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Hackers are always looking for vulnerabilities, no matter if we're talking about software glitches or weak security measures set up by the computer/network administrator. And if there's a vulnerability in your printer configuration, they exploit it too. Today's piece of news is about what security rese... |
14 January 2008
04:00 GMT |
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A couple of months ago, Bungie Games was awarding a Halo 3 Recon Armor to one Halo 3 gamer who, incredibly managed to kill himself in a number of ways. That very same gamer has since reported not one, not two, but a total of three hijacks of his LIVE account, with the most recent occurring on December 29th, when he s... |
10 January 2008
14:06 GMT |
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A new hack attack targeted the official Pennsylvania website one week ago, as some hackers who were located in China attempted to infiltrate into the page. The state representatives took down the entire website, no matter the content was affected or not, Mia DeVane, a spokeswoman for the Office of Administration, sai... |
7 January 2008
17:06 GMT |
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First of all, I chose to name the group of hackers 'Robin Hood', because they acted just like the famous hero: they stole the BitTorrent website's money and donated them to a Sikhi portal. Now, let me tell you the whole story: the hackers managed to steal the password of an administrator of the BitTorr... |
7 January 2008
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Some people say hackers are working 24 hours a day and, sometimes, I really tend to believe it. For a hacker, compromising the site of a software company or a security vendor is like talking to God for a Christian, so they are really struggling to reach their goal. This time, they somehow managed to do it because som... |
7 January 2008
04:54 GMT |
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The Dutch police today announced that it had arrested 14 people suspected to be involved in several phishing scams, conducted by Russian and Ukrainian hackers. The 14 persons put their ABN Amro accounts at hackers' disposal and allowed them to transfer stolen money into their accounts. The illegal funds, which w... |
20 December 2007
09:18 GMT |
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'We got punk'd' the Tucson Police Department should say after their official website has been hacked by an Indonesian hacker. All the press releases published on the webpage were renamed to "Hmei7 has touched your soul", The Register reported today. According to the same source, the hacker managed to b... |
20 December 2007
04:24 GMT |
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Google Toolbar, that nice browser add-on produced by the Mountain View company, is one of the latest utilities able to enhance a hack attack and allow intruders deploy malicious applications. Aviv Raff has recently found a way to exploit a Google Toolbar vulnerability, which could seriously harm users' computers... |
19 December 2007
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Nope, it's not Windows, although the operating system is even targeted by attackers who want to get control over an affected system. This time, the affected MS solution is Access, as a new stack buffer overflow vulnerability was found in the application. A security notification published by US-CERT, on December... |
17 December 2007
08:25 GMT |
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If you were a hacker, your greatest achievement would surely be hacking a security company, exactly the one that should block your malicious attempts. This is exactly what happened a few days ago to F-Secure, one of the top security companies in the world, which got its forum hacked after a Turkish group discovered a... |
14 December 2007
10:35 GMT |
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A new day, another hack attack. This seems to be the perfect motto for the companies and organizations around the world, as they are all attacked by more or less powerful hackers aiming to steal their data. But this time, hackers targeted the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, which hosts the second fastest computer in t... |
7 December 2007
06:14 GMT |
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Fasthosts, the UK's number 1 web host as it proclaimed itself, suffered an attack on November 29, which targeted clients' Control Panel and FTP passwords. Because the risk of losing the accounts was pretty serious, Fasthosts took the decision to automatically change all the passwords and to inform customers... |
6 December 2007
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In case you're wondering what's with the title, let me explain it in a few words. I guess you have heard of USAID, an US organization providing "humanitarian assistance in more than 100 countries", as it is mentioned on the official website. As the motto of the organization is "From the American People" and... |
3 December 2007
05:46 GMT |
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The computer hacks, be them posting a simple message on an affected system or controlling the army's war machines, are extremely dangerous for all of us. Here's today's piece of news, that comes to support the statement above: an employee of the Tehama Colusa Canal Authority (TCAA) in Willows, Californ... |
30 November 2007
04:28 GMT |
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Although it wasn't confirmed yet, it seems like a sort of attack was launched over several Hotmail accounts as numerous users were asked to reset their passwords. The folks at FaceTime Security Labs wrote that there's no sign of a phishing attack although the affected users were redirected to the Password R... |
29 November 2007
06:29 GMT |
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With more and more attacks targeting computers from all over the world, the security experts warn the countries that they should be prepared for an impressive avalanche of attacks. Speaking for vnunet.com, Dave Marcu, security researcher and communications manager at McAfee, said a 'cold war' could start an... |
29 November 2007
05:33 GMT |
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Many companies are afraid of ex-employees who got access to the internal security technologies, passwords or computers, a survey conducted by Citrix revealed. No less than 49 percent of the respondents considered that IT engineers or employees who worked in the security departments are a real threat for the Irish com... |
