JavaScript-Based DDoS Peaks at 275,000 Requests Per Second

Two years ago at the Black Hat conference, WhiteHat Security researchers Jeremiah Grossman and Matt Johansen explained how hackers could in theory leverage an online ad network to distribute malicious JavaScript efficiently and quickly. Depending on how much money the attacker wanted to spend, th...

Hacking Team Says It Always Sold 'Strictly Within the Law'

Hacking Team officials are disputing reports that the company sold its surveillance and intrusion software to oppressive regimes in countries that were under sanction. The company said it sold its products “strictly within the law and regulation as it applied at the time any sale was made.” The n...

These Are The FBI's Most Wanted Hackers — Total $4.2 Million Reward

The US State Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation are willing to pay a total $4.2 Million for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of top 5 most wanted cyber criminals accused of conducting frauds of hundreds of millions of dollars. Evgeniy Bogachev,30; Nicolae Popesc...

WordPress Citizen Space Plugin Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

WordPress is a blogging platform developed using the PHP language, which supports personal blog sites on servers with PHP and MySQL. A cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in the WordPress Citizen Space plugin, which allows remote attackers to exploit the vulnerability to inject malicious...

WordPress Citizen Space Plugin <= 1.1 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting

Because of this vulnerability, the attackers can inject arbitrary JavaScript or HTML code. Solution Update the plugin...

WordPress Citizen Space Plugin <= 1.0 - Cross Site Request Forgery

This plugin is prone to a cross site request forgery vulnerability. Solution Update the plugin...

WordPress Citizen Space 1.1 Cross Site Scripting

Details ================ Software: Citizen Space Version: 1.1 Homepage: http://wordpress.org/plugins/citizen-space/ Advisory report: https://security.dxw.com/advisories/reflected-xss-in-citizen-space-allows-attackers-to-view-sensitive-information-of-the-attackers-choosing/ CVE: Awaiting assignmen...

Citizen Space <= 1.1 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

The citizen-space WordPress plugin was affected by a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting XSS security vulnerability...

Detekt — Free Anti-Malware Tool To Detect Govt. Surveillance Malware

Human rights experts and Privacy International have launched a free tool allowing users to scan their computers for surveillance spyware, typically used by governments and other organizations to spy on human rights activists and journalists around the world. This free-of-charge anti-surveillance...

Study: Uyghur Remain in Crosshairs of Targeted Attacks

It’s no secret that activists groups supporting the Uyghur and other ethnic minorities living either in exile or in oppressed nations have been in the crosshairs of targeted attacks for years. Regimes use phishing emails, other social engineering tactics, and drive-by downloads to infect computer...

Citizen Space 1.0 - Script Insertion CSRF

The citizen-space WordPress plugin was affected by a Script Insertion CSRF security vulnerability...

Research Shows Increase in Internet Filtering and Usage of FireChat App in Iraq

Researchers at Citizen Lab have taken a close look at the extent of Internet filtering in Iraq, as well as the security of a popular offline chat app used there, and found an increase in the number of services blocked by the government and identified serious privacy and security problems with the...

Researchers Uncover Spying Tool Used by Governments to Hijack all Types of Smartphones

Purchasing malware to victimize people is illegal by laws but if the same thing any government official do, then its not!! Yes, the police forces around the World are following the footsteps of U.S. National Security Agency NSA and FBI. Researchers from the Citizen Lab at the Munk School of Globa...

Blackshades RAT Takedown Leads to 90 Arrests

More than 90 arrests have been made in connection with development and sales of a remote access Trojan used worldwide to steal data and spy on victims, including Syrian dissidents. The FBI and the Manhattan U.S. Attorney’s office yesterday announced the takedown of the Blackshades operation...

Hacking Team sold Spyware to 21 Countries; Targeting Journalists and Human Right Activists

Spying on the world by injecting sophisticated backdoors in software, systems, and mobile phones, leads to violation of the Privacy and Security of every individual. Yes, we are talking about Surveillance, but this time not about NSA. Instead, Countries including some with poor human-rights recor...

Ron Deibert on Cyber Espionage, Surveillance and Black Code

Dennis Fisher talks with Ron Deibert of the University of Toronto and Citizen Lab about his group’s research into cyber espionage campaigns, the surveillance landscape and his recent book, Black Code...

Surveillance Backdoors 'Contribute to Insecurity', Report Says

The existing state of affairs in which government agencies and intelligence services work to insert backdoors into various hardware, software and networks is not only a problem in terms of civil rights but also represents a serious security risk to most users and the Internet itself, a recent...

Governments Using FinFisher Disguised as Firefox to Spy

Oppressive governments have not been shy about using surveillance software to monitor dissidents’ activity. Like cybercriminals, these governments have been accused of using any means at their disposal to implant the spyware on computers. One tactic, uncovered by Citizen Lab, Munk School of Globa...

Keylogging Version of Anti-Censorship Software Simurgh Found

Citizen Lab found a compromised version of an anti-censorship tool that’s popular in Iran and Syria circulating with a backdoor installed. The software, Simurgh, is described by Citizen Lab as a stand-alone proxy software for Microsoft Windows users. It was used predominantly by Iranians in the...

Saudi hacker target Israeli stock exchange and National air carrier

Saudi hacker target Israeli stock exchange and National air carrier Saudi cyber Hacker OxOmar struck again on Monday. This time disrupted the websites of Israel's stock exchange and National air carrier. Last week he had leaked private information about more than 400,000 Israelis. Credit card...