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Trojan stealing money in German online banking scam

The victim is asked to enter the SMS-delivered TAN they receive from the bank into the fake web form, as a way to complete this security process.

The Pirate Bay hit by DDoS attack

The Pirate Bay has been largely inaccessible for the last 24 hours, and the service is intermittent in the UK.

Soca website attack: Norway arrests two youths

The 18- and 19-year-olds were charged at the end of last week following electronic attacks over a period lasting “several weeks”. The offence carries a maximum sentence of six years in jail.

New hacking group hits government websites, leaks stolen data

A hacker group that named itself “The Unknowns” has recently boasted on Pastebin of having compromised a number of government, business and educational websites.

PayPal no longer the most phished brand

China’s Taobao.com became the world’s most frequently phished brand target, exceeding the previously most-victimized brand PayPal.

Iranian oil terminal ‘offline’ after ‘malware attack’

The computer virus is believed to have hit the internal computer systems at Iran’s oil ministry and its national oil company.

India becomes the king of the spammers, stealing America’s crown

India has overtaken the United States to become the top global contributor to the junk email problem.

Thousands of attempts to hack abortion provider BPAS

Last month, a man was jailed for stealing the details of 10,000 women who had sought advice from BPAS.

Oracle fixes 88 security vulnerabilities

The amount of fixes isn’t really a big concern; it’s the criticality that really matters.

Anonymous hacker caught by FBI after girlfriend’s tit-pic blunder

Mr Ochoa has been arrested by the authorities for illegaly hacking into four U.S. Law Enforcement websites and then leaking information surrounding operations and officers.