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Botnet herders pounce on Windows DNS RPC flaw

Botnet herders pounce on Windows DNS RPC flawYou keep incorrectly blaming the advisories for the attacks"The latest twist in the ongoing attacks comes less than a week after Microsoft's pre-patch advisory provided clues for hackers to write and release detailed exploit code."You keep incorrectly blaming the advisories for the attacks...

Tags: INTERNET, Operating systems, RPC, Criminal hacker, attack, Microsoft Windows, Windows DNS, security

Discussion threads 2007-04-17

Debian locks out developers after server hack

Debian locks out developers after server hackBWAHAHAHHAHA!!ROTFLMAO!!! BWAHAHHAHAHHAALOLLERSKATES!!!This is too funny!!! HAHAHAHAH I can't stop laughing!!!Debian locks out developers after server hackJust when I was feeling down about coming back to work I read this story and I completely feel better!! Just proves linux is not secure...

Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Hacking, Criminal hacker, Debian, Linux, password, server

Discussion threads 2006-07-14

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iHacked: jailbroken iPhones compromised, $5 ransom demanded

... WHAT?Who in their right mind keep a server running with default usernames/passwords on the default port....I doubt that jailbroken iPhones are alone in this. It's possible, specially if iPhones have a ssh server running, that this could happen on non-jailbroken iPhones also.Just one question...Has this person been remanded yet?...

Tags: Smart phones, extortion, Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2009-11-03

Another torrent site slapped down

The Internet is the TorrentAll sites are in the Torrent.You could even start an ISP in the Torrent if you wanted to.Everything is uploaded to the Torrent;that includes music,software and TV shows.When your stuff is in the Torrent it gets copyrighted and my guess is that you can receive Government...

Tags: Torrent, MPAA, RIAA

Discussion threads 2009-08-26

Gonzales just tip of iceberg in Heartland attack

Feet on the street?In a crime where tens of thousands of credit card numbers and identifying information is stolen remotely from poorly configured databases, then sold on-line to other criminals, who then, presumably, use that information either for identity theft or straight credit card fraud, just where do you need...

Tags: SECURITY, Viet Nam, Gonzales

Discussion threads 2009-08-19

Gonzales just tip of iceberg in Heartland attack

Albert Gonzales, previously accused of breaking into TJX's computer systems, was indicted on charges that a separate group he was involved in breached Heartland Payment Systems. Also indicted but unidentified and still at large were "Hacker 1" and "Hacker 2," labels that suggest Thing 1 and...

Tags: SQL, SQL Injection, Attack, Albert Gonzales, Security, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-08-18

Alleged TJX hacker spun a wide web of cybercrime

Just goes to show no one's doing their homeworkWe keep pushing computerized systems out further and further into important aspects of our lives, and yet the security portion isn't baked in and is really an afterthought. Put a national security slant on all of this, and the possibilities are...

Tags: Hacking, PCI Standard, wide Web, hacker, cybercrime, Web, security

Discussion threads 2009-08-18

Embedded Android code goes open source

The Hackers Are At The GateThe viri that will follow will be amazing to watch.RE: Embedded Android code goes open sourceAs much as I hate to admit it.... your right. (even if you do use the word 'hacker' improperly. It's apparent you mean 'computer savvy criminal.')Not everyone who...

Tags: Embedded Android, open source

Discussion threads 2009-08-10

Fed's RFIDiocy pwnd at DefCon

Do you even read your own stuff?From your quote:". . . will be releasing a $50 kit at the end of August that will make reading 125-kHz RFID chips ? the kind embedded in [b]employee access cards[/b] ? trivial." emphasis addedAnd yet you go and say that this is a...

Tags: WPA2, passport, RFID, pwnd, RFIDiocy, RFIDiocy pwnd, security, DefCon, Federal Reserve Board

Discussion threads 2009-08-10

Fake ATM, skimmers found in Las Vegas hotels

A Google security researcher attending the Black Hat/DEFCON conferences in Las Vegas was victimized by a skimming device placed in an ATM at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino. Chris Paget, an RFID security expert who now works on Google's security team, said he lost $200 to...

Tags: Security, Las Vegas, Kiosk, Conference, Chris Paget, ATM, Network Technology, Networking, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-08-03

Cybercrime doesn't pay: well it does, and very well

A large part of me is worried about writing this post because in some way, I could be considered as promoting the idea or inciting people to commit cybercrime. Well, that's not my intention as such - instead I'm taking a more back seat approach to denounce why people commit...

