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'Hacktivists' biggest data thieves in 2011: Verizon

Posted by deepquest under Security (No Respond)

Activists with hacker skills were behind more than half the data stolen in cyber attacks last year, according to findings released on Thursday by Verizon Communications.

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YouPorn Hacked, Chat Service User Data Exposed

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Popular adult site (actually, just popular site will do) YouPorn is under fire after user data was lifted and exposed. In all, millions were said to have been affected, with thousands still currently exposed after much of the data was …

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Zero Day Initiative Advisory 11-277

Posted by deepcore under Apple, exploit, OSX security tools (No Respond)

Zero Day Initiative Advisory 11-277 – This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Apple QuickTime. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the way QuickTime handles ‘mp4v’ codec information.

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