Millions of printers open to devastating hack attack

         Could a hacker from half-way around the planet control your printer and give it instructions so frantic that it could eventually catch fire? Or use a hijacked printer as a copy machine for criminals, making it easy to commit identity theft or even take control of entire networks that would otherwise be secure?           It’s not only possible, but likely, say researchers at Columbia University, who...

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New Facebook Worm installing Zeus Bot in your Computer

          Today another new attack on Facebook users with Zeus Bot comes in action. The researchers of Danish security firm CSIS, has spotted a worm spreading within the Facebook platform. A new worm has popped up on Facebook, using apparently stolen user credentials to log in to victims' accounts and then send out malicious links to their friends. The worm also downloads and installs a variety of malware on users' machines,...

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More than 100 Pakistani Government Sites Under Malware attack

          Website Malware : A newer form of malware is what can be found attacking websites today. In the old days malware was mostly in the form of computer viruses. In today's age of globalization, malware starts to target websites and mobile devices.            Almost 100's of Pakistan Government sites are under attack by Godzilla Malware, Which is Created and implemented by an Indian...

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France: Discovered the biggest Facebook phishing

          Attacker has stolen more then 5000 usernames and passwords, using the fake domain to scam the victims. We suggest to all victims to change there passwords immediately! Note: Please Don’t Try to login on this website. Fake Facebook website: http://www.frfacebook.fr/           If you suspect that you may have exposed your personal information to an unauthorized individual,...

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Cyber threats appearing where even savvy users don’t expect

          An EC cyber security expert believes cyber attackers are getting more sophisticated, in ways that even savvy web users may not expect.           Doctor Stephan Lechner, director general of the Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen, Joint Research Centre, European Commission, in a lecture to the Cyber Security Summit says that he believes Cybersecurity has finally 'gone political'. By that he means the problem has enough understanding in the mainstream for it to become political...

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Reason to be careful if 'PayPal' says you have changed your email address

Have you received a notification claiming that your PayPal email address has changed? Messages like the following have been spammed out to internet users: Attached to the email is an HTML form (Personal Profile Form - PayPal-.htm), that requests you enter your personal information.           Of course, the email is not really from PayPal (who would never send you an HTML form via email anyway), and any information you enter will soon be in the hands...

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Sudan Airways mailbox database leaked

          Sudan Airways mailbox database Hacked By Sudan Cyber Army - SD. Alsa7r and Leaked on Pastebin. The Targeted domains are sudanair.com  & omyalphaserver.com . This Include more than 100's of Usernames, Emails, Passwords. Sudan Cyber Army in past hack lots of Sudan Government Sites...

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Spam attack hits Facebook's own Help Center

          The community forum on Facebook's Help Center has become overrun by spammers, making the self-help support community effectively useless.             The spam messages, which at the time of writing are claiming to offer ways to watch live streaming video of American football games, appear to have been posted by bogus or compromised Facebook accounts. Clicking on the links typically takes...

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Largest DDOS attack hit Chinese company

          A week-long DDoS attack that launched a flood of traffic at an Asian e-commerce company in early November was the biggest such incident so far this year, according to Prolexic, a company that defends websites against such attacks. The distributed denial-of-service attack consisted of four consecutive waves launched from multiple botnets between Nov. 5 and Nov. 12, 2011.           The attack...

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Exposing 25 Facebook phishing websites

          Geeks at Security Web-Center Found 25 Facebook and list them. Sometimes spammers create fake pages that look like the Facebook login page. When you enter your email and password on one of these pages, the spammer records your information and keeps it. This is called phishing. The fake sites, like the one below, use a similar URL to Facebook.com in an attempt to steal people's login information.          ...

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Filipino police arrest 4 for AT&T hacking

          Hackers linked to a group responsible for 2008 terrorist attack in Mumbai, India. The FBI and Philippines police have arrested four people for allegedly hacking into AT&T's phone systems.           The operation was carried out last week following a complaint from AT&T, after the telecom major incurred losses worth nearly $2 million due to the cyber scam, according to the Philippines police. The investigators said the hackers worked for a group that helped finance a terrorist attack in...

