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There just might be a chance to stop malware authors, for good, that is. Sure, I agree that we are not close to that point but we are going towards it. Now, how do you stop people from writing viruses? Well, you certainly can't have a cop next to every user to bop him or her one on the noggin whenever he starts ... |
9 October 2007
05:14 GMT |
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Hackers are restless and you know it! They will change their tactics, their targets etc., but they will never stop. However, a recent study by SecureWorks (a firm providing managed security services) shows a 90% increase in the number of hacker attacks against utilities. From January to April, SecureWorks blocked an ... |
8 October 2007
14:31 GMT |
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The United States have been attacked by hackers many times by now. The press has paid a lot of attention to this issue, and there have been many articles written about the Pentagon getting hacked by the Chinese. I really regret saying this, but sometimes, if some bad things do not reach the press, they remain unchang... |
8 October 2007
09:53 GMT |
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These guys had it coming! You can't just have a caricature with Prophet Muhammad's head on a dog's body posted in a newspaper and expect the Muslims to stand around doing nothing. Though illegal, considering previous happenings, what I'm going to relate will seem natural to you.Hackers in Turkey h... |
8 October 2007
07:01 GMT |
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The Israelis have bombed the Syrians, but that's not something out of the ordinary, as these countries have been at war since 1967. Now, what is somewhat weird is that they managed to bypass every defense system, reaching their target, just south of the Turkish border.They used F-15 and F-16 planes to get there ... |
5 October 2007
03:38 GMT |
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Internet Criminals are always thinking of new ways to scam users or hack their machines. And what concerns them the most is mass efficiency. Having a method that could work in a situation or two is not something efficient, cyber-crooks are looking for magic bullets. They're trying to deploy tactics that will ena... |
2 October 2007
09:53 GMT |
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If you're a fan of security news, then you've probably read a thousand times that Russian hackers did this, Russian hackers did that. But who are these guys? Well, the most dangerous hacker threat in this country comes from the Russian Business Network. Their name is rather ironic, considering the fact that... |
1 October 2007
09:38 GMT |
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Assessing the threat is never an easy thing to do and doing it with promptitude is even harder. Cyber-attacks have been something a lot of countries have been fearing with the Internet advancing at such a high speed. But only recently have a lot of scary possibilities popped up. And I'm saying recently and not p... |
28 September 2007
08:34 GMT |
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I wanted to write about this for a long time, since it is pretty important, but I never got the chance to do it; plus, there wasn't enough material to back up my statements… until now. Sophos expert Fraser Howard wrote a great technical paper on "Modern web attacks" that is very inspiring and also explains thing... |
28 September 2007
03:47 GMT |
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Sometimes, law enforcers do anything in their powers and even use illegal methods to prove the crooks' activity. Of course, if the accused ones are proved to be innocent, then the law enforcers might get sued. Pirate Bay, the file sharing service is in such a case - they plan to sue companies, that earlier accus... |
26 September 2007
05:16 GMT |
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Hacking is one serious issue nowadays, as it is a both cheap and efficient weapon. Whiz kids with too much power have become a threat to many states' national security. What's even worse is the fact that the thing that ISPs fear most, botnets, is a really "trendy" thing amongst hackers. As United Press Inte... |
25 September 2007
05:38 GMT |
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Hackers make a lot of money these days, more than many other criminals do - and you know why? It's because they're smart! When they pick a target, they search for something that's going to bring them a lot of cash, no matter how hard it is to hack. If in real life, there are some systems that you can&#... |
24 September 2007
08:06 GMT |
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When I said hackers like social websites, I didn't mean that they surf MySpace all day long searching for bands or who knows what. These guys are interested in the potential of these sites, in the resources they have and that the hackers could use in their criminal activity. In case you have not figured this out... |
20 September 2007
09:59 GMT |
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Hackers attack websites everyday, even if it's not in the news. As studies show it, hackers are after financial profits most of the time. You rarely see a "good old fashioned hack" when the site is down and a message pops up, so that's why I decided to write about this hacker's deeds. Now, this guy was... |
20 September 2007
09:16 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
03:38 GMT |
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We already knew that hackers could cause serious problems. Today, I even found out that cyber-crime is a lot worse than illegal drug distribution. Symantec has a study that will back this up even more. They state that hackers are not only thrived by financial gains (fact which we already knew) but that they are now u... |
19 September 2007
09:35 GMT |
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Cyber-crime is said to do a lot more damage than the whole drug distribution "industry". That being said, it means that hackers cause more financial losses than drug dealers do. And I'm not just saying this, it's McAfee CEO David DeWalt that said cyber-crime is now worth $105 billion. That is a huge number ... |
19 September 2007
05:17 GMT |
