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Web Attacks On China Rising

The number of computers in China which were infected and controlled by overseas IP addresses is on the rise with Japan and the U.S. ranked as top source of attacks, says the national Chinese computer defense team. In a report … Continue reading

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Google Chrome Hacked With Sandbox Bypass

A Russian university student hacked into a fully patched Windows 7 machine (64-bit) using a remote code execution vulnerability/exploit in Google’s Chrome web browser. The attack, which included a Chrome sandbox bypass, was the handiwork of Sergey Glazunov, a security … Continue reading

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Anonymous hacks lawyers for Marine accused of Iraq massacre

In a string of attacks today, members of the digital activist group Anonymous apparently hacked into the Web site of defense lawyers for a U.S. Marine accused of leading a civilian massacre in Iraq, and have reportedly acquired e-mails exchanged … Continue reading

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Anonymous Strikes Back!

Famous Anonymous hacking group strikes a retaliatory attack on different government websites as a revenge after top sharing website Megaupload was shut down by the Feds. DoJ and other government websites are universally nuked as reported by DownForEveryoneOrJustMe.com. Anonymous hacking … Continue reading

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600,000 Facebook Accounts Compromised

In a blog entry on Thursday, Facebook stated that about 600,000 log-ins every day are compromised. The factoid, first noted by security site Sophos, was in the context of an entry introducing new security features for the social network. The … Continue reading

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