MiniDuke Espionage Malware Hits Governments in Europe Using Adobe Exploits

New espionage malware has been discovered that targets a patched sandbox-bypass vulnerability in Adobe Reader. The attacks have hit a relatively small number of government victims in 23 countries, primarily in Europe, and rely on a string of unusual tactics, including the use of steganography to...

Lulzsec hacker Sabu's sentencing postponed again

Remember Hector Xavier Monsegur a.k.a Lulzsec hacker Sabu ? That undercover double agent working for the FBI. Once again Authorities abruptly postponed his sentencing due to his continued cooperation with the feds. All told, he faced a maximum time behind bars of 124 years associated with his...

Shylock banking malware spreads via Skype

The banking Trojan known as Shylock has been updated with new functionality, including the ability to spread over Skype. The program was discovered in 2011 that steals online banking credentials and other financial information from infected computers. Shylock, named after a character from...

Schneider Electric MiCOM S1 Studio Improper Authorization Vulnerability

Overview This advisory provides mitigation details for a vulnerability affecting the Schneider Electric MiCOM S1 Studio Software. Independent researcher Michael Toecker of Digital Bond has identified an improper authorization vulnerability in the MiCOM S1 Studio Software using the Microsoft Attac...

Guy Fawkes Day start with Hack of 28,000 Paypal Accounts

5th November 2012 was the most exciting day in Cyberspace, yesterday we have report about few major hacks and leaks including Hacking of ImageShack Server , thousands of researchers database leak from Symantec portal, then NBC Sports Rotoworld forums and NBC Mobile site was defaced by pyknic hack...

Deluge of Election-Related Spam, Threats Begins

It was only a matter of time before the inevitable wave of malicious, election-tinged spam began to rain down upon internet users. In the wake of last week’s presidential debate between President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney, it appears the floodgates have opened. According to ...

Zitmo Growing More Sophisticated, Prevalent in Android

From July to September this year, there’s been an uptick in Zitmo or Zeus-in-the-Mobile mobile banking malware according to research revealed this week by network security firm FortiGuard Labs. Researchers argue that iterations of the malware variant that have come to Blackberry and Android phone...

Report: Toll Fraud Emerges as Android's Number One Threat

Mobile malware continues to run rampant, thanks to a growing glut of toll fraud malware – apps that have been engineered to bill its victims through premium SMS services. The malware type eclipsed spyware this year as the largest application-based threat according to mobile security firm Lookout...

New Fraud Ring 'Operation High Roller' Targets the Rich

A recent fraud ring through which attackers raided high-value bank accounts, nicknamed Operation High Roller .PDF, employed attacks that were quick, required no human interaction and have already affected several tiers of credit unions, regional banks and large global banks, over the last several...

Hackers Exploit Unpatched Windows XML vulnerability

Hackers Exploit Unpatched Windows XML vulnerability An unpatched vulnerability in the Microsoft XML Core Services MSXML is being exploited in attacks launched from compromised websites to infect computers with malware. This zero-day exploit that potentially affects all supported versions of...

Hacktivism Breached 174 Million Records in 2011

Hacktivism Breached 174 Million Records in 2011 According to the Verizon 2012 Data Breach Investigations Report released on Thursday, Hacktivists stole more data from large corporations than cybercriminals in 2011, according to a study of significant security incidents. The report surveyed 855 da...

Facebook down for two hours across Europe, May be DDOS attack !

Facebook down for two hours across Europe, May be DDOS attack ! In a DDoS attack, hackers deliberately render servers inaccessible by overloading them with traffic. Such a barrage aimed at DNS servers can make it impossible to connect users to a website when they type the address. Where as facebo...

Google Launches New Privacy Policy to Worldwide Criticism

Search giant Google rolled out a sweeping new privacy policy on Thursday, despite continuing opposition from countries in Europe and Asia to the changes. The company announced a sweeping revision to dozens of overlapping privacy plans in January and set March 1st as the date on which the new,...

Reports Point to Credit Card Processor Breach in Europe

The Romanian Banks Association has issued a warning to credit card users in that country to be on the lookout for suspicious charges, after the Agency received notice of a possible breach at European credit card processor.PDF The warning followed a similar notice from CEC Bank on Wednesday that i...

Sparkasse Bank – Tricky Card Bug on ATM [ATM Adventure]

Document Title: =============== Sparkasse Bank – Tricky Card Bug on ATM ATM Adventure References: =========== Document: httpd://www.vulnerability-lab.com/resources/documents/295.pdf Article: httpd://www.vulnerability-lab.com/dev/?p=247 Release Date: ============= 2011-10-15 Vulnerability Laborato...

Sparkasse Bank – Tricky Card Bug on ATM [ATM Adventure]

Document Title: =============== Sparkasse Bank – Tricky Card Bug on ATM ATM Adventure References: =========== Document: http://www.vulnerability-lab.com/resources/documents/295.pdf Article: http://www.vulnerability-lab.com/dev/?p=247 Release Date: ============= 2011-10-15 Vulnerability Laboratory...

THN Report : ACER hacked because of their own stupidity !

THN Report : ACER hacked because of their own stupidity ! Yes ! you read right , ACER hacked because of their own stupidity. Yesterday we report that Pakistan Cyber Army hacked Acer Europe Server and 40,000 Users Data, Source Codes & Server Compromised . Today we investigate on this and try to fi...

Sony 12th time Hacked : Database of Application Store at Sony Europe Leaked !

Sony 12th time Hacked : Database of Application Store at Sony Europe Leaked ! Okay ! The Idahc - Lebanese hacker is back to hit Sony. This time he claim to hack the Database of Application Store at Sony Europe https://apps.pro.sony.eu/. A new day, A new surprise for Sony ! Yesterday, Sony Picture...

The Banker Trojan Epidemic

Banking Trojans have become a major security problem in many regions, particularly South America and Europe. In this video, Kaspersky Lab malware researcher Vicente Diaz discusses the epidemic and what can be done to mitigate it...

OWASP Hackademic Challenges Project

The OWASP Hackademic Challenges Project is an open source project that helps you test your knowledge on web application security. You can use it to actually attack web applications in a realistic but also controlable and safe environment. On the left menu you can see all attack scenarios that are...