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LulzSec leader’s digital trail followed by rival hackers, FBI

The story of 'Sabu,' an alleged FBI informant and this week's arrest of five more alleged hackers linked to LulzSec and Anonymous

More malware sneaking through DNS channel: experts

Most companies are unprepared to deal with the use of DNS as command and control channel for malware, experts said at the RSA Conference

DDoS attackers start targeting IPv6 networks

It had to happen: Criminals are trying to find holds in the IPv6 protocol by launching denial of service attacks

Symantec warns of Android Trojans that mutate with every download

The malware contains instructions to automatically send SMS messages to premium-rate numbers from a large number of European and former Soviet Union countriesrn rn

Trojan can hijack smart cards, says researcher

Variant of Sykipot can allow it to hijack U.S. defence department and Windows smart cards, says researcher

Wi-Fi brute-force attacks feasible: Researcher

Claims flaws in the Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) protocol can make it easier for attackers to obtain access codes for secured wireless network

Logic flaw allows SMS exploit

Attackers can exploit that logic flaw to force sending of premium-rate text messages, or lock out message delivery

Industrial espionage gang still active: Symantec

The mob that sends malware-laden emails purporting to be from a major security vendor is still going strong, the company saysrn rn

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