27 November 2007
08:55 GMT |
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Do you want to buy some medicines? Maybe a pill of Viagra at the lowest price on the market? Or maybe some Valium? All you need to do is to visit Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth" film blog and you might find some unexpected goodies (not!). Robert McMillan of IDG News Service reported that the blog was hacked a ... |
27 November 2007
06:11 GMT |
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A group of eBay members started a real virtual rebellion a few days ago when they decided it was time to fight against the hacked MP3 players sold through the famous bidding website. All their actions brought an online petition signed at the time of writing this article by 1733 persons who requested eBay to stop the ... |
26 November 2007
06:39 GMT |
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Don't get too excited thinking that you'll find a hacking tutorial around here because Softpedia is not encouraging hacking or any other illegal activity. In fact, there's nothing illegal about today's piece of news since it was only a test conducted by the UK VoIP expert Peter Cox. According to V... |
26 November 2007
05:55 GMT |
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The Palm Beach County School District spent approximately $1.5 million for security measures that are supposed to prevent data loss and the access of the unauthorized people inside the network. It all started from a security flaw occurred in 2006 when some students managed to break into the computers and modify some ... |
23 November 2007
04:42 GMT |
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That's right! Now you can get your hands on the first Release Candidate for Windows XP Service Pack 3! And all it will take is the implementation of a simple registry hack designed to allow Windows XP users to access, download and install Service Pack 3 Release Candidate straight from Microsoft. You are not one ... |
22 November 2007
02:59 GMT |
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It's been a while since Monster.com left out the news and remained focused on its businesses. But today, the famous employment website is again one of the main news topics as it got hacked once again after a few months of calm and quiet atmosphere. Roger Thompson of Exploit Prevention Labs wrote that only a sing... |
21 November 2007
05:44 GMT |
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This is something new and as far as I can see, it is pretty dangerous for all of us. It seems like two websites were infected with some sort of infections which can cause pretty serious damage, if combined. The malicious code's first goal is stealing users' eBay login credentials but there's no statist... |
19 November 2007
09:40 GMT |
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Last week several security experts talked about a new trend in online hacking as the attackers are now aiming to inject a malicious code into the adverts published on famous websites in order to infect the visitors. Roger Thompson of Exploit Prevention Labs wrote that the NHL and the MLB websites were hacked as the a... |
16 November 2007
06:54 GMT |
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Security vendor FInjan Inc. today revealed a new technique used by the hackers to trick visitors on malicious websites which could help them hack their computers. It seems that the attackers are now attempting to buy new domains similar to the ones owned by famous brands and companies. For example, a hacker may acqui... |
16 November 2007
05:41 GMT |
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Although I don't see any reason for stealing virtual furniture, a 17-year-old boy did this and he's now arrested by the Dutch police after being accused of this illegal activity. It all happened on the Habbo Hotel platform, a service that allows registered members to create their own rooms and decorate them... |
14 November 2007
08:59 GMT |
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Many of you haven't even heard of Rain, the Korean artist who sings numerous hits in Asia and attracted lots of fans. But what's interesting is that his website was hacked and more importantly, it was modified to host a money mule fraud attempt as the folks at F-Secure wrote on the official blog of the comp... |
14 November 2007
05:04 GMT |
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Currently, Microsoft has opened up the beta testing process of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Beta to over 12,000 testers, also involved in trying the development milestones of Windows XP Service Pack 3 and Windows Server 2008. But a little hack is all that it takes to change this, and expand the test driving to all Vi... |
12 November 2007
12:43 GMT |
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MySpace and Alicia Keys partner to distribute malware. Sort of... It appears that the MySpace profile owned by singer Alicia Keys was hacked and the users who attempt to visit it are redirected to a dangerous website trying to install malicious files on visitors' computers. Roger Thompson of Exploit Prevention L... |
9 November 2007
06:31 GMT |
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Following the recent hack attacks, it seems that a new security forum was assaulted by the malicious people looking to prove their abilities. The Register today reported that First Forensic Forum, a UK security forum, was hacked by a group of users called S4udi-S3curity-Terror. It seems that the hackers managed to b... |
9 November 2007
04:42 GMT |
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Although it was first only a rumor, it's official this time: the Avast forum was hacked and some dangerous files were attached in order to install malware on visitors' computers. It appears that some of the antiviruses detected the problem but some of the unprotected users may have their computers infected.... |
8 November 2007
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The Chilean presidency was almost shocked on Monday when some officials tried to access the official website and instead of seeing their content, they loaded the official flag of Peru. In addition, a large message was attached: "Long live Peru," it read according to the Associated Press. The authorities acknowledged ... |
6 November 2007
10:14 GMT |
