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300 Lithuanian sites hacked by Russian hackers: A recently accepted legislation in Lithuania banning communist symbols across Lithuania, has prompted Pro-Russian hackers to start defacing Lithuanian sites, an indication of the upcoming attack was detected last week with active discussions around Russian forums greatly reminding us of the Russia vs Estonia cyberattack sparkled due to the removal...; Tags: Web, Web Site, Hacker, Distributed Denial Of Service, Attack, Hacking, Security, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2008-07-02
Sony PlayStation's site SQL injected, redirecting to rogue security software: The latest high trafficked web site to fall victim into the continuing waves of massive SQL injection attacks courtesy of copycats and the ASProx botnet, is Sony's PlayStation U.S site according to a recent post at SophosLabs's blog : "Researchers at IT security firm Sophos have warned lovers of...; Tags: Sony Corp., Domain, SQL, Sony Playstation, SQL Injection, Hacker, Programming Languages, Game Players, Databases, Security, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2008-07-02
ICANN and IANA's domains hijacked by Turkish hacking group: ICANN and IANA's domains hijacked by Turkish hacking groupWindows is to blameI hear that the Internet is basically run on Windows servers so it is hardly surprising that this happened. If ICANN would only switch to OS X I'm sure that no hacker would ever be able to break in.As...; Tags: Microsoft Windows, SECURITY, Domain names, ICANN, IANA, hacking group, Turkish, hacker, hacking, IP, domain; Discussion threads 2008-06-26
Russian hackers planning attacks against Baltic countries and Ukraine: Recent Tweets on Twitter are pointing to grumblings in the blogosphere around suspicion of a planned attack against Baltic countries and the Ukraine. An article posted at The Baltic Course describes the planned attacks, as originally reported by Estonian television channel ETV24: Recently, there have been multiple appeals in Russian Internet forums, calling for...; Tags: Hacker, Ukraine, Attack, Russian Hacker, Hacking, Security, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-06-25
AV in the cloud... wait, what?: So, in a move that I can't currently understand, Trend Micro CEO Eva Chen has thrown out some buzz words claiming that they will move their anti-virus software into the cloud. Wait... she said what now? I'm not really sure what that actually means, because the article is very vague...; Tags: Shutter, Trend Micro Inc., Hacker, Cloud, AV, Hacking, Security, Viruses And Worms, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-06-24

Obama looking for help thwarting Web site hackers: Obama looking for help thwarting Web site hackersTaking sides already?Will the next story referencing John McCain include a flattering campaign poster with "McCain 2008" shown prominently at the top?; Tags: Web site development, Hacking, Web technology, Channel management, Obama, Web site, Web; Discussion threads 2008-06-02
Chinese female hacking group spotted: Chinese female hacking group spottedHacking is hacking. Period. Gender is irrelevant.:shrug:RE: Chinese female hacking group spottedJust what I need a group of KUNG FU females ,putting the sleeper on my poor puter.Well perhaps my security is stronger than they think?But better yet nothing worth hacking on my internet...; Tags: SECURITY, hacking, female hacking group, Chinese female hacking group, hacking group; Discussion threads 2008-05-31
Obama looking for help thwarting Web site hackers: On the heels of last month's embarrassing site breach that allowed a hacker to redirect traffic from BarackObama.com to Hillary Clinton's Web site, the Obama campaign is looking to hire a network security expert to lock down its online operations. According to this job listing, the campaign...; Tags: Web, Network, Web Site, Hacker, Web Site Development, Security, Hacking, Network Security, Networking, Web Technology, Internet, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2008-05-30
Chinese female hacking group spotted: Chinese girls talking about using SQL injections to serve malware and ARP spoofing, in between sharing do-it-yourself tutorials on XSS worms? Sexy. Scott Henderson at the Dark Visitor profiled a Chinese hacking group with female members only, discussing these very same topics : "In the male dominated world of...; Tags: Hacker, Hacking, Security, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2008-05-30