Tags: Cybercrime, Web Site, Hacker, Cybersecurity, Attack, Security Industry, Web Site Development, Government, Phishing, Web Technology, Security, Hacking, Internet, Spam And Phishing, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-06-25

Hacker named to Homeland Security Advisory Council

Hacker named to Homeland Security Advisory CouncilCrooks hire CrooksWhere else can a crook get a Job.Crooks in D.C. hire crooks to help the crooked Gov't do crooked things to help the crooked Banks and crooked companies the politicians award contracts to while decent people get rolled because they follow the...

Tags: Hacking, crook, hacker, Homeland Security Advisory Council, security, homeland security

Discussion threads 2009-06-08

NCIS: Episode #140: Breakout

NCIS: Episode #140: BreakoutNCIS ScriptPaul, keep taking the medication mate.Paul, you really are losing it.If you were to assess laptop marketshare by what you see used on TV, then you could easily be forgiven for concluding NOBODY BUT Apple makes laptops!This clearly isnt the reality of the world - its...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, NCIS, TV, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Paul

Discussion threads 2009-05-09

Conficker worm's copycat Neeris spreading over IM

Conficker worm's copycat Neeris spreading over IMDo you think a Dean of Computer Science could write a dll?He'd try to say the word code then pass out cold.No problemAt least not my problem.It is still a Windows-specific problem.RE: Conficker worm's copycat Neeris spreading over IMwhen are people going to recognize...

Tags: Instant messaging, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Operating systems, Neeris, Conficker Worm, IM

Discussion threads 2009-04-07

Exploit code sends Mozilla scrambling to fix Firefox

Exploit code sends Mozilla scrambling to fix FirefoxNot intended to be flame-bait butWhere are the howls of outrage that we'd see if this were IE8? RE: Exploit code sends Mozilla scrambling to fix FirefoxYou don't get howls cause it gets fixed too quick! That my friend is the difference. The...

Tags: Web browsers, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Corp., exploit code, Novell AppArmor, Web browser

Discussion threads 2009-03-26

MWC 09: Windows Mobile 6.5 disappoints, where

MWC 09: Windows Mobile 6.5 disappoints, whereRE: ... disappointed?"Linux is a disapointment as it is still not as user freiendly, and OSX is a disapointment in terms of operation and security issues."What does LLinux have to do with what the OP said?^o^You are a disapointment...for going off topic and bashing...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Microsoft Windows, disapointment, Apple Mac OS X, security

Discussion threads 2009-02-16

BREAKING: Apple 'suing Wired' for tutorial on 'Hackintosh' netbook tutorial, author says

BREAKING: Apple 'suing Wired' for tutorial on 'Hackintosh' netbook tutorial, author saysWell there is the notion that its apples fault...They deliberately chose to ignore the fact (esp. when moving over to the Intel platform) that people want to run the OS, but do not want to pay for the "Apple...

Tags: Operating systems, Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Apple Inc., operating system, Apple Mac OS X, Wired Inc., netbook

Discussion threads 2009-01-14

Black market for zero day vulnerabilities still thriving

One would assume that popular sources for zero day vulnerabilities+Poc's such as Full-Disclosure, Bugtraq or Milw0rm are the primary sources for obtaining responsibly or irresponsibly released flaws. They'd be wrong. The black market for zero day vulnerabilities and the concept of over-the-counter OTC trade of zero day flaws, has been...

Tags: Web, Vulnerability, Web Application, SQL Injection, Exploit, Day Vulnerability, E-shop, Security, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-11-02

Judge orders Palin to preserve Yahoo emails

Judge orders Palin to preserve Yahoo emailsAnother Fishing Expedition ....... funded by the taxpayer and brought about by partisan politics. I suspect the rumors and the interest will subside shortly after the election.RE: Judge orders Palin to preserve Yahoo emailsIf there was anything criminal in those messages, the Dems...

Tags: Palin, Yahoo! Inc., e-mail, Yahoo Email

Discussion threads 2008-10-14

Palin e-mail hacker indicted, pleads not guilty. Is justice being served?

Palin e-mail hacker indicted, pleads not guilty. Is justice being served?RE: Palin e-mail hacker indictedIf someone opened your U.S. mail box and took your mail he or she would be prosecuted and possibly jailed . . . this is no different.RE: Palin e-mail hacker indicted, pleads not guilty. Is justice...

Tags: Social Security, Palin, Palin e-mail hacker, e-mail hacker, e-mail

Discussion threads 2008-10-08