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UK banks stress test defences against cyber attack

          Traffic infrastructure disruption during the London 2012 Olympics also examined. UK banks have taken part in an exercise designed to test their defences against a possible cyber attack. The tests also examined how financial institutions would cope if there was a major disruption to the transport infrastructure during the London 2012 Olympic Games.            In total 87 banks, including Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds, and Royal Bank of Scotland, took part in the test. The mock cyber attack was designed...

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Scammers target Xbox live users

          Phishers have been able to trick some gamers into disclosing personal details. Some Microsoft Xbox Live users have been targeted by scammers in a phishing attack.          Though Microsoft sources denied that Xbox Live had been hacked, phishers have been able to trick some gamers into disclosing personal details like addresses, emails and credit card information. Denying any breach to the security of the users of Xbox Live service, Microsoft said, "In this case, a number of Xbox Live members appear...

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132 councils lost personal data

          At least 35 councils admitted to losing private information about children. Personal data has been lost by 132 UK local councils since 2008, according to a report published by Big Brother Watch (BBW). There were a total of 1,035 incidents of data loss between August 2008 and August 2011, with only 55 reported to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the report added.           At least 35 councils admitted to losing private information about children. At least 244 laptops, 98 memory sticks...

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Security Flaws in Android 4.0 (ICS)

          Facial reorganization to unlock can easily be bypassed with simple photo trick in Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). Recently a blogger named "soyacincau" demonstrated about he vulnerability and showed how easily any one can bypass the facial reorganization. He took a photo of himself using another phone and held it up to the front facing camera on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, the first smartphone to run Android 4.0, which...

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Maharashtra Highway Police website hacked

          Not only International Law Enforcement and Police Under Hacker's attack, Even our Local Police websites and Database also become of Victim of breaches mostly once a day. A hacker With name "powerin10" take responsibility to hack Maharashtra Highway Police website.  Hacker is member of Bangladesh Cyber Army...

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Wikileaks Founder, Julian Assange Hires Pirate Bay Lawyer

          Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange has fired his lawyer in favour of one with experience in batting for The Pirate Bay, according to a Swedish news report. Julian Assange has ditched his Swedish legal counsel and lined up a new defence team in readiness for a likely return to the country to face allegations of sexual molestation and rape against two women.           Assange has filed a petition...

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Hackers' attempt to target AT&T revealed

          The persons involved appeared to have used "auto script" technology. Telecom operator AT&T has reached out to its wireless customers to inform them that the company was recently a target of an "organised" hacking attempt to collect online information.           However, AT&T spokesman Mark Siegel said that no accounts were breached. It was reported that the persons involved appeared to have used "auto script" technology to identify whether AT&T telephone numbers were linked to online...

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Hackers destroyed a pump used by a US water utility

          Hackers destroyed a pump used by a US water utility after gaining unauthorized access to the industrial control system it used to operate its machinery. Five computer screenshots posted early http://i41.tinypic.com/ip0aa0.png http://i42.tinypic.com/eun021.png http://i42.tinypic.com/1znptuu.png http://i41.tinypic.com/2m6o0au.png http://i40.tinypic.com/k386ep.png           ...

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International Association of Chiefs of Police Investigators Owned by Anonymous Hackers

          The Antisec wing of Anonymous has come out with another document release in its ongoing assault on law enforcement. A Special Agent Supervisor of the CA Department of Justice is the latest victim of Anonymous who claims that their operations against the FBI succeeded once again after managing to hack two of his Gmail accounts.          Anonymous hackers broke into two of Bacalagan's gmail accounts,...

