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Hacked MySpace page serves up fake Windows update |
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Massive embedded exploit web site attack underway |
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Trojan Hijacks Google Text Ads |
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International Websites Plagued By Attacks |
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Google Search Reveals Thousands of Hacked Websites |
This week HD Moore released a more generic version of an exploit for the PHP programming language. 100's if not 1000's of PHP driven web applications are affected. If you run a PHP v4 driven web application, check to be sure that there is no code that unserializes POST or COOKIE data.(...Read more)-------------------------------------------------------- Top ^
Chinese hackers awaken |
Security researchers have strong suspicions that Chinese hackers are behind the series of zero day Word and Excel vulnerabilities that have emerged over the past months. A hacking attack against the Superbowl website too was linked to China, and digital fingerprints for the same group have since been found all over the web.(...Read more)-------------------------------------------------------- Top ^
Nirbot, Even Botters Need Attention |
A new bot has been making the rounds this winter and has been dubbed "Nirbot", "Rinbot", "Vanbot", or "IrnBot" depending on the AV vendor. This is one of the first new IRC bot codebases to emerge in the past few years, but like many other Windows bots it’s written in C++. Unlike Spybot, Agobot, or other popular Windows bots this malware does not have a rich set of capabilities.(...Read more)-------------------------------------------------------- Top ^
Super Bowl Related Web Sites Hacked |
The Web sites of Dolphin Stadium and the Miami Dolphins team, host to Sunday's Super Bowl football game, have been hacked, and malicious code on those sites have been attempting to infect PCs for at least a week, security experts said today.(...Read more)-------------------------------------------------------- Top ^
Neowin web site compromised |
If you have visited Neowin over the past couple of days, and are running IE6 or earlier without antivirus or antispyware protection, or if your antivirus or antivirus protection is out of date, or you are running your Web browser (any version) with lowered security settings, I strongly advise that you check your system for possible infection by malware.(...Read more)-------------------------------------------------------- Top ^
Defacement archive Zone h.org has become the victim of a domain hijack attack |
Initially we thought the site had been defaced, however Zone h co founder Roberto Preatoni has been in touch to explain that its DNS settings were illicitly changed to point at a site carrying a "screw you" message, posted by a gang of defacers from Saudi Arabia.(...Read more)-------------------------------------------------------- Top ^
Symantec unveils SONAR to find zero day attacks |
Starting next month, users of Symantec's Norton products will have a new tool to help them avoid unpatched software flaws. Called the Symantec Online Network for Advanced Response (SONAR), the new security software will look at the behavior of programs running on the computer in order to decide whether they are malicious. This is a departure from Symantec's traditional signature based antivirus protection techniques, which compare the program's code to a database of known malware.(...Read more)-------------------------------------------------------- Top ^
Pirates Spoof Vista's Enterprise Activation |
Pirates are circulating a hack that lets them activate counterfeit copies of Windows Vista using a spoofed server that Microsoft relies on to make sure enterprises switch on the new operating system. The software, loaded with the long name of "Microsoft.Windows.Vista.Local.Activation.Server-MelindaGates" is available on several pirate Web sites.(...Read more)-------------------------------------------------------- Top ^
Microsoft RSS Blog Burned By Image Prank |
When the RSS team posted an image taken by a former employee to their blog, they did so without asking the photographer for permission, and he responded by swapping the image with a pornographic one. Hotlinking to an image in ex Microsoft staffer Niall Kennedy's Flickr stream proved embarrassing to the people behind Microsoft's RSS Blog.(...Read more)-------------------------------------------------------- Top ^
TiVoToGo Encryption cracked? |
Well, it looks like someone cracked the DRM on TiVoToGo, making it possible to decrypt the files on non Windows platforms. It is C code which reportedly runs on Linux, Solaris, and Windows. (I'm sure someone will port it to Mac if it doesn't run there already.) This is the Wiki reporting the development, and this is the project page on SourceForge.(...Read more)-------------------------------------------------------- Top ^
Indicted: Romanian Hacked U.S. Computers |
A Romanian national was indicted on charges of hacking into more than 150 U.S. government computers, causing disruptions that cost NASA, the Energy Department and the Navy nearly $1.5 million. The federal indictment charges Victor Faur, 26, of Arad, Romania with nine counts of computer intrusion and one count of conspiracy.(...Read more)-------------------------------------------------------- Top ^
Hacker Redirects Bank Customers To Phony Site |
Several people who went online Friday to do some banking wound up victims of a scam, officials said. Community America Credit Union confirmed to KMBC that a hacker managed to redirect people from the company's Web site to a phony site. Community America said it caught the intrusion within a few minutes, but about a dozen people accessed the phony site. The company said it is contacting the victims.(...Read more)-------------------------------------------------------- Top ^
Bullies move into cyberspace |
SPANISH police say they have uncovered a new form of "e bullying" in schools near Alicante.Two 17 year old boys were arrested for running an extortion racket that terrorised teenagers in the town of Crevillente, near the Mediterranean coast.
