Incidents  

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • May 4th, 2009
McAfee Websites Vulnerable to Attacks

McAfee Websites Vulnerable to Attacks

Due to several cross-site scripting weaknesses

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • May 4th, 2009
The Pirate Bay Torrents Listing on the MPAA Website

The Pirate Bay Torrents Listing on the MPAA Website

The result of a proof-of-concept frame injection attack

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • April 27th, 2009
DNS Poisoning Attack Against Major Brazilian ISP

DNS Poisoning Attack Against Major Brazilian ISP

Banking Trojan served through fake Google Ads

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • April 16th, 2009
Symantec and Kaspersky Websites XSSed

Symantec and Kaspersky Websites XSSed

New cross-site scripting weaknesses discovered in the websites of the two AV vendors

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • April 14th, 2009
Mikeyy's Worms Hit Twitter for the Fourth Time

Mikeyy's Worms Hit Twitter for the Fourth Time

The service's staff has trouble keeping up with all the XSS weaknesses

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • April 13th, 2009
Twitter Hit Three Times by Worms During the Weekend

Twitter Hit Three Times by Worms During the Weekend

Cross-site scripting flaws used for propagation

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • April 9th, 2009
Paul McCartney's Website Pwned by Hackers

Paul McCartney's Website Pwned by Hackers

Exploits have been served through an injected IFrame

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • April 7th, 2009
The British Home Office Links to Embarrassing Content

The British Home Office Links to Embarrassing Content

Meanwhile, the Department of Transport's Under-Secretary of State has gotten his website hacked

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • April 4th, 2009
eBay.co.uk Vulnerable to Multiple Attacks

eBay.co.uk Vulnerable to Multiple Attacks

Weaknesses allow for code injection, file inclusion and directory traversal

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • April 3rd, 2009
Australian Phishing Operation Leaks Stolen Data

Australian Phishing Operation Leaks Stolen Data

Identity thieves leave dump server open for the entire world to see

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • April 2nd, 2009
Denial of Service Attack Affects Global DNS Service

Denial of Service Attack Affects Global DNS Service

Amazon and several other large companies affected

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • March 28th, 2009
Conficker Hits the UK Parliamentary Network

Conficker Hits the UK Parliamentary Network

Security memo instructs users to stop using removable storage devices

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • March 21st, 2009
The Embassy of Portugal in India Falls Victim to Hackers

The Embassy of Portugal in India Falls Victim to Hackers

Its website attempts to infect visitors

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • March 20th, 2009
XSS Flaw Hits Twitter

XSS Flaw Hits Twitter

Users can be tricked into posting unwanted messages

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • March 19th, 2009
Disgruntled IT Consultant Almost Causes Environmental Hazard

Disgruntled IT Consultant Almost Causes Environmental Hazard

By messing with the leak detection system of several oil platforms

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • March 17th, 2009
Websites of Three More Embassies Spreading Malware

Websites of Three More Embassies Spreading Malware

Two Azerbaijan embassies and an Ethiopian one have been targeted by cybercrooks

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • March 17th, 2009
Virus Attacks Men of Faith

Virus Attacks Men of Faith

Malware affects Church of England computer systems and e-mail communications

 
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