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- Zone-H web defacement data shows platforms don't matter
- Web defacement archive Zone-H.org has produced a comprehensive three-year report on Web Server defacements for 2005 to 2007. What makes the Zone-H archive unique is that the data is gathered from the hackers/defacers themselves and every defaced website is confirmed and mirrored on Zone-H permanently. Contrary to...
- Tags: Web, Defacement, Web Site, News, Microsoft IIS Server, Zone-H, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Internet, George Ou
- Blog posts 2008-03-17
- Turkish hackers go on defacement rampage
- Turkish hackers go on defacement rampageWhat would be a resolutionAsking Coders not to be sloppy with Code is like asking Windows to reduce their memory requirements on their next release. Not very likely to happen.However, how else are we supposed to draw easily changeable data into an application without...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, OPEN SOURCE, Turkish Hackers, defacement, desktop Linux, Linux
- Discussion threads 2006-05-31
- Does OS matter anymore for security?
- Whenever I've touched on the sensitive topic of Linux vs. Windows or Apache vs. Microsoft IIS security, I expected the usual flame treatment and nasty name calling to fly. It's usually taken as gospel in many IT circles to assume that Windows Security is an oxymoron; anyone who dares...
- Tags: Zone-H, server, operating system
- Blog posts 2005-07-06
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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
- Hackers hijack DNS records of high profile New Zealand sites
- Remember the DNS hijackings of such high profile sites such as Comcast, Photobucket, and ICANN/IANA domains that were taking place last year? Similar incidents are still happening. Today, a web site defacement group known as "The Peace Crew" has successfully hijacked the DNS records for high profile...
- Tags: Web, DNS, New Zealand, Web Site, Hacker, Web Site Development, Channel Management, Web Technology, Internet, Marketing, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-04-21
- Thousands of Israeli web sites under attack
- In the wake of the escalating conflict between Israel and Hamas, it didn't take long before pro-Hamas supporters organized themselves and started to defacing thousands of pro-Israeli web sites in order to use them as vehicles for propaganda -- Israel is meanwhile hijacking TV signals. For the...
- Tags: Web, DNS, Web Site, Israel, Web Site Defacement, Attack, TEAM-Evil, Web Site Development, Channel Management, Web Technology, Hacking, Security, Internet, Marketing, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-01-06
- Don't brandjack the Shaq - and watch your client's back
- Don't brandjack the Shaq - and watch your client's backBuzz Manager service Uncovered Ficticious Shaq to Protect BrandWe at Sports Media Challenge www.sportsmediachallenge.com agree that all brands need to monitor 24/7 for relevant, real time business intelligence. Our proprietary Buzz Manager service does that for personal and corporate brands...
- Tags: Branding, Shaq, celebrity, brand, Internet
- Discussion threads 2008-11-20
- Cyber terrorists to face death penalty in Pakistan
- According to a recently signed "Prevention of Electronic Crimes Ordinance 2008" in Pakistan, any person who commits cyberterrorism causing the death of other people will face death penalty or life imprisonment : "Whoever commits the offence of cyber terrorism and causes death of any person shall be punishable with...
- Tags: Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-11-10
- State of the Web: Application Security Trends Over 6 Years
- As business has embraced Internet technologies to provide an easy and convenient interface to clients, partners and employees alike, applications have become increasingly complex, and heavily integrated with sensitive internal systems. As a result, the impact of a poorly built website or application is no longer limited to defacement and...
- Tags: Web, Application Security, Corsaire, Corporate Governance, Intellectual Property, Internet, Corporate Law, PCI, Web Site Development, Security Administration, Business Operations, Research & Development, Storage, Hardware, Security
- White papers 2008-10-01
- Hundreds of Dutch web sites hacked by Islamic hackers
- In what appears to be a mass defacement, where several hundred domains take advantage of a shared hosting provider, starting as of this Friday, an Islamic hacker known as nEt^DeViL -- this is not the NetDevilz team that hijacked the DNS records of the ICANN and Photobucket in June --...
- Tags: Web, Web Site, Hacker, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Channel Management, Hacking, Security, Internet, Marketing, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-08-25
- Coordinated Russia vs Georgia cyber attack in progress
- In the wake of the Russian-Georgian conflict, a week worth of speculations around Russian Internet forums have finally materialized into a coordinated cyber attack against Georgia's Internet infrastructure. The attacks have already managed to compromise several government web sites, with continuing DDoS attacks against numerous other Georgian government sites, prompting...