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This is way too much for anyone's eyes to see. Readers of this piece of news, I'm going to tell you this right from the beginning: the Manhunt 2 gameplay footage available below, depicting what the BBFC called 'cumulative casual sadism' when banning it from the market, is in no way good for those ... |
5 November 2007
09:12 GMT |
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That's right! There is a hack available that will permit you to access, download and install the official release of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 straight from Microsoft. The first service pack for Vista was initially released in pre-beta stage in mid July 2007, concomitantly with the original preview of Windows... |
17 October 2007
10:20 GMT |
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An Australian site has been "hacked" by a computer geek. Nothing bad actually happened, but a lot of people started thinking that the web page had been defaced, as it showed a rather political statement. It said that John Howard liked to suck blood in one case, and d*** in another. This is really funny! Some people ... |
11 October 2007
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The US Commerce bank has been attacked by a hacker. The malicious user tried to do as much damage as he could, be he was quickly repelled.It's not often that we hear of such a thing, so that's why I'm calling it a good piece of news. Now, let me tell you - hackers attack banks, companies, organizations... |
11 October 2007
02:56 GMT |
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I'm not exactly a fan of the "do-it-yourself" accessories of software, but some people use this solution to avoid spending too much money of seemingly useless hardware. For example, the Xbox 360 wireless adapter costs $100 and it seems to be the only one working on Microsoft's console. The HDMI cable will ... |
5 October 2007
04:16 GMT |
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There was an online attack at the beginning of the year, against Estonia. It took down government servers. However, the Estonians got this matter fixed fast. They communicated, asked for help and things were solved. Since then, many suppositions have been made, some groundless, some with a little bit of evidence. In ... |
28 September 2007
10:29 GMT |
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Now here's a funny piece of news - a hacker deleted his own hard drive in his attempt at attacking a server. The wannabe malicious user had a row with the cannel's administrator and started threatening the guy. It all happened on #stopHipHop's RC channel.Apparently, the so-called hacker thought he had ... |
28 September 2007
06:58 GMT |
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I don't know what some people are thinking! I keep wondering - are some people really that evil, or is it all because of their stupidity? How can you shut down access to 911 calls? What can be in that person's head to do such a thing? I keep hearing more and more cases about people who want to do damage to ... |
27 September 2007
14:41 GMT |
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Can hackers shut down the power in a whole area? Apparently they can, as a US government video shows. They've released a proof of concept that shows how a hacker attack could seriously "wack" electrical equipment. A hacker could have exploited a vulnerability in the security systems to make a turbine spin so fas... |
27 September 2007
04:15 GMT |
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Unlocking the iPhone triggers a wide range of possible drawbacks for the users, along with the great advantage of having the liberty to choose the operator the owner likes. Apple wanted to make sure that all those using its handset are aware of them.Interestingly enough, the producer showed no interest in the profit ... |
25 September 2007
05:29 GMT |
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Hackers have been causing a lot of damage as of late and since the attack on the Pentagon that got so much attention from the press, everybody's been talking about cyberwar. 'Talking' is the right word here, since up until now, I haven't heard of a lot of people actually DOING something about it, ... |
24 September 2007
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This piece of news just came in! It's as critical as it can get! GNUCitizen has disclosed a severe issue with PDF documents. It is so bad that they haven't posted a proof of concept on the site, for fear of hackers. Do not open any PDF file because these documents can be used to compromise your Windows box,... |
21 September 2007
05:08 GMT |
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It's one thing when a company that uses the web gets hacked into, but when a web host gets hacked, this can mean one of two things: either they were hit by pros, or they had really bad security. The second case would seem outrageous to me - you cannot afford to be a web host and not have good security. If web ho... |
20 September 2007
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Today, September 19, is the International Talk Like a Pirate day. I had no idea about this 'special day', until someone called me. I was working on a piece of news when my mobile rang and a friend asked me what I knew about the Flickr hack and what has happened to them. My instant reaction was: "What?! Flic... |
19 September 2007
08:57 GMT |
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A way to take over a Mac has been disclosed a year ago, but published only this month after a non-disclosure agreement has ended. Many of you are curious about how a Mac can get hacked, so let me say it briefly: in 2006, at a black-hat conference in Las Vegas, David Maynor showed that Apple's machines could be t... |
19 September 2007
06:13 GMT |
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If there is money somewhere on the web, then there's bound to be some hacker interested in that place. But I guess you've already noticed this. In any case, Second Life makes a lot of transactions happen. In case you've never heard of it, it's an online game, with close to 10 million people involv... |
19 September 2007
04:38 GMT |
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A highly critical vulnerability (as ranked by Secunia) has been disclosed in Media Player 6.x. This particular vulnerability can be exploited by a malicious user to compromise a system with a flawed version installed.As seen on Secunia, the vulnerability is caused due to an input validation error when processing .AVI... |
13 September 2007
09:28 GMT |
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