China's cyber-militia behind U.S. blackouts?: China's cyber-militia behind U.S. blackouts?FUD?While Chinese owned companies (and being Communist, the government owns those companies) has been responsible for some things, no doubts there as the pet food and tooth paste can confirm, shouldn't a proper distinction be confirmed before empty blaming?How do we know the guilty hackers aren't...; Tags: Hacking, INTERNET, blackout; Discussion threads 2008-05-30
China's cyber-militia behind U.S. blackouts?: Chinese hackers may have been behind power blackouts in Florida and the Northeast, according to a report in the National Journal. The report, penned by Shane Harris for the National Journal, lays out a lengthy case that China has deployed hackers working unofficially and officially for the...; Tags: U.S., China, Blackout, Hacker, Intelligence Official, Takeaway, Government, Hacking, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Security, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-30
If hackers don't get you, maybe Google will: Two weeks ago my personal blog StorageMojo was hacked. Turns out that Google can be a bigger problem than the hackers. Here's how it works and tips on protecting yourself. "Don't be evil" is a pretty low bar There's been a lot of blog hacking going...; Tags: Google Inc., Site, Hosting Company, Hacker, StorageMojo, Blogging, Security, Internet, Robin Harris; Blog posts 2008-05-18
McAfee's HackerSafe: "Um... we go in like a super hacker": McAfee's HackerSafe: "Um... we go in like a super hacker"congrats on your first customer.She obviously didn't get the PR memo right, it's [i]uber[/i] hacker.@McAfee: Maybe you should put some shorts on or something, if you want to keep fighting evil today.; Tags: Hacking, HackerSafe, hacker, McAfee Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-05-16
EFF: Bill treats hackers as terrorists: EFF: Bill treats hackers as terroristsI think execution is a good remedy.I think that spammers, most hackers, virus and other malware writers should be executed. They are ECONOMIC TERRORISTS. The millions of hours spent cleaning in-boxes, the millions of dollars spent on anti-malware products, the millions of dollars and hours...; Tags: Hacking, SECURITY, Cyberthreats, hacker, Electronic Frontier Foundation; Discussion threads 2008-05-13
McAfee isn't "McAfee Secure" or "Hacker Safe": In my most recent discussion on McAfee, I posted a talkback to Russ McRee stating, tongue in cheek mind you, that it'd be interesting to see an XSS or SQL Injection on McAfee's site, see if they are indeed "McAfee Secure". Well, I guess you get what you ask for......; Tags: McAfee Inc., XSS, Hacker, Tool, Productivity, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-05-13
Raising the bar for hackers (Security): Many production plants are linked to the Internet and utilize standard software, which makes them a potential target for hackers. Siemens is making these systems more secure.; Tags: Siemens AG, Hacker, Hacking, Internet, Security; White papers 2008-05-09
House of Hackers social community opens up: House of Hackers social community opens upVerified IdentitiesIf this site is truly White Hat, then hackers should not be able to hide behind an alias. There should be Paypal-like ID verification of a person's name and address. That information should be ~publically~ available so that it can be continually...; Tags: Hacking, hacker; Discussion threads 2008-05-06
House of Hackers social community opens up: PDP, the leader of the Gnucitizen White Hat Hacker outfit announced the opening of the House of Hackers social community yesterday. The House of Hackers is intended to enable its members to exchange ideas with each other, communicate, form groups, elite circles and tiger/red teams, conglomerate around projects, and participate in...; Tags: Community, Network, Member, Hacker, Gnucitizen White Hat Hacker, House, Hacking, Social Networking, Networking, Security, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-05-06
Hacking NASA: One small step for man, one giant leap for hackers?: The CORE Security Team released an advisory to the Full-Disclosure mailing list today that documented a stack overflow in NASA's Common Data Format libs. Looking at this bug, the tech details aren't overwhelming, I think I'm mostly excited about it due to the high profile of hacking NASA libs. One...; Tags: NASA, Vulnerability, Hacker, Exploitation, Common Data Format 3.2.1, Security, Patches, Hacking, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-05-05
Photos: Unboxing a Psystar Mac clone: Yes, Psystar Mac clones are real and this gallery proves it. They work well, too--but there are other issues. by Andy Smith; Tags: Psystar, Mac clone, Mac OS X, white box, Apple Macintosh, PC, Apple Inc., Hacker, Open Computer, Desktops, Hardware, Matthew Broers, Clone, Photograph, Andy Smith; Image galleries 2008-05-01