Hacker ruined Australian military security in 3 Minutes

Some 22,300 purported student and staff records held by the Australian Defence Force Academy were stolen and published online last month. A member of the Anonymous group, known as Darwinaire, is claiming responsibility for the theft. The systems were compromised in November, with UNSW notifying...

Sensitive information of 1 Million people breached at Nationwide Insurance

Nationwide Insurance was breached last week and Sensitive information of about 1 Million people is at risk. The FBI is investigating a breach, including policy and non-policy holders. Nationwide mailed notices to all affected individuals last Friday. Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens issued th...

Lulzsec hacker Jeffrey could face Life Imprisonment

Lulzsec Hacker , Jeffrey Hammond faces a potential prison sentence of more than 30 years if found guilty of all charges filed against him. U.S. District Court chief judge Loretta Preska, who presided over a bail hearing for Hammond want last week. Hammond was also charged with using some of the...

Attackers Had Access for Months in South Carolina Data Breach

Attackers had two months of unfettered access to South Carolina’s Department of Revenue systems in a classic targeted attack that began with a phishing email and ended with the loss of electronic tax return data, and payment card and personal information on 3.8 million filers, possibly dating bac...

Embedded Systems, Critical Infrastructure 'Renovation' Outpacing Security

Scott Tousley, deputy director cybersecurity division at Department of Homeland Security Science & Technology, is an advocate of integrating cybersecurity education into all disciplines of IT and business and risk management. “We don’t want to teach cybersecurity as a stovepipe, but to do it so...

UNESCO Etxea website hacked by #NullCrew

Hacking group NullCrew deface UNESCO Etxea website unescoetxea.org, which is an internationally oriented NGOs working for the culture of peace, sustainable human development and human rights, at local and global levels. Deface page reads, "Welcome to the new front page of unesco etxea You have be...

Researchers caught espionage malware mastermind on webcam

In march 2011 CERT-Georgia has Discovered Cyber Espionage Attack Incident on country of Georgia. Advanced Malicious Software was Collecting Sensitive, Confidential Information about Georgian and American Security Documents and then uploading it to some of Command and Control Servers. After a...

DHS Warns ICS, SCADA Owners About Increase in Malicious Activity

An alert from the Department of Homeland Security late last week urges private- and public-sector industrial control system ICS owners to be proactive in auditing the security, particularly, authentication controls of their systems. The alert is in response to a growing concern over the number of...

Hackers deface Philippines Department of Environment website

Hackers incensed by the Philippines' controversial cybercrime law have attacked government sites that deliver emergency information during natural disasters. The website of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources DENR was hacked on Saturday, despite calls from Malacañang for a...

Endpoint Protector v4.0.4.0 - Multiple Web Vulnerabilities

Document Title: =============== Endpoint Protector v4.0.4.0 - Multiple Web Vulnerabilities References Source: ==================== http://www.vulnerability-lab.com/getcontent.php?id=571 Release Date: ============= 2012-09-30 Vulnerability Laboratory ID VL-ID: ====================================...

University Of Wisconsin - Madison Cross Site Scripting

======================================================================= XSS on Comm Arts Departement of University - Wisconsin-Madison ======================================================================= Site: commarts.wisc.edu Date: 15/09/2012 Author: s4r4d0 Contact: s4r4d0atyahoodotcom Team:...

Electromagnetic Pulse Attacks : Are we prepared ?

An electromagnetic pulse EMP attack is a threat few Americans are familiar with, yet one which could easily destroy their lives. What would you do if your electricity suddenly went out and didn't come back on for months or even years? How long would you last with the food in your pantry, the...

Classmate of Lulzsec Hacker arrested and accused as another Lulzsec teammate

The two students accused of Sony Pictures hack participated in Cyber Defense Competition team exercises at the University of Advanced Technology in Arizona. US authorities have reportedly arrested a second suspected member of hacking group LulzSec on charges of taking part in an extensive compute...

Toyota Employee Allegedly Hacked, Stole Confidential Information

Investigation is now underway into whether a computer programmer allegedly stole proprietary information from the automaker Toyota and “sabotaged” the company’s supplier computer network after being terminated last week. According to a complaint filed late last week .PDF in the U.S. District Cour...

Computer Virus Blacks Out Qatari Gas Producer

An “unknown virus” has shutdown the entire computer network of the world’s second largest liquefied natural gas LNG producer, RasGas, according to news reports. RasGas is based in Qatar, a peninsular nation located within the larger Arabian Peninsula. The LNG producer has reportedly been offline...

ActFax 4.31 Local Privilege Escalation Exploit

Exploit for windows platform in category local exploits !/usr/bin/python Title: ActFax 4.31 Local Privilege Escalation Exploit Author: Craig Freyman @cd1zz Discovered: July 10, 2012 Vendor Notified: June 12, 2012 Description: http://www.pwnag3.com/2012/08/actfax-local-privilege-escalation.html...

BYOD Survey Results: Employees are not playing it safe with company data

Employers are seeing a drastic increase in the number of employees using personal smartphones and tablets in the office. This "Bring Your Own Device" BYOD trend is causing headaches for the IT department and there is no stopping this trend. Due to the sensitive nature of company information often...

Reveton Ransomware uses Fake FBI Message to Extort Money

The FBI today warned of Internet-borne malware masquerading as a message from the law enforcement agency that locks computers until the user pays a fine for allegedly downloading and/or distributing illegal content. “We’re getting inundated with complaints,” Donna Gregory of the Internet Crime...

Islamic Anonymous Hacker post hundreds of Israeli email addresses and passwords

Anonymous Arab Hacker post hundreds of Israeli email addresses and passwords Islamic Anonymous hackers on Sunday revealed hundreds of Israeli email addresses and their passwords on the website of Anonymous Arab. Most of the addresses and passwords listed are active accounts. It is yet unclear wha...

PHP Online Chat v1.0 Multiple Vulnerabilties

Exploit for php platform in category web applications PHP Online Chat v1.0 Multiple Vulnerabilties ======================================================================= .:. Author : AtT4CKxT3rR0r1ST email protected .:. Script : http://phponlinechat.com/ .:. Tested On Demo :...