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Cyber-attack suspected at Illinois water facility

          The attack apparently caused the Scada system to be turned on and off. US Federal officials are investigating into a report that a suspected cyber-attack managed to remotely shut down a utility's water pump in central Illinois on November 8, it was reported. Joe Weiss, a well known cyber security expert, revealed about this in a blog posting on Thursday.           According to certain reports, the company's database was compromised with hackers retrieving the supervisory control and Supervisory...

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62% of children faced negative experiences online: Norton Report

         The report surveyed 19,636 online users. The latest edition of the Norton Online Family Report from Symantec reveals some hitherto secret aspects of children's behaviour online. Conducted between February and March 2011 by StrategyOne, it surveyed 19,636 online users of whom 12,704 were adults, 4,553 children aged 8-17 and 2,379 teachers of students aged 8-17.          Around 62% of kids across the world said they faced a negative experience while online, with reporting a serious negative experience,...

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Top 25 worst passwords revealed: Is yours on the list?

          "Password" is, depressingly, the most popular password. SplashData, a password management company from the US, has revealed its list of the top 25 worst passwords of 2011. The list is made up of the most commonly-used passwords, which, of course, make them an easy target for hackers. What's more, given that a significant number of people use the same password for multiple sites, there is a lot of potential here for disaster.           The list was compiled from stolen passwords posted online by...

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Patches Released for BIND Denial-of-service Vulnerability

          There's a new vulnerability in the popular BIND name server software that is causing various versions of the application to crash unexpectedly after logging a certain kind of error. The Internet Systems Consortium (ISC), an organization that maintains several software products critical for Internet infrastructure, has released a patch for an actively exploited denial-of-service vulnerability in the widely used BIND DNS server.          ...

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Worlds first windows 8 Bootkit to be released at MalCon

          It is amazing how fast security measures are bypassed by hackers. it seems Windows 8 is now Malconed! Peter Kleissner has created the world's first Windows 8 Bootkit which is planned to be released in India at the International Malware Conference MalCon.           An independent programmer and security analyst, peter was working for an anti-virus company from 2008 to 2009 and was speaker at...

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Cryptocard acquires IP from stricken GrIDsure

          Authentication vendor now gunning for SMB space. Cryptocard has acquired the patents and IP of troubled tokenless authentication firm GrIDsure, the company has announced. Cryptocard, also playing in the authentication space, did not reveal how much it has paid for GrIDsure's patents and IP. It says the deal will enable it to push its technology towards the SMB space, an area it is not currently particularly strong in. The portfolio is has acquired from GrIDsure will be integrated with Cryptocard existing BlackShield SaaS platform and enable...

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Massive data theft in Norwegian companies

          Oil and gas and defence industries were the targets. Data has been reportedly stolen from Norway's oil and gas and defence industries in what is considered to be one of the largest cyber espionage cases hitting this Scandinavian country.           It was reported on Thursday that industrial secrets from companies were stolen and "sent out digitally from the country," according to the Norwegian National Security Authority, NSN. However, it did not disclose the names of companies or institutions...

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Half of SMBs don't consider themselves targets of cyberattacks: Symantec

          It contradicts the evidence provided by Symantec.cloud that revealed 40% of all targeted attacks were on SMBs in 2010 compared to 28% on large enterprises. According to a Symantec survey, half of the small and medium businesses (SMBs) feel that they are not in danger from cyberattacks, despite knowing the dangers of these attacks.           This is in contrast to data from Symantec.cloud that said since the beginning of 2010, 40% of all targeted attacks have been directed at companies with...

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US issues warning to perpetrators of cyber attacks

          Pentagon says US cyber attackers “would be taking a grave risk” The US has said that it would retaliate with military force, if necessary, against a cyber attack. The Pentagon stated this in a 12-page report made public on Tuesday. The report added, "When warranted, we will respond to hostile attacks in cyberspace as we would to any other threat to our country."           It adds, "We reserve the right to use all necessary means - diplomatic, informational, military and economic - to defend...

