FBI vs Coreflood botnet

FBI vs Coreflood botnet The FBI's unprecedented effort to behead the Coreflood botnet—comprised of millions of hacked Windows machines—appears to be working, at least for now. The bureau has tracked a dramatic decline in the number of pings from the botnet since the takedown operation began earli...

FBI cracks International Bot Network !

FBI cracks International Bot Network ! The Department of Justice and FBI declared that it has cracked a network of hackers, who have infected almost 2 million computers with a harmful "bot" program, Coreflood that steals private and monetary data from computers. Identified as a "bot" network- as...

DOJ Shuts Down Botnet, Disables Infected Systems

The U.S. Department of Justice and the FBI said on Wednesday that they had taken actions to disable an international botnet of more than two million infected computers that was stealing corporate data including user names, passwords and financial information. Thirteen unnamed “John Doe” defendent...

New Zealand Government's sites bringing down by Anonymous !

New Zealand Government's sites bringing down by Anonymous ! Online hacktivists Anonymous have been accused of bringing down the New Zealand Government's Department of Internal Affairs last week – or perhaps they haven't. The main website : has now been restored to service, with some other related...

Pentagon tightens computer security in wake of WikiLeaks breach !

Top defense and intelligence officials reiterated their commitment to information-sharing at a Senate hearing Thursday, even as they outlined new safeguards to prevent a repeat of the WikiLeaks breach that has led to the release of thousands of classified military reports and diplomatic cables. T...

How easy it is to hack AMC's sites !

An 'ethical' hacker demonstrates how one can break into the civic corporation's e-governance site and I P Gautam's official domain to access confidential info. The state government's websites are under threat of being hacked. A BCA student, who calls himself an 'ethical' hacker, demonstrated how ...

Eventum 2.3.1 Stored Cross Site Scripting

Exploit Title: Eventum 2.3.1 stored XSS Date: 19-2-2011 Author: Saif El-Sherei Software Link: download link if available Version: Eventum 2.3.1 Tested on: FF 3.0.15, IE 8 Vendor notification: vendor notified, awaiting response Info: Eventum is a user-friendly and flexible issue tracking system th...

eventum issue tracking system 2.3.1 - Persistent Cross-Site Scripting

Exploit Title: Eventum 2.3.1 stored XSS Date: 19-2-2011 Author: Saif El-Sherei Software Link: https://code.launchpad.net/eventum Version: Eventum 2.3.1 Tested on: FF 3.0.15, IE 8 Vendor notification: vendor notified, awaiting response Info: Eventum is a user-friendly and flexible issue tracking...

Nokia under scanner of Indian Intelligence Agency for its Push Email service and SMS !

Department of Telecommunication DOT has been asked by The Intelligence Bureau IB0 to stop the messaging services of Nokia in India until they can be monitored. Once again security concerns have clouded Intelligence department's mind and the incident is not first of its kind. Earlier too similar...

Reversing Stuxnet's Rootkit Into C++ , Download !

This is the first time Mr. Amr Thabet from Egypt , student at Alexandria University Faculty of Engineering Mechanical Department , reverse a rootkit. He choose Stuxnet Rootkit as it's a famous virus and begin reversing.. Finally now he convert it into C++ code with a commented IDA Pro v.5.1...

Punjab Education Department E-mail Hacked !!

Hoshiarpur : In an incident that has left teachers in schools in Hoshiarpur district of Punjab face red, the official email address of the school board here has been pirated and pornographic material was distributed to 400 public schools in the district. "We are using this e-mail address to send...

Tech2spider found SQLi Vulnerability in University of Michigan - Department of Human Genetics Website !

Tech2spider Krunal found SQLi Vulnerability in University of Michigan - Department of Human Genetics Website ! News Source : Krunal aka tech2spider | Via Email Found this article interesting? Follow us on Twitter  and LinkedIn to read more exclusive content we post...

Infected PC Compromises Pentagon Credit Union

The credit union used by members of the U.S. armed forces and their families has admitted that a laptop infected with malware was used to access a database containing the personal and financial information of customers. The Pentagon Federal Credit Union PenFed issued a statement to the New...

Woman arrested in stolen of credit card !

A woman has been arrested on more than two dozen counts of fraud and other charges after using a stolen credit card over the course of about two weeks. Susan J. Hancock, 53, was arrested on 25 counts of fraudulent use of a credit card, 25 counts of computer tampering, fraudulent schemes, theft of...

Joint Director's (Technical Education Department) official mail ID hacked

The Joint Director of Technical Education Department in Palace Grounds has fallen prey to hacking and email fraud. His official email ID was hacked and a number of messages were sent to a number of government employees seeking help. Joint Director R Krishnamurthy said his official email ID create...

Texas Man Indicted for Hacking Eden Prairie Business, Stealing $274,000

A federal indictment unsealed earlier today alleges that a 35-year-old Texas man hacked into the computer network of an Eden Prairie business, stealing approximately $274,000. The indictment, filed in Minneapolis on October 13, 2010, charges Jeremy Parker of Houston, Texas, with one count of...

Anonymous Claims Responsibility for Moneybookers Attack

Anonymous, a loosely affiliated group of Internet vigilantes, has claimed responsibility for various Internet attacks against organizations perceived as hostile to WikiLeaks. Today, the group sought to portray itself as more focused on symbolic protest rather than outright disruption. These claim...

India Orders Security Certification for Government Websites After CBI Hack

India has mandated that all government ministries and departments secure their websites with proper certification. This directive follows the hacking of the Central Bureau of Investigation CBI website by a group calling themselves the "Pakistani Cyber Army." The National Informatics Centre has be...

Recent WikiLeaks-Related Cyberattacks Prompt Call for Policy Changes

In New York on Sunday, lawmakers urged President Obama to expand the U.S. State Department’s foreign policy mechanisms to address crime and security on the Internet. They cited recent attacks on companies severing ties with WikiLeaks as a main reason for these changes. At Symantec's New York City...

Week in Security: More Wikileaks Fallout, Cybersecurity Buzz and Browser Updates

The words “cyber war” were in the headlines this week, as controversy and debate about the leak of confidential diplomatic cables by Wikileaks reached a fever pitch. As speculation turned to the fallout from the ongoing publication of documents, the U.S. government laid the groundwork to prevent...