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Saturday, December 8, 2012

Trojan bypasses two-factor authentication, steals $46.5 million

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A sophisticated, multi-layered trojan dubbed "Eurograbber" is estimated to be responsible for siphoning over €36 million -- or about $46.5 million -- from the bank accounts of unsuspecting Europeans. In a case study (pdf) performed by Versafe and Check Point Software Technologies, researchers reveal how the trojan works.

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Twitter, Facebook and Venmo SMS vulnerability publically disclosed

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If you use Twitter and have your account set up to tweet via SMS, this story will likely be of particular interest to you. A new vulnerability has been revealed that allows an attacker to post directly to an account so long as they know the mobile number associated with said Twitter account.