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Automatic Data Processing, Inc. is an international computer service company. They specialize in payroll processing, but offer various other services as well, such as human resources, screening and selection services and others. They sit on huge databases and recently, there has been news of one of them getting hacke... |
17 September 2007
10:22 GMT |
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I cannot believe this! The e-mail borne Storm just started infecting web pages. And what can I say? Its new feature popped up in style after it infected a US Republican Party site. The webpage got hacked and it had been spreading a form of Storm that would attack any vulnerable machines that visit the site. It is not... |
17 September 2007
08:59 GMT |
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Perhaps you were wondering how people become hackers and where from they get the resources to do all that nasty stuff. Well, in case you really were asking yourself such questions, then this article is for you. Well, there is no such thing as a black-hatter school, or none that I've heard of. Hackers are usually... |
17 September 2007
06:09 GMT |
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Now, here's a bizarre case of data breaching for you. The TD Ameritrade Company had a huge database with sensitive information belonging to clients. And when I say huge, I mean 6.3 million accounts. Hackers broke into it using the classic backdoor tactic, so what was weird in that? Well, the fishy part was that ... |
17 September 2007
03:37 GMT |
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Making money on the web is an easy thing. The best part about it is that you don't even have to leave the comfort of your home, like the rest of us that go to work. Basically, there are two ways in which you can make money on the web: legal and illegal. Of course, the illegal way will put you into jail nice and ... |
14 September 2007
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Ten people of different nationalities have been arrested in Germany on accusations of Internet fraud. The scam had not been limited to Germany, but was at a world wide scale and it is presumed that its victims had lost hundreds of thousands of euros. The culprits were Russians, Ukrainians and Germans and they were re... |
13 September 2007
09:02 GMT |
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The Interpol finally thought that it would be a nice idea to properly assess cyber-threats. I admit that of all the law enforcers, the Interpol has been fighting the most against cyber-crime, but it sure did take them a lot to figure out that it would be great if they deployed global and regional anti-crime centers t... |
13 September 2007
05:24 GMT |
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I was just browsing the Net to see what news have popped up recently when I accidentally ran into an alarming fact - 40% of European citizens suffer from digital illiteracy, as c|net informs. Those figures are huge and I guess that they are bigger in some countries. How can you expect to be secure when you have no id... |
12 September 2007
11:13 GMT |
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Online gaming has become very popular as of late, especially MMORPGs (massive multiplayer online role playing game) and to be honest, I think that this just might be the future of gaming, as it is way more fun to battle human intelligence than AI. In any case, whenever something is popular it gets the attention of ha... |
12 September 2007
03:39 GMT |
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Wow! Someone finally made malware-based bank hacking impossible! Not matter how skilled hackers may be, there is no way they can 'win' on this one. Now, a part of the authentication process just got impossible to hack, thanks to Bank of America cyber-security experts. The bank site will generate a 6-digit c... |
11 September 2007
08:23 GMT |
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The Web is full of threats, and sure, some of them won't get to you, but it's better not to rely on that and stay protected in any case. And what better way to defend yourself against cyber-threats than to know what you're up against. Knowing your "enemy" is an vital part of any defensive strategy. CA ... |
11 September 2007
05:39 GMT |
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After the article that appeared in the Financial Times last week, a lot of papers and sites have been writing about Chinese hackers and their possible connection to the People's Liberation Army. Some have even said that the hacks were the PLA's work, even though Chinese officials have been denying any gover... |
11 September 2007
03:07 GMT |
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First, the US suffered. An attack on the Pentagon downed a part of their system. Then, Chinese hackers went and infected German government officials' computers with Trojan viruses, then, they went and hit English machines as well. The latest on episode on "I've been hacked by the Chinese" now features the F... |
10 September 2007
14:31 GMT |
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In many people's opinion (mine amongst them) ISP shouldn't just stand for Internet Service Provider but for Internet Service Police as well. Are we asking for too much? I don't think so, since they are the ones that can really do something against hackers. Not once have researchers and white hat hacker... |
10 September 2007
05:34 GMT |
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Hackers are always probing the net to see which users are vulnerable and which sites have flaws that they can exploit. Of course, it's a good thing to deploy security measures on your website, but it's imperative to use them if you are the army. You can't just play around like that, I mean, represent t... |
10 September 2007
03:59 GMT |
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Knowing the rate of cyber-crime the UK has it's no wonder they're trying to think of anything that might work to take it down. Now, a few Lords are asking Internet Service Providers to "Police" the Internet. There is no law for this just yet, but it all just seems ethical and logical to me...I'm no exp... |
7 September 2007
10:48 GMT |
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I guess that the Germans have panicked a bit because of all the hackings that took place this year and now they are deploying more and more security measures. This is not a bad thing, but it's sad that hackers had to set examples, for countries to act on cyber-security...Anyway, they have an even newer program t... |
