Five Influential Hackers Who Shaped Cybersecurity Landscape In 2006
However, the year will be best remembered for the work of members of the hacking
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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
UNC2891 has been working its way through gaps in ATM se...
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Exploring Risks: Academic Records Modification by Hackers
I came across Attrition.org for the first time. I enjoyed the site though I am not an expert with computers. That brings me to my next point: I need to urgently make contact with a hacker that would be interested in doing a one-time job for me. The pay would be good. I'm not sure what exactly the job would entail with respect to computer jargon, but I can go into rough detail upon making contact with a candidate. Thanks for your help.
Hacker Academy: Learn Ethical Hacking Skills and Techniques
At the brand-new Hacker Academy, here in the Windy City, students learn about phishing schemes and ping sweeps, malware, firewall breaches, and the sort of advanced Google tricks that can quickly unearth classified documents. But it's not nearly as shady as it sounds. The academy doesn't teach people to be hackers, but to "think like hackers"
UCLA Data Breach: 800,000 Individuals Affected By Security Incident
The University of California, Los Angeles, said yesterday that hackers had gained access to a restricted university database, exposing the private information of 800,000 current and former faculty, staff and students. U.C.L.A. said there was no evidence that any of the data had been misused, but it has contacted the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which is conducting an inquiry.
Exploring Hacker Ideologies In System Development And Software Evolution
"Hackers" are identified as a specific subgroup of computer workers. The history of the hacker community is told. The explicit and implicit ideologies expressed through hacking is analyzed and presented. Computer artifacts of origin both inside and outside the hacker community are compared and the embedded properties of the resulting artifacts are inferred. Hacking is discussed in the context of being a method for system development. Finally, it is argued that this system development method under certain circumstances may yield superior software artifacts.
QuickTime JavaScript Exploit Targets MySpace Users In Phishing Attack
Identity thieves are manipulating a feature in Apple Computer's embedded QuickTime player to launch phishing attacks on the popular MySpace.com social networking portal.
Harrisburg Water System Incident: Spyware Attack via Infected Laptop
An infected laptop PC gave hackers access to computer systems at a Harrisburg, Pa., water treatment plant earlier this month. The plant's systems were accessed in early October after an employee's laptop computer was compromised via the Internet and then used as an entry point to install a computer virus and spyware on the plant's computer system, according to a report by ABC News. The incident is under investigation by the FBI, but no arrests have been made in the matter, said Special Agent Jerri Williams of the FBI's Philadelphia office. The attackers are believed to have been operating outside of the U.S.
Linux 2.6.x Security Advisory: Critical Kernel Exploit Reported
A US based IT Security company known as Digital Armaments Inc ., launched an hacking challenge on the topic "Remote Kernel" that started on November 1st and will end on December 31st when the prizes will be given on the basis of the publication of an official advisory reporting the identified vulnerabilities. This Advisory will be then sold in an auction. It could have been just another race among the variety of similar races that every year are announced on the Internet, but according to the organizers, during the race it was discovered an important vulnerability that it is worth the IT Community attention. Actually, the official rules forbid to disclose any infomation before the end of the challenge, so it was spread out just a short announce about a vulnerability on Linux 2.6.x. Is that the truth? Is the identified vulnerability so important or is it just a promotional initiative? Some distrust is quite obvious in this case..
New Attacks On The Horizon: Cybercriminals' Exploit Planning Insights
Cybercriminals are laying the foundation for another round of attacks, a security researcher warned Tuesday, but they're keeping their heads down in the meantime. "The exploit underworld is characterized by manic flurries of activity accompanying new attacks, followed by periods of quiet," said Roger Thompson, Exploit Prevention Labs' chief technology officer, in an e-mail. "Consequently, following their successful [Internet Explorer] VML exploit in September, we believe [they're] now laying the groundwork for a new round of attacks."
Australian Report Questions Copyright Financial Loss Statistics
A confidential briefing for the Attorney-General's Department, prepared by the Australian Institute of Criminology, lashes the music and software sectors. The draft of the institute's intellectual property crime report, sighted by The Australian shows that copyright owners "failed to explain" how they reached financial loss statistics used in lobbying activities and court cases. Figures for 2005 from the global Business Software Association showing $361 million a year of lost sales in Australia are "unverified and epistemologically unreliable", the report says.
