Got Malware? Three Signs Revealed In DNS Traffic
A posting from Dark Reading about Malware and three Signs Revealed In DNS Traffic: Companies focus much of their energy on hardening computer systems against threats and stopping attempts to breach their systems' security, and rightfully so. However, companies should always assume that the attackers have already successfully compromised systems and look for the telltale signs […]
Websites Harbor Fewer Flaws, But Most Have At Least One Serious Vulnerability
A posting from Dark Reading: Websites now contain fewer numbers of serious security vulnerabilities, but the majority of websites still have at least one serious flaw that can lead to a major compromise. Some 86 percent of websites have at least one serious bug that could be used in an attack, while the total number […]
US Labor Department Website is being Operated by Chinese Hackers and serving Malware
Malicious activity in US government’s Department of Labor website uncovered by AlienVault Labs, it is compromised by Chinese Hackers known as Deep Panda or any individual Group.
No one knew about this and AlienVault tells the Truth about that website that how US Labor website redirect users to Malicious code.
Sensitive Army database of U.S. dams compromised; Chinese hackers suspected
According to a report at FreeBeacon.com, U.S. intelligence agencies traced a recent cyber intrusion into a sensitive infrastructure database to the Chinese government or military cyber warriors, according to U.S. officials.
See how beautiful a DDoS attack can look
A posting From Cnet News in there security and privacy section: Using the Web app Logstalgia, a developer has managed to capture on video a visual impression of what happens during a DDoS attack. We've all heard of a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack and know what it is: when a person or people attempt to take […]
Google tightens up Play Store policy, officially bans "off-market" updates...
A posting from Naked Security: Google has made a number of changes to its Android Play Store ecosystem recently. Part of the reason is that Mountain View has been copping lots of flak for the prevalence ofmalware in unofficial application markets, often in pirated apps. That's a trifle unfair, since one of the attractions of Android over […]
Spamhaus DDoS Suspect Arrested
A posting from Information week in there Security section: Police in the Netherlands Friday announced the arrest of a 35-year-old Dutchman on charges of having launched "unprecedented heavy attacks on the non-profit organization Spamhaus." The suspect, identified only as "S.K." by Dutch police, has been named in multiple news reports as Sven Kamphuis, the leader of Amsterdam-based […]
Syrian Hacktivists Hit Guardian Twitter Feeds
An article form Information week about Syrian Hacktivists Hit Guardian Twitter Feeds: The Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) announced Sunday that it took over 11 Twitter feeds belonging to Britain's Guardian newspaper, including its book, film, photography and travel feeds, as well as multiple journalists' accounts. It also posted passwords -- composed of 15 randomized characters -- it claimed […]
Twitter Two-Factor Authentication: Too Little, Too Late?
A posting from Information week in there security section: Can you feel the two-factor fever? Following in the footsteps of Microsoft this month, Apple in March, and Facebook and Google before them,Twitter is now testing a two-factor authentication system to make it more difficult for attackers to hijack people's accounts. That's welcome news in the wake of […]
50,000,000 usernames and passwords lost as LivingSocial "special offers" site hacked
A posting from Naked Security about 50,000,000 usernames and passwords lost as LivingSocial "special offers" site hacked: LivingSocial, the online offers site owned in largish part by Amazon, has just emailed its userbase, said to be 50,000,000-strong, to fess up to a data breach. That's right: another day, another shed-load of password hashes in the hands of […]