6 September 2007
16:26 GMT |
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Have you noticed how some laws affect only the poor? Or how law enforcers' actions seldom affect the rich? Well this is just another one of those cases, but it's regarding cyber-security now!Recently the site of the Bank of India has been hacked (the Russian Business Network is said to have done it). Since ... |
6 September 2007
05:07 GMT |
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As you may or may not know, the United Kingdom is home to some of the greatest hackers the world has seen. London is the biggest hacker colony in England, but guess who else is on the same list! Iiiiiit's Brighton!!! I've never heard of it until now, but as I've seen on The Argus this little town is ra... |
5 September 2007
10:38 GMT |
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It all happened in the Sedgemoor District of Somerset. Letters have been sent out to people to try and make them vote. The thing about this is that a site has been created so that citizens can vote online. Since a lot of people are too busy to get out of their houses to vote, this new service comes in handy. They vot... |
31 August 2007
10:18 GMT |
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The Federal Bureau of Information has a growing interest in cyber-crime, and this does not surprise me at all, since the US has been the first to show a greater concern with cyber-security. What can I say? This is great, because knowing the Feds could be on their tracks, I guess that hackers will be somewhat discoura... |
28 August 2007
05:35 GMT |
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It hasn't stopped yet; the Storm virus still rages on the Internet, and now it has changed a bit, in order to trick users even better. Of course it still uses standard-issue hacker technique - involving high-profile names to create an illusion of credibility. According to eWeek, this has actually nothing to do w... |
28 August 2007
03:36 GMT |
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Chinese hackers have hit many targets (civilian as well as governmental) before, in countries like Canada, UK, US and Australia, but only recently has there been news of attacks against Germany. When I first read about this on SecurityFocus I thought that they've really accomplished something big, since Germany... |
28 August 2007
03:00 GMT |
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Can Voice Over IP calls be listened to by malicious users? Well, while using the basic "It's on the Net so it can be hacked" mentality, the answers is "Yes", at least for now. Phishing by phone has not been considered a real issue till now, because talking on the phone costs money, while e-mailing is free. Also,... |
27 August 2007
05:14 GMT |
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In the old days, hackers would just use schemes, all sorts of malware, a lot of them created by themselves or other techies aiming at taking down sites; but nowadays, everything has changed. Now, if they can't crack it with their standard procedures and programs, they simply resort to spending more money on soft... |
27 August 2007
02:44 GMT |
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This is a site where security researchers auction their most recent disclosures. Is this right? Sure, it's great that these guys are finally getting some dough for all their work, but what if these flaws are bought out by hackers that will never disclose them to the original program/site creators? I don't t... |
24 August 2007
09:04 GMT |
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This is just shameless! Hackers have always used high-profile names in their schemes but now, they are abusing Microsoft's image to scam gullible users. Please read this article in full, and do not let yourself fooled if you ever get such an e-mail!I've seen a copy of the message on The Register, and you ca... |
24 August 2007
06:12 GMT |
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At the beginning of this year, hackers had attacked Estonia's online infrastructure. This was quite serious, even the United States sent some experts to help out in their case. You can read an article about this attack by clicking on this link. Well, the Estonians didn't just leave this matter unattended af... |
22 August 2007
06:20 GMT |
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You might already know this, Wells Fargo & Co. experienced some service problems that disabled ATMs and online accounts for their customers, as The Napa Valler Register informs us. This crash left people without access to their money for about 24 hours. You can read more about this matter by clicking on this here lin... |
22 August 2007
04:52 GMT |
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Lately, there was news about hackers stealing data, that it became something sort of common. How many were affected this time? Well, about 60.000 people, which is nowhere close to what Prg has done to Monster.com. So, the good news is that it could have been worse. It all happened in Norway, when a group of hackers h... |
21 August 2007
11:44 GMT |
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Many parts of the official Gentoo website have been taken down due to hacker attacks. There is no telling when their website will be fully back online. Gentoo is an open OS that is based on the Linux technology (which has Unix as a platform as well) that has great maneuverability. Gentoo Linux is very easy to configu... |
20 August 2007
03:09 GMT |
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As all online deals, brokerage can be the victim of hackers. Accounts passwords can be found out if the proper tools are used. So, people should be more careful when hiring brokers online, as some of them may be scammers themselves, and still others may be using insecure servers, which means your data is going to be ... |
17 August 2007
09:32 GMT |
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One man from Arizona has been charged and sentenced for using stolen identities to steal cash from the original persons' accounts. You've probably heard about identities being stolen a million times before, but I for one, have never noticed a more severe case than this one. As Sophos tells us, the criminal ... |
17 August 2007
08:36 GMT |
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