Exploring Rainbow Tables For Effective Password Cracking Techniques
Rainbow tables reduce the difficulty in brute force cracking a single password by creating a large pre-generated data set of hashes from nearly every possible password. Rainbow Tables and RainbowCrack come from the work and subsequent paper by Philippe Oechslin [1]. The method, known as the Faster Time-Memory Trade-Off Technique, is based on research by Martin Hellman & Ronald Rivest done in the early 1980
Chile Arrests Four Suspected Hackers in Major Cybercrime Crackdown
The authorities in Chile have arrested four people who the police say are members of one of the world's most successful groups of computer hackers. The men are accused of breaching more than 8,000 websites, including that of US space agency Nasa. One of the men, who has used the alias "Net Toxic", is alleged to be one of the most prolific hackers in the world. The men were detained in simultaneous raids in three cities in Chile, including the capital Santiago.
Exploring Profit-Driven Cyber Crime Threats to Individuals and Groups
Virus Bulletin 2006, the international virus conference, was held in Montreal this year. Just a few weeks ago I was fortunate enough to attend many of the presentations, which ranged from topics of targeted trojan attacks, botnets and new methods of botnet coordination, to the growing criminal element behind viruses. It's sometimes shocking to see how much the virus world has changed in the last few years. I'd wager that if there was just one overall theme of the conference, it was about criminals and the new profit motive behind today's malware. Long gone are the days when viruses were made by hackers just for fun. My favorite quote taken from the excellent, low-key conference was during a panel discussion on fighting cyber crime: "If anyone in the audience is a member of organized crime, please raise your hand." There's big money on the criminal side of viruses these days. The past two or three years has seen a dramatic rise in for-profit virus activity at every level, from the people running botnets and making money off spyware to widespread phishing attacks and various trojans that encrypt a user's data and request a ransom.
Steve Rambam Discusses Privacy at HOPE Number Six Event
We said we'd do it and we meant it. When the Steve Rambam talk at HOPE Number Six was disrupted by his arrest minutes before he was scheduled to go on stage, we vowed to make sure it would one day be presented to the public. That day has now been set and we trust that the FBI won't interfere this time. On Thursday, November 16, HOPE Number Six will finally end with the presentation: "Privacy is Dead - Get Over It" featuring Steve's revealing look at how much information on each of us is readily accessible to virtually anyone. As part of the talk, Steve will reveal all of the information he was able to find on a volunteer "victim." In addition, he will answer all sorts of questions from the audience, including what really happened back in July.
Exploring New VoMM Exploit Methods That Threaten Browser Security
Hackers are developing new software that will help hide browser attack code from some types of security software. The software, called VoMM (eVade o
Profit-Driven Hacking: Exploring Cybercrime and Exploit Market Trends
"Hackers aren't looking for fame anymore," says Yuval Ben-Itzhak, CTO of Israeli security firm Finjan. Unlike in earlier years, their fondest hope is no longer that their PC-crashing code prompts headlines and TV news coverage around the globe. Instead, "Now they go and sell their vulnerabilities and spyware apps for money," Ben-Itzhak tells eSecurity Planet. He says hackers often solicit bids from various buyers of known vulnerabilities; security holes that reveal users' financial information can command top dollar.
Explore Free Ethical Hacking Training with Hack This Site Community
Hack This Site is a free, safe and legal training ground for hackers to test and expand their hacking skills. More than just another hacker wargames site, we are a living, breathing community with many active projects in development, with a vast selection of hacking articles and a huge forum where users can discuss hacking, network security, and just about everything. Tune in to the hacker underground and get involved with the project.
Unauthorized Access Event: Google Blog Compromised Once More
A hacker broke into Google Inc.'s main official blog on Saturday and posted a false message saying that the company had decided to cancel a joint project with eBay Inc.
Security Challenges in OLPC Initiative for $100 Laptops
Cheap computers for the world's poor could mean big security headaches. The $100 One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project is inviting hackers to break test out and even break the security on the upcoming computers. Speaking at the Toorcon computer security convention, OLPC representative Ivan Kristic said the OLPC will create the largest monoculture in history and the it will present some "very scary" security problems. The low-pricedLinux-based computers will be sold to third-world countries and will have a 500 MHz AMD processor along with 128 MB of system memory and 512 MB of Flash storage memory. Standardized hardware along with a standard software image is one reason why the machines will be so cheap, but Kristic explains that this standardization will cause security issues.
Web Hacking Game: JavaScript To Cryptography Challenges
See how far you can hack your way up the ladder! Can you make it through all the challenges? This game goes from simple JavaScript all the way up to Cryptography. Good luck.
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