- Tags: Web, Russia, Web Site, Site, Cyberattack, Distributed Denial Of Service, Georgia, Attack, Alania TV, RIA Novosti, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Security, Internet, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-08-11
- Katie Moussouris on HOPE 2008: HOPE Springs Eternal
- Guest Editorial by Katie Moussouris of Microsoft If cyberspace is a mass, consensual hallucination, as William Gibson characterized it, then HOPE was a dream manifested in meatspace that would not die. While Hackers On Planet Earth has been running every other year since 1994, it was...
- Tags: Symantec Corp., IP, Tool, Con, Katie Moussouris, Last HOPE, Wiki, Internet, Productivity, Security, Network Technology, Online Communications, Networking, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-07-28
- Kaspersky's Malaysian site hacked by Turkish hacker
- According to Zone-h.org, Kaspersky's Malaysian site has been defaced by a Turkish hacker during the weekend, through a SQL injection, leaving the following message - "hacked by m0sted And Amen Kaspersky Shop Hax0red No War Turkish Hacker Thanx to Terrorist Crew all team members". "The official Malaysian Kaspersky Antivirus's...
- Tags: Web, Malware, Web Site, Site, Hacker, Kaspersky, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Security, Viruses And Worms, Internet, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-07-21
- Anti-malware blocker, cross-site scripting protections coming in IE 8
- When Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 hits the Beta 2 milestone in August, the browser makeover will feature a full-fledged anti-malware blocker and new protections against some forms of cross-site scripting attacks. The existing phishing filter IE 7 has been renamed SmartScreen Filter and will include blacklist-based blocking...
- Tags: XSS, Microsoft Internet Explorer, SmartScreen Filter, Web Browsers, Internet, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-07-02
- China detains web site defacer spreading earthquake rumors
- The Xinhua news agency is reporting that the web site defacer which I mentioned in a previous post regarding the use of web site defacements as tools for psychological operations, has been located and detained in less than a week after he defaced the Seismic Emergency and Public Center of...
- Tags: China, Web, Xinhua News Agency, Malware, Web Site, Web Site Defacer, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Channel Management, Viruses And Worms, Security, Internet, Marketing, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-06-19
- Photobucket's DNS records hijacked by Turkish hacking group
- Yesterday, Photobucket the world's most popular photo sharing site according to Hitwise had its DNS records hijacked to return a hacked page courtesy of the NetDevilz hacking group, a Turkish web site defacement group most widely known for its defacement of the adult video site Redtube earlier this year. Photobucket...
- Tags: Hacking, DNS, Photobucket, Domain Names, Networking, Internet, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-06-18
- Phoenix Mars Lander's mission site hacked
- With the world's eyes on the latest multimedia streaming straight from Mars, during the weekend the Phoenix Mars Mission's site got hit twice, first by an Ukrainian web site defacer who posted a message at the site's blog, and hours later, the Turkish "sql loverz crew 2008" redirected the official...
- Tags: Web, Phoenix Technologies, Web Site, Site, Phoenix Mars Lander Mission, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-06-02
- Comcast's DNS records hijacked, redirect to hacked page
- For a couple of hours yesterday, Comcast's Internet Portal (comcast.net) had its DNS records hijacked and a defaced web page was loading from third-party domains. Further investigation into this incident reveals a connection between the group responsible for Comcast's DNS hijacking and previous incidents such as the defacements of Justin...
- Tags: DNS, Comcast Corp., Domain Names, Networking, Internet, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-05-29
- Pro-Serbian hacktivists attacking Albanian web sites
- The rise of pro-Kosovo web site defacement groups was marked in April, 2008, with a massive web site defacement spreading pro-Kosovo propaganda. The ongoing monitoring of pro-Kosovo hacking groups indicates an ongoing cyberwar between pro-Serbian supporting hacktivists successfully defacing Albanian sites, and building up capabilities by releasing a list of...
- Tags: Web, Web Site, Web Site Defacement, Hacking Group, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Channel Management, Hacking, Security, Internet, Marketing, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-05-20
- Recent CNN Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack explained
- According to Netcraft: "The CNN News website has twice been affected since an earlier distributed denial of service attack last Thursday. CNN fixed Thursday's attack by limiting the number of users who could access the site from specific geographical areas. Subsequently, an attack was purportedly organised to...
- Tags: Denial Of Service, Distributed Denial Of Service, CNN, Attack, Danchev, Security, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-04-23
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