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Bogus Bank of America Google Plus page attacks their reputation

          As the Occupy Wall Street movement continues, hackers have turned to attacking some of the financial institutions protesters feel are responsible for their situation. The web page representing Bank of America on the Google Plus service gives the appearance that it was hacked. It does not appear this page was actually controlled by Bank of America (BoA), rather it seems to have been created by the attackers by tricking Google into giving them...

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Facebook scare: 2 lakh accounts hacked in Bangalore

          The recent Facebook hack has reportedly claimed over 2 lakh victims in Bangalore. According to a news report in Mid Day, some two lakh Facebook users in Bangalore had their accounts hacked and weblinks to their morphed pornographic pictures sent as feeds to friends and family.           Quoting social networking analysts, the report says that more than 2 lakh Bangalore Facebook accounts were hacked. The cybercrime department too is reported to have received calls and complaints regarding the mass...

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FreeFloat FTP Server - Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

            Ashfaq Ansari Reported FreeFloat FTP Server - Buffer Overflow Vulnerability. In computer security and programming, a buffer overflow, or buffer overrun, is an anomaly where a program, while writing data to a buffer, overruns the buffer's boundary and overwrites adjacent memory. This is a special case of violation of memory safety.Buffer overflows can be triggered by inputs that are designed to execute code, or alter...

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UCLA psychology department database hacked

          Hackers take responsibility for the release of information from the psychology department’s database which included the names, home addresses and dates of birth of 26 applicants to the university. The attacker also published some information that helped him access the database. He highlighted the open ports and the versions of the services he relied on to hack the site.          ...

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Sky News Twitter account Hacked

           Hackers yesterday accessed the Twitter account for Sky News business desk and posted a tweet claiming that James Murdoch had been arrested by London police. It has also lately been used by hacker groups to simply raise their profile and make the public aware of their existence.            Soon re-twitted by many followers, the fake news created quite a stir.The false tweet was...

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Duqu computer virus Detected by Iran civil defense organization

          The virus is called W32.Duqu, or just Duqu create fear after the opening Pandora’s Box of Stuxnet. The head of Iran's civil defense organization told the official IRNA news agency that computers at all main sites at risk were being checked and that Iran had developed software to combat the virus.           First, Duqu is not deigned to harm industrial automation. The software basically attacks...

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South Korea launches initiative to block spam

          It requires ISPs to block the default SMTP port, Port 25. The South Korean authorities are asking all its internet service providers (ISPs) to block all e-mail sent from anything but "official" e-mail servers in a bid to block spam.          The plan rolled out for this initiative is known as "Block 25". As per this, an ISP blocks the default Simple Mail Transport Protocol (SMTP) port, Port 25, from sending e-mail messages, which will force the users to use their ISP's mail servers. This, it is hoped,...

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W3C plans privacy tools to warn users of unauthorised tracking

          W3C to help users control how their personal data is managed. Internet users will start receiving warnings if websites do not respect their privacy, thanks to new tools being developed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the organisations responsible for setting standards on the web.           W3C in its first draft for the new set of standards has published two documents, the Tracking Preference Expression and the Tracking Compliance and Scope Specification, in a bid to help users control...

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Ambulance service disrupted by computer virus infection

          The St John Ambulance service in New Zealand fell victim to a computer virus infection last week, according to media reports, which disabled its automated response systems across the country. The service, which provides 90% of the emergency and non-emergency ambulance cover for the New Zealand population, was struck by a malware attack on Wednesday forcing staff to allocate ambulances manually according to Alan Goudge, communications operations...

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Facebook WON'T donate 45 cents per share for beaten boy's surgery. It's a hoax!

           Almost 200,000 Facebook users have been duped into sharing and reposting a message about a 14 year old boy who was allegedly beaten badly by his stepfather after protecting his little sister from being raped. The message, which comes attached to an image of a young boy's injured torso, claims that Facebook will donate 45 cents for the cost of life-saving surgery, every time that a user reposts or shares the message.          ...

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