warning over a fast-growing phishing campaign that steals bank account log-in data through a “verify your account” scam. Innocent bank, debit or credit card account owners and customers of financial institutions including The Royal Bank of Canada, Permanent TSB of Ireland, Discover Bank and American Express of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft Releases Temporary Fix for Internet Explorer Bug</title>
		<link>http://www.hotforsecurity.com/blog/microsoft-releases-temporary-fix-for-internet-explorer-bug-6145.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.hotforsecurity.com/blog/microsoft-releases-temporary-fix-for-internet-explorer-bug-6145.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 13:54:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bianca Stanescu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft released a temporary fix for the Internet explorer bug that hackers exploited to break the website of the US Department of Labor last week. Attackers can exploit the hole by convincing users to visit compromised websites after clicking a link in an e-mail or Instant Messenger message. The vulnerability allowed remote code execution on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scammers Impersonate Bank Exec on LinkedIn to Target Corporate Bank Accounts</title>
		<link>http://www.hotforsecurity.com/blog/scammers-impersonate-bank-exec-on-linkedin-to-target-corporate-bank-accounts-6134.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.hotforsecurity.com/blog/scammers-impersonate-bank-exec-on-linkedin-to-target-corporate-bank-accounts-6134.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 15:09:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bogdan Botezatu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Imagine you receive an e-mail from an unknown prince / political refugee  – the classic Nigerian scam of the past 10 years. You wouldn’t fall for that, would you? Imagine now a legit business proposal from a bank manager with all the credentials, work experience and peers. It’s not even disguised as a Nigerian operation [...]]]></description>
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