WordPress accounts are under botnet attack
An posting From NBC NEWS in there Technology section: WordPress, a popular blogging platform used by individuals as well as big businesses including UPS and eBay, is the target of a widespread botnet attack. The vulnerability that allows hackers to get into WordPress accounts and take them over for other purposes: user accounts where the word "admin" is the […]
Developing Data Classification For Stronger Database Security
An posting from Dark Reading about Developing Data Classification For Stronger Database Security: Data discovery may be an important early step in developing a sound database security program, but in the end it's just the first step. Ultimately data security controls have to be driven by the different sorts of risk faced by the various types of […]
Oracle preps 128 security patches; Java gets 42
An posting from Cnet in there security and privacy section : Oracle will release today 128 fixes for security vulnerabilities that affect "hundreds" of its products.The software giant and Java maker said in a pre-release announcement today that four of the patches include fixes for Oracle's flagship database product, which can be exploited remotely without the need for […]
Researcher rewarded over $30,000 for nailing three Chrome OS security flaws
An posting from Naked Security about Researcher rewarded over $30,000 for nailing three Chrome OS security flaws: Google has patched four flaws - three of them high-risk - in its Chrome operating system and has paid out $31,336 to the researcher who spotted three of them. The flaws are all found in the O3D plug-in: a Google-crafted plugin […]
Small Businesses Now Bigger Targets In Cyberattacks
An posting from Dark Reading about Small Businesses Now Bigger Targets In Cyberattacks: It's not just the big boys who the bad guys are hacking anymore: Smaller, more vulnerable, and defenseless organizations are now one of the most popular targets, newly published data shows. As targeted cyberattacks increased by 42 percent last year, nearly one-third […]
Google Down - Gmail, Google Drive and Admin Panel not Working
We saw a Tweet on Twitter that Google admin is down and after that when we searched for the Issue about that we started login to the Admin Panel of Google but we were unable to login to the admin.google.com really that was shocking because just 2 days ago Google Kenya domain was hacked by Bangladeshi Hackers.
Botnet Targeting WordPress "Admin" Username Accounts on the Internet
If you are a blogger and you are running WordPress as your blogging platform, please read this article. Attackers are logging in to WordPress blogs by using the default username “admin” and then using a brute-force dictionary-based attack to locate the password for the account.
McAfee, NIST partner to boost U.S. cyberdefenses
An posting from CNET News about McAfee, NIST partner to boost U.S. cyberdefenses : Security firm McAfee is working with the National Institute of Standards and Technology to try to shore up America's defenses against cyberthreats. McAfee announced today that the company is now part of the the National Cybersecurity Excellence Partnership and will join cybersecurity […]
FAA and security researchers at odds over airplane hack security
An posting from Naked Security about FAA and security researchers at odds over airplane hack security: Two big flight organizations and two avionics manufacturers have released statements refuting last week's claims by a security researcher that planes can be hacked with an Android app he created. Hugo Teso, who is both a security consultant at n.runs AG and a […]
Microsoft Discovers Trojan That Erases Evidence Of Its Existence
An posting from dark reading: Researchers at Microsoft have spotted a Trojan downloader that does something very savvy yet rare: it deletes its own components so researchers and forensics investigators can't analyze or identify it. The so-called Win32/Nemim.gen!A Trojan is also unusual in that unlike most Trojan downloaders that are put in place to deliver the real […]