Jeremy Kirk

Articles by Jeremy Kirk

Next generation banking malware emerges after Zeus

After much debate, it appears Zeus and the SpyEye banking malware are merging. The source code for Zeus was rumored to have been transferred to the creator of SpyEye, according to Seculert CTO Aviv Raff

Security researcher finds way around Flash sandbox

Adobe has tightened up Flash but a researcher has found a way to send data to a remote server

Microsoft blames server problem for Hotmail outage

The e-mail outage, which affected more than 17,000 Hotmail users, appears to be mostly resolved. The trouble began on Dec. 30 when the e-mail in 17,355 accounts disappeared

Fake receipt program targets Amazon retailers

The program lets someone create a bogus receipt designed to get a refund. The scam relies entirely on social engineering, with the fraudster hoping a vendor will be tricked into thinking a product was sold

Salesforce.com buys Ruby cloud-app platform Heroku

Salesforce.com hopes to attract the large community of Ruby developers with the US$212-million acquisition

WikiLeaks’ Assange arrested in London

Julian Assange is wanted for questioning in Sweden over sexual assault accusations

Interpol issues wanted notice for Wikileaks’ Assange

The "red notice" on the Australian Wikileaks founder is unjustified, his lawyer says, and based solely on a Swedish prosecutor's desire to orchestrate a media circus

Microsoft will look to courts for botnet takedowns

The company says its legal efforts helped reduce the prevalence of computers infected with Waledac. Find out more

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