DNS hijacking is still going strong and the Win32/Sality operators have added this technique to their long-lasting botnet. This blog post describes how the malware guesses router passwords as part of its campaign to misdirect users, send spam and infect new victims.
A new Harris poll shows that revelations about the National Security Agency’s digital surveillance activities are changing online behavior for many Americans and some say they are doing less online banking and less online shopping because of what they have learned about the NSA.
Samsung’s Galaxy S5 offers a cutting-edge component that will change m-commerce forever – a fingerprint-scanner which offers instant authentication with one finger-swipe and which works in stores as well as online.
Documents leaked by the ex-NSA contractor and the whistleblower, Edward Snowden, indicate GCHQ and NSA along with the US government were hand in glove about spying on Germany. The espionage was not just limited to political leaders but includes some top German companies as well. The German news magazine, Der Spigel, and the First Look […]
The official website belonging to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kuwait was hacked and defaced on 26th March, 2014 by unknown hackers but reading the message on site shows they are Anti Syrian President Bashar Al Assad. Hackers left a deface page along with a message, asking Kuwaiti government and other Middle Eastern countries […]
Microsoft has issued a warning about a possible hacking attempt through an RTF exploit code, according to its official blog. The latest hacking attacks, known as “Cringent” or “Power Worm” uses the cloud technologies to target its victims. The exploit code, instead of creating executable code, uses certified technologies such as Windows PowerShell, Google DNS […]
A Pakistani hacker going with the handle Hasnain Haxor from Pakistan Haxor Crew has hacked and defaced the official website of Pakistani consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia against corrupt government in the country. Deface page left by the hackers Hacker left a deface page along with a message on the homepage of the website, protesting against the […]
Spammers are taking advantage of the various online petitions against the recent news about the alleged arming of the Syrian rebels by the US to trick Internet users to disclose their personal information, according to media reports. In response to the US involvement in the Syrian civil war, wherein the US intervention and its support […]
The official Twitter account of Ecuadoran president Rafael Correa was hacked last Thursday with several anti-government tweets spammed over the social media. The hacked Twitter account which has 1.45 million followers was found spamming messages against the government, containing links of Anonymous Ecuador’s website where official documents and emails uploaded by the hacktivists were published. The hacked account was restored […]
The pro-Palestinian hacktivist AnonGhost has hacked and defaced the official website of Israeli Agricultural Research Organization, which is ran by Israeli Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. The domain was hacked yesterday on which AnonGhost left their deface page along with a message, expressed as follow: Hi Israel! We always here to punish you as we […]
Microsoft will cease providing security updates for the Windows XP operating system on April 8, 2014. If you cannot get away from Windows XP yet, there are still a few things you can do to keep yourself safe.
Will the future be a murderous game of ‘smart device’ Cluedo, where Colonel Mustard meets his death at the hands of a Wi-Fi pacemaker, and Miss Scarlett is consumed in a Smart Home-ignited blaze. Not likely, says David Harley – where’s the profit motive?
Hackers could take control of Philips ‘smart TVs’ and broadcast their own ‘shows’ to watching famlies, thanks to a ‘fixed’ password which allows nearby attackers easy access to the set’s Wi-Fi adapter.
Anonymous threatens cyberattack on Albuquerque Police Department for shooting and killing mentally ill homeless man James M. Boyd. File photo of mentally ill and homeless manJames M Boyd. The hacktivist collective Anonymous has released a video on YouTube in which the hacktivists have warned Albuquerque Police Department for a massive cyber attack on their servers. In 1:34 […]
A security firm has revealed that hackers are targeting companies utilizing services of Monster Jobs, a well-known job portal, through a new variant of the Gameover computer Malware. Gameover, the malware infecting the employment portal, is similar to the infamous Zeus banking malware whose source code was leaked in 2011. The Trojan steals log-in credentials […]
A young MIT student has invented a new system for storing data which could offer protection against unscrupulous colleagues – and even against the hi-tech tentacles of government organizations with “back doors” into corporate servers.
Famous South Korean Search Portal NAVER Hacked, 25 Million accounts Hacked Using Stolen Data. A hacker going with the handle of ‘Seo’ has been arrested for breaching in to the accounts of 25 million people on NAVER, South Korea’s largest Web portal. According to Korea Herald, the hacker bought private information of 25 million people […]
Windows XP comes to an end of sorts on April 8, 2014. After this, Microsoft will cease providing security updates or support for this venerable operating system. ESET discusses implications and resources.
Dynamic or on-access Mac testing of AV products is problematical with samples for which Apple has implemented signature detection.
A possibility that Muslim hackers could have compromised the IsraelDefense magazine (www.israeldefense.com) database and its website, to launch the recent SMS attack on Israelis, is being explored, according to Times of Israel. It’s not clear if that database was the source of the phone numbers used in the SMS ‘attack,’ but there were no reports of […]
In an exclusive interview with NBC, the ex-American president Mr. Jimmy Carter expressed his views on the NSA; according to which Mr. Carter believes that he is being spied by the NSA. During the interview when he was asked about NSA surveillance, he replied: When I want to communicate with a foreign leader privately, I type or […]