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Off-to-jail hacker tells how he stole VOIP on massive scale

Robert Moore at left, a 23 year-old hacker from Spokane, Wash., is to go to prison later this week for his role in a plot to steal VoIP services from some 15 legitimate VoIP providers and then sell them as a separate company.Information Week's Sharon Gaudin  has some quotes from...

Tags: Password, Hacker, Robert Moore, Telephony, VOIP, Telecommunications, Networking, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2007-09-27

Bad security week for Microsoft, Apple, and Blizzard

Another zero-day threat hits Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 and 6 just after Microsoft issued an emergency out-of-cycle patch for the VML threat. This new critical threat had been known for 2 months but missed Septembers patch Tuesday. Microsoft is expected to patch it next Tuesday but attacks are...

Tags: exploit, hacker

Blog posts 2006-10-02

Xpert Security Package 1 (Windows)

Xpert Security Package provides essential protection from email spam, hackers, and privacy threats. Anti-spam Engine is the best and most configurable anti-spam solution. Password Container keeps personal data in and hackers out - you will never lose an important password or information ever. And Privacy Patrol safeguards you and your...

Tags: Password, Anti-spam, Microsoft Windows, Hacker, Bluemorning, Xpert Security Package, Anti-spam Engine, Password Container, Spam, E-mail, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Online Communications

Software downloads 2006-03-13

Hacker speaks out.

Sigh, Yet another call for social solutions to technical problems. Hacker Kevin Mitnick calls for more employee awareness training. Anyone who has ever been in an IT department knows that within a week after the two day seminar on using strong passwords like W9T%$zx0 instead of weak passwords like "manchester"...

Tags: strong password, password

Blog posts 2005-03-04

Stopping spam at the source

Stopping spam at the sourceFive years late... and what a mess now !All these wonderful solutions are only five years late and just bandaids to fix a broken system everyone knew about years ago but ignored. Now that e-commerce is about to come to a screaming halt, all of a...

Tags: SECURITY, Domain names, SPF, Sender ID, spammer, hacker, bank, spam, password

Discussion threads 2004-08-23

Additional Resources

SecureBackup 3.1.3468 (Windows)

Unlimited Online Backup: Don't lose your precious family photos, e-mail, or critical business data. Backup your music collection, videos, and other important documents with our fully automated and secure online backup solution. With SecureBackup, you don't need a flash drive, an external hard-drive, or a DVD burner to backup your...

Tags: Online Backup, Microsoft Windows, SecureBackup, SecureBackup Service, File Verification, Backups

Software downloads 2009-07-01

Guy Kawasaki's Twitter account compromised; used to deliver malware

ZDNet's own Ryan Naraine reports in his Zero Day security blog that Mac evangelist Guy Kawasaki's Twitter account was hijacked yesterday and was used in an attempt to distribute malware to his almost 140,000 followers. The attack screenshot above included a link to what purported...

Tags: Malware, Guy Kawasaki, Twitter, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Spyware, Desktops, Cyberthreats, Corporate Communications, Security, Viruses And Worms, Hardware, Marketing, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-06-24

SplashID Lite 4.6 (Mobile)

SplashID Lite will synchronize with the SplashID iPhone Desktop. SplashID Lite features unlimited customizable record types and categories, strong 256-bit Blowfish encryption, backup and wireless sync to your Mac or PC , automatic password generator to create hacker-proof passwords, and anti-phishing URL icons that deliver you to the correct address...

Tags: Password, Mobile, SplashData, Phishing, Security, Spam And Phishing

Software downloads 2009-06-09

EAV Antivirus Suite Free Edition 6.0 (Windows)

EAV Antivirus Suite can detect and eliminate spyware, Trojans, key loggers, adware programs, browser hijackers, cookies, spy bots, trackware, and other malware, even new and unknown ones, on your PC. EAV Antivirus Suite is able to block ARP attacks. EAV Antivirus Suite can recover all damages with Internet Explorer caused...

Tags: Adware, Trojan Horse, Microsoft Windows, EAV Software, EAV Antivirus Suite, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Security, Web Browsers, Internet

Software downloads 2009-05-26

Study: password resetting 'security questions' easily guessed

How secret are in fact the 'secret questions' used for resetting forgotten passwords? Not so secret after all, according to a just published study entitled "It's no secret: Measuring the security and reliability of authentication via 'secret' questions" according to which 17% of the study's participants were not only able...

