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Four Ways To Strengthen SMB Password Security
An posting from Dark reading: Passwords are the weak link for companies of all sizes, but many small and midsize businesses (SMBs) rely on their workers to make the right choice in selecting strong passwords. Unfortunately, when left to their own devices, most employees do not get it right: Either due to a lack of […]
Spear Phishing Cause of South Korean Cyber Attack
An article from Threat Post on Spear Phishing: It appears that a spear phishing campaign was the genesis for the wiper malware infections that ultimately knocked several prominent South Korean banks and broadcasters offline last week, according to a malware analysis performed by researchers from the Finnish cybersecurity firm F-Secure. The South Korean NSHC Red […]
South Korea hit by cyber attack.
An article from Ehacking News on South Korea being hit by cyber attack: Yesterday South Korea was hit by a massive cyber attack . The attack disturbed the functioning of three banks and two TV channels. The bank were hit such that no financial transactions can be made. The TV channels were affected by locking their computers hence not allowing the TV […]
Exposed Devices Used as Botnet to Scan Internet
An article from threat post about botnet: A controversial Internet scanning project has come under fire for illegally accessing and running code on remote machines. The Internet Census 2012 project, revealed Sunday in a post to Seclists.org, discovered 420,000 embedded devices accessible using default credentials. The unnamed researcher behind the project then used the devices […]
Cryptographers Demonstrate New Crack For Common Web Encryption
An article from Forbes in there Security section about Web Encryption: It’s long been known that one of the oldest and most widely used standards for encrypting web sites has some serious weaknesses. But one group of researchers has found a method that downgrades that security scheme from vaguely flawed to demonstrably breakable. To read […]
What 420,000 insecure devices reveal about Web security
An article for Cnet new about Web security: A researcher used a simple, binary technique to take control of more than 420,000 insecure devices including Webcams, routers, and printers running on the Internet -- and says that's just a hint of the potential for real trouble to get started. In a Seclists posting yesterday, the […]
Iran blocks use of tool to get around Internet filter
An article form NBC new in there technology section : DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian authorities have blocked the use of most "virtual private networks", a tool that many Iranians use to get around an extensive government Internet filter, Iranian media quoted an official as saying on Sunday. A widespread government Internet filter prevents Iranians from […]
Cyber Crime gang arrested for hacking Dubai exchange companies accounts
An interesting article from Ehacking news: The Dubai Police have arrested a cyber crime gang who were able to transfer more than 2 Million dollars(Dh7 million) from Dubai Exchange companies' accounts. The police said that a gang of Asians and Africans work with hackers to hack into websites and systems of companies in Dubai to […]
Google patches bug that allows attackers to slip past two-factor authentication
An article on Naked Security about authentication: Google's two-step verification, according to the company's ad campaign, isn't merely a bear guarding your home. It's a snake pit behind the bear guarding your home. Unfortunately, it turns out, application-specific passwords allow attackers to bounce right past the bear and to hop over the vipers. To read […]