Researchers warn of increased Zeus malware activity this year

Computerworld Security: May 28, 2013
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Researchers warn of increased Zeus malware activity this year

The amount of cybercriminal activity associated with the Zeus family of
financial Trojan programs has increased during the past few months, according to
security researchers from antivirus vendor Trend Micro.
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1. US weapons system designs were reportedly viewed by Chinese hackers
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2. PayPal denies teenager reward for finding website bug
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3. Commission wants to turn tables on IP thieves by crippling PCs with extortion-style lock-outs
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4. Twitter's two-factor authentication implementation can be abused, researchers say
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5. Western Australia police silent on charges for 17-year-old hacker
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6. Schnucks wants federal court to handle data breach lawsuit
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US weapons system designs were reportedly viewed by Chinese hackers

The designs for over two dozen advanced U.S. weapon systems, including missile
defenses, combat aircraft and ships, were reportedly accessed by Chinese
hackers.
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PayPal denies teenager reward for finding website bug

A 17-year-old German student contends PayPal has denied him a reward for finding
a vulnerability in its website.
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Commission wants to turn tables on IP thieves by crippling PCs with extortion-style lock-outs

Buried in a 100-page report issued last week by the Commission on the Theft of
American Intellectual Property was a recommendation to copy a tactic cyber
scammers use to extort money from innocent victims.
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Twitter's two-factor authentication implementation can be abused, researchers say

Twitter's SMS-based, two-factor authentication feature could be abused to lock
users who don't have it enabled out of their accounts if attackers gain access
to their log-in credentials, according to researchers from Finnish antivirus
vendor F-Secure.
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Western Australia police silent on charges for 17-year-old hacker

Western Australian police have charged a Perth teenager with several
computer-related offenses but are not releasing the details.
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Schnucks wants federal court to handle data breach lawsuit

St. Louis-based grocery chain Schnuck Markets has claimed that a potential class
action lawsuit filed against it in an Illinois state court over a recent data
breach really belongs in federal court because of the case's scope and damages
involved
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