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Zeus variant tricks Facebook users into exposing card data

(Lucian Constantin) — Tue, 15 May 2012 20:17:00 GMT

A new variant of the Zeus trojan tricks users into exposing their debit card details by displaying rogue offers when they visit Facebook, Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail, according to researchers from security firm Trusteer.

Voyager postpones mobile service launch, citing Web attack

(Stephen Lawson) — Tue, 15 May 2012 19:10:00 GMT

Voyager Mobile, a startup promising cheap, unlimited mobile service around the U.S., has postponed the launch it planned for Tuesday, saying a malicious attack took down its website.

Wikipedia warns users about malware injecting ads into its pages

(Lucian Constantin) — Tue, 15 May 2012 18:33:00 GMT

Rogue browser extensions might inject commercial ads into Wikipedia pages, Wikimedia Foundation said

Hackers break into bitcoin exchange, steal $90,000 in bitcoins

(Lucian Constantin) — Tue, 15 May 2012 00:34:00 GMT

Bitcoin exchange site Bitcoinica suspended its operations on Friday after hackers managed to steal 18,547 bitcoins -- valued at about $90,000 -- from its online wallet.

Apple ships first Leopard security update in nearly a year

gkeizer@computerworld.com (Gregg Keizer) — Mon, 14 May 2012 23:47:00 GMT

Apple on Monday issued its first security-related update for OS X 10.5, or Leopard, in nearly a year, to disable long-outdated versions of Adobe's Flash Player.

Adobe backpedals, will now patch software for free

gkeizer@computerworld.com (Gregg Keizer) — Sat, 12 May 2012 22:47:00 GMT

After being pummeled by customers and security experts for telling users to spend hundreds of dollars on upgrades because it wasn't going to patch critical bugs in older versions of its software, Adobe has reversed course.

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