Tags: Password, Security Question, Security, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-05-19

Hacker claims to have phished Steve Jobs Amazon account

Hacker claims to have phished Steve Jobs Amazon accountHacker claims to have phished Steve Jobs Amazon accountClassicRE: Hacker claims to have phished Steve Jobs Amazon accountOh, yeah, classic alright, classic BS.First of all, this guy has offered no unrefutable proof of his claims. Could all be BS.Second, even if...

Tags: Hacking, Apple Mac OS X, Operating systems, Cyberthreats, Steve Jobs, Amazon.com Inc., hacker, Apple Inc., Apple Safari, operating system, security

Discussion threads 2009-05-15

Hacker claims to have phished Steve Jobs Amazon account

Cult of Mac's Leander Kahney was approached by a hacker looking to sell access to Steve Jobs' personal Amazon account "with all his purchase/interest details for 6-7 years." The hacker going by the handle "orin0co" claims to have phished the Apple CEO in a new...

Tags: Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Hacker, Attack, Hacking, Security, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-05-14

Private Contact 2.1 (Mac)

Private Contact is a native Cocoa software to manage on macintosh an address book with reserved data inside. In this way, informations inside documents, relative to various persons, can be read only by the Macintosh owner, and in case of unauthorized access or theft of the Mac, the...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Tension Software, Private Contact, Desktops, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-05-13

French hacker gains access to Twitter's admin panel

UPDATE2: Twitter confirms the unauthorized access. UPDATE: The Twitter admin hack appears to be the result of a successful social engineering attack against one of Twitter's employees -- similar attack took place in January this year. Here's a retrospective of the events that took place. ...

Tags: Hacker, Twitter, Attack, Hacking, Security, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-04-30

iBotnet: Researchers find signs of zombie Macs

iBotnet: Researchers find signs of zombie MacsHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!breathHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!:) :) :)Come on ZDNet, this should be the biggest, boldest headline on front page!:)It would be interesting to see...It would be interesting to see what Apple is going to do with this in their "I'm a PC, I'm a Mac" add.Oh wait, you...

Tags: Desktops, Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Pirated Software, Apple Macintosh, iBotnet, zombie, virus, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-04-16

Hotmail inboxes: Here today, gone yesterday?

Hotmail inboxes: Here today, gone yesterday?Hotmail inboxes: Here today, gone yesterday?I also had no problems with my inbox yesterday or today. Just a minor fluke and the system is back to normal. No big deal.I wonder if it was related to the cut fibre optic lines? ntNTRE: Hotmail inboxes: Here...

Tags: E-mail providers, MSN Hotmail, Here Today, Hotmail Inbox, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-04-10

Massive Chinese spynet targeted Dalai Lama

It all started with the Dalai Lama. The Tibetan leader's offices in India, Brussels, London and New York asked the researchers to examane its computers for malware. But researchers at the Munk Center for International Studies at the University of Toronto found something much more than garden-variety spyware, John Markoff...

Tags: China, Researcher, Toronto, Computer, GhostNet, Productivity, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-03-29

Stealthy router-based botnet worm squirming

Stealthy router-based botnet worm squirmingAnd there are SOOO many routers with default "admin" password out there!Something tells me that shipping hardware or software with default passwords is hacker friendly.How many have WAN access by default?I have not seen a router that comes pre-configured with allow control over WAN activated by...

Tags: Routers & switches, Network technology, NETWORKING, Cyberthreats, router, password, Linux, worm

Discussion threads 2009-03-23

Australian hacker sentenced for 3 years

Australian hacker sentenced for 3 yearshe felt alone so he killed the system?I think part of the story is being left out. That kind of explination doesnt make sense.RE: Australian hacker sentenced for 3 yearsthe cult of the idiot continues to growWow, did ZDNet leave out all the great...

Tags: Hacking, hacker

Discussion threads 2009-03-17

Rigged podcasts can leak your iTunes username/password

Hackers can create malicious podcasts to hijack usernames and passwords from Apple's iTunes software. According to a warning from Apple, a "design issue" in the iTunes podcast feature can be abused via rigged audio files to cause an authentication dialog to be presented to the user.  From...

Tags: Apple Inc., Apple iTunes, Authentication, Podcasts, Digital Music, Digital Media, Internet, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-03-11