Twitter testing a two-step security solution: report
An posting from NBC News in there technology section: On Tuesday, Associated Press became the latest national media outlet to have its Twitter account compromised by hackers, leading security experts to question why the short-messaging service has yet to implement two-factor authentication like that offered by Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and Apple.
According to Wired, such a security feature is in the works. Twitter indeed “has a working two-step security solution undergoing internal testing before incrementally rolling it out
to users, something it hopes to begin doing shortly,” the tech publication reports.
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Anonymous Hackers breached in Korea Exchange Bank and Leaked 15K Users Log in Credentials
From our content partners at hackersnewsbulletin.com, an article about Anonymous breaching in Korea Exchange Bank and Leaking 15K Users Log in Credentials :
Again the News of World Largest Hacking Group Anonymous, according to a recent tweet Anonymous Breached in Korea Exchange Bank and leaked 15k Users private data, Anonymous just tweeted about that, they also called We are Korea Cyber Army > @KoreaCyberArmy.
The hacker who released the data said the target is KEB (Target:http://www.keb.co.kr/KoreaExchangeBank).
Hosting company Hostgator hacked, suspect arrested after being “rooted with his own rootkit”
An posting from Naked Security about Hosting company Hostgator hacked, suspect arrested after being “rooted with his own rootkit”:
A system administrator – or, more accurately, a former system administrator – from Hostgator, a server hosting company in Houston, Texas, has been arrested for hacking into his former employer’s network.
Court documents allege that after Eric Gunnar Grisse, 29, got the sack from his job at Hostgator, he jumped right back into the company’s network, using a backdoor Trojan he had planted earlier.
Hosting companies do just what their name suggests: they run racks full of servers, plus a network to connect them all up, and then rent you time and space on one or more of them, so you don’t need to own and operate your own IT infrastructure.
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Android malware more than doubled worldwide in 2012
An article from NBC News in there Technology and posting about Security:
The amount of malware aimed at infecting Android devices worldwide more than doubled last year, according to a new report from a mobile-security firm.
The sheer number of pieces of malware for the Android platform rose from less than 25,000 in 2011 to more than 65,000 in 2012.
The annual report, published by mobile security company NQ Mobile, also estimated that nearly 33 million devices were infected in 2012, up from just under 11 million the year before — an increase of more than 200 percent.
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In cyber war game, Air Force cadets fend off NSA hackers
An article from NBC News in there Technology and posting about Security: HANOVER, Maryland (Reuters) – A U.S. Air Force Academy team on Friday beat out rivals from other elite military colleges after a three-day simulated cyber “war” against hackers from the National Security Agency that is meant to teach future officers the importance of cybersecurity.
Nearly 60 government experts — sitting under a black skull and crossbones flag — worked around the clock this week to break into computer networks built by students at the Air Force, Army, Navy, Coast Guard and Merchant Marine academies. Two military graduate schools also participated.
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Botnets Come Out Of Hiding For Boston Bombing Spam
An Posting from Dark Reading about Botnets Come Out Of Hiding For Boston Bombing Spam : Spammers are harnessing two venerable botnets — Kelihos and Cutwail — to send out reams of deceptive emails disguised as news and video clips from the Boston Bombing, but that carry malicious payloads.
According to a blog by researchers at Trusteer, a large portion of the Boston Bombing spam emanates from Kelihos, a botnet targeted for termination by Microsoft last year and widely thought to be dead.
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