SysCan Insights: Charlie Miller's iOS App Exploit Discovery
At the SysCan conference in Taiwan this week, security researcher Charlie Miller will describe a flaw he discovered in the iPhone
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SocksEscort Linux Router Malware Botnet Takedown Operation Lightning
Authorities have dismantled SocksEscort, a service that sold access to a large proxy network built from compromised residential routers. Investigators say much of the infrastructure sat on infected SOHO networking devices, many running embedded Linux...
Linux Users Targeted as Crypto-stealing Malware Hits Snap Packages
We’ve been telling ourselves that Snap apps are sandbox...
UNC2891: Banking Heists with Linux Malware Exploiting Physical Access
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Stuxnet Worm Risks: Threat To U.S. Maximum Security Prisons
Not too long ago the Stuxnet worm was discovered, and it seems that according to security analysts, if not dealt with quickly the Stuxnet worm could be exploited by hackers and allow them to remotely open the doors of maximum security prison.
Ruby Crypto Vulnerability Exposes Risks in RSA Key Encryption Methods
The Ruby developers had a near miss with a crypto disaster when an "awful bug" crept into the language's source code development tree. A simple programming error made the library generate RSA keys that caused the encryption mechanism to produce clear text.
Federal Prison Systems: Access Control Issues Raise Security Concerns
Computer systems used to control federal prison facilities are riddled with vulnerabilities that might allow criminals to meddle with cell door opening mechanisms or shut down internal communications systems, according to security researchers.
U.S. Prisons Under Threat: Remote Lock Hacking Risks Identified
Federal authorities are concerned about new research showing U.S. prisons are vulnerable to computer hackers, who could remotely open cell doors to aid jailbreaks.
d33ds Team Breaches Rival Hacker's Online Shop Selling Compromised Access
A hacking group called d33ds broke into the online shop of a rival hacker who sells unauthorized access to high-profile websites and data.
Romanian Court Sentences Vladuz for eBay Hacking Incident
A hacker who repeatedly breached eBay's servers has been given a three-year suspended sentence by a Romanian court.
Bitdefender: MIT Web Attacks From Compromised Servers Overview
SECURITY FIRM Bitdefender has traced a number of brute force web site attacks on a server at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT),
TimThumb Exploit Advisory: WordPress Blogs At Risk From Malicious Code
Anti-virus firm Avast reportsPDF that criminals are exploiting a critical hole in the TimThumb WordPress add-on to deploy malicious code on a large scale. Avast says that it blocked more than 2,500 infected sites in September and anticipates a similar number in October.
Tsunami Trojan: A New Cross-Platform Threat for MacOS and Linux
Hackers are testing new Mac malware that they've ported from a nine-year-old Trojan horse originally written for Linux, according to security experts.
Malware Attack Report: RSA Breaches Impact 760 Companies
According to Brian Krebs, security 'analyst and writer' who recently published a report, the malicious program utilized for breaching RSA Security previously during 2011, possibly has been utilized within assaults aimed at over 700 other companies, published EWeek dated October 24, 2011.
600,000 Daily Hack Attempts on Facebook Accounts Raise Security Concerns
Hackers are breaking into hundreds of thousands of Facebook accounts every day, the social network has admitted. Out of more than a billion logins to the website every 24 hours, 600,000 are impostors attempting to access users
Challenges in Identifying Criminal Hackers for Ethical Defenders
Identifying criminal hackers is no easy task even for the most gifted white hats. And, while we can
Tsunami Trojan Transitions to OS X: New Botnet Threats Uncovered
Recently, ESET and Sophos security researchers found out that hackers are trying to transfer an old backdoor Trojan from Linux to the latest Apple Mac OS X platform. By doing this the hackers are trying to expand their reach of PCs which they will be able to use for botnets.
AWS EC2 Security Advisory: Critical Cloud Flaw Resolved
Security researchers have unearthed a flaw in Amazon Web Services that created a possible mechanism for hackers to take over control of cloud-based systems and run administrative tasks.
DDoS Attacks Against SSL Servers: Emerging Threats Unveiled
What good are secure servers if they can get kicked off the Internet? This is the premise of a new distributed denial-of-service (DDos) tool released by a German hacker group, targeting servers using secure sockets layer (SSL).
Critical Advisory: SSL DDoS Tool And XML Encryption Flaw Detected
The Germans have wreaked all kinds of mass destruction on the security forefront. The hacking group "The Hacker's Choice" released a new THC-SSL-DOS tool that allows a single laptop's DSL connection to take down a server. Other German researchers found a flaw and broke the W3C standard with a serious attack against XML Encryption that works in all cases, including against Microsoft, IBM, Red Hat, Apache and other XLM framework providers.
Skype: Critical Security Risk Enables User Location Tracking
A glaring security flaw's been uncovered in Skype and other VoIP systems, potentially allowing hackers to access users' identities, locations and even files.
Comprehending Cybercrime: From Exploits to Their Severe Consequences
If the Internet is the new Wild West, then hackers are the wanted outlaws of our time. And like the gun-slinging bad boys before them, all it takes is one wrong move to land them in jail.
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