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Hackers plant virus on Website of China's largest bankcard operator |
Anonymous hackers on Friday planted a backdoor virus program on the Website of China Unionpay (www.chinaunionpay.com), the country's only national electronic payment network operator, that may result in customer information being leaked, Xinhua has learnt.(...Read more)-------------------------------------------------------- Top ^
Hacker unlocks Apple music download protection |
A hacker who as a teen cracked the encryption on DVDs has found a way to unlock the code that prevents iPod users from playing songs from download music stores other than Apple Computer Inc.'s iTunes, his company said on Tuesday.Jon Lech Johansen, a 22 year old Norway native who lives in San Francisco, cracked Apple's FairPlay copy protection technology, said Monique Farantzos, managing director at DoubleTwist, the company that plans to license the code to businesses.
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Thousands targeted by computer hacker |
THOUSANDS of computers in the UK have come under attack from a hacker in the US stealing credit card details and personal information.The Metropolitan Police's Computer Crime Unit has launched an investigation into material recovered on an American computer found to contain personal data accessed using a computer virus.
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Malice has replaced 'fun' hacking |
Internet attacks are more covert than in the past and intended more for financial gain than for fun, said a report released Tuesday by San Diego-based Websense.The report summarizes Websense Security Labs' findings for the first half of 2006. Websense makes Web filtering and security software.
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Top 5 Tips to NOT Get Hacked Online |
"Oh my God, I'm never doing anything online again!," is a common reaction to one of my web application hacking presentations. Recently I've been demonstrating how easily the average website or user can be hacked. No doubt scaring audiences has a certain mass appeal and gets people to pay attention to why the right security practices are of vital importance.(...Read more)-------------------------------------------------------- Top ^
New hacker tactics unveiled |
Did you know that malicious code writers now have a different set of rules of conduct?Gone are the days when they bragged about their successes today it is a more driven approach towards making money rather than actually the thrill of hacking systems. They prefer to raise an army of botnet computers rather than the quick crippling attacks of the past.
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Hackers Crash the Social Networking Party |
The malware headache began for Robyn when she saw a MySpace bulletin from a friend inviting her to view new photos. She knew the friend in real life, so she went ahead and clicked the link. The site looked like a photo sharing site, but one she had never heard of. Then her computer practically froze. A few days later, her MySpace friends received photo viewing invites that seemed to come from her.(...Read more)-------------------------------------------------------- Top ^
Hackers target home users for cash |
Consumers are now on the main target of malicious hackers intent on enriching themselves through the misery of others. Vulnerabilities in desktop applications and the increased use of stealth techniques are on the rise among members of the digital underground, according to the latest edition of Symantec's Internet Security Threat Report.(...Read more)-------------------------------------------------------- Top ^
Hacker Attack on Baidu.com |
Baidu.com, the largest search engine in China, was attacked by hackers on Sept. 12. The breakdown lasted for almost 30 minutes. Baidu.com claimed that the attack was premeditated and highly organized. Some speculated that it is related to its recent cutbacks in personnel and its litigation with former clients.(...Read more)-------------------------------------------------------- Top ^
Disable and Remove Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications |
Microsoft has released WGA Notifications application which effectively turned Microsoft Windows operating system into a 'nagware', with a "This copy of Windows is not genuine" warning. What the Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications application does what it will check your Microsoft Windows XP validity. If it found that the copy of Windows XP is not validated, not genuine, counterfeit, unlicensed, pirated, illegal, unauthorised or simply failed the Windows Genuine Advantage validation process, then the notification messages will appear at various places and time.(...Read more)-------------------------------------------------------- Top ^
Evolution Of The Hacker Threat |
Internet attacks are increasing in number and complexity. The simplicity of attacks such as Slammer has given way to more sophisticated attacks.Those behind Internet attacks have also changed. The cyber criminal of today is much less likely to be the neighborhood geek recklessly unleashing malware. Instead modern cyber criminals are often motivated by politics or greed.
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Botnet keepers rake in adware cash |
According to research by the German Honeynet Project, a botnet controller who installed adware including DollarRevenue on compromised machines earned over $430 in a single day, just from the DollarRevenue software.The zombie net in question was mostly created using the recently-patched MS06040 vulnerability in Windows, and took control of 7,700 machines in a 24 hour period.
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Zombies crawl over wiki exploits |
Hackers are exploiting vulnerabilities in wiki software packages to establish networks of compromised computers.Software bugs in Pmwiki and Tikiwiki software applications are being actively used to create botnets, the SANS Institute's Internet Storm Centre reports.
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