Paypal hacker escaped jail

In London today, an 18-year-old anonymous hacker received an 18-month youth rehabilitation order and a 60-hour unpaid work requirement for his involvement in "Operation Payback". One strike against Paypal alone cost the site £3.5 million pounds. But Jake Birchall escaped jail today after the judg...

I hack, reflection on the role of hacker

The role of hacker is recognized as crucial today in cyber security, these specialists are the nightmare of security experts but their knowledge is fundamental to understand the vulnerabilities of our infrastructures … think like a hacker if you want really protect your system. But hacking is a...

Arrested 'Happy Hacker' is the ZeuS Botnet Mastermind

Last week, Happy Hacker arrested in Thailand on charges of stealing millions from online bank accounts. According to new reports same hacker alleged as ZeuS Mastermind and used to have the profile of a miscreant nicknamed "bx1," a hacker fingered by Microsoft before as a major operator of botnets...

Arrested 'Happy Hacker' is the ZeuS Botnet Mastermind

Last week, Happy Hacker arrested in Thailand on charges of stealing millions from online bank accounts. According to new reports same hacker alleged as ZeuS Mastermind and used to have the profile of a miscreant nicknamed “bx1,” a hacker fingered by Microsoft before as a major operator of botnets...

Japanese Police 'Collar' Cat Carrying Malware Code

A hacker, or possibly group, that’s issued terrorists threats using remotely controlled computers in Japan remains at large despite a rare 3 million yen bounty and continuous games with media and police. The latest antic to generate considerable attention this week was leading Japanese authoritie...

TomatoCart 1.x | Cross Site Request Forgery Protection Bypass via JavaScript Hijacking

OVERVIEW TomatoCart 1.x versions are vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery Protection Bypass. 2. BACKGROUND TomatoCart is an innovative Open Source shopping cart solution developed by Wuxi Elootec Technology Co., Ltd. It is forked from osCommerce 3 as a separate project and is released under...

Official Debian and Python Wiki Servers Compromised

Administration from Debian and Python project official websites confirmed that their WIKI servers were compromised by some unknown hackers recently. Hackers was able to hack because of several vulnerabilities in "moin" package. According to Brian Curtin at Python Project, Hacker user some unknown...

Warm up your keyboard for Facebook Hacker Cup 2013

Dear Hackers, Warm up your keyboards! Because Facebook open Registration for third Hacker Cup 2013, an annual worldwide programming competition where hackers compete against each other for fame, fortune, glory and a shot at the title of world champion, with $5,000 top prize. The qualification rou...

Outdated version of WordPress leads to MasterCard Hack

On tip of a readers, yesterday we came across a new MasterCard hack, performed by Syrian Electronic Army. Hackers was able to breach MasterCard Blog https://insights.mastercard.com and make a new blog post on the website with title "Hacked By Syrian Electronic Army" on January 5, 2013. For now...

Official Debian and Python Wiki Servers Compromised

Administration from Debian and Python project official websites confirmed that their WIKI servers were compromised by some unknown hackers recently. Hackers was able to hack because of several vulnerabilities in "moin" package. According to Brian Curtin at Python Project, Hacker user some unknown...

Warm up your keyboard for Facebook Hacker Cup 2013

Dear Hackers, Warm up your keyboards! Because Facebook open Registration for third Hacker Cup 2013, an annual worldwide programming competition where hackers compete against each other for fame, fortune, glory and a shot at the title of world champion, with $5,000 top prize. The qualification rou...

Hacking Facebook Passwords like changing your own Password

Hacker found a way to hack and change your password like, just he used to change his own password. Confused ? Recently Facebook fix a very critical vulnerability on the tip of 'Sow Ching Shiong', an independent vulnerability researcher. Flaw allows anyone to reset the password of any Facebook use...

FBI wanted Algerian Hacker Arrested in Thailand

Thai police arrested an Algerian Hacker, wanted by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation for allegedly making millions from cybercrime. Hamza Bendelladj, 24, was arrested late Sunday while attempting to transit through Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport from Malaysia. Police confiscated from...

NASA 'Space your Face' domain hacked

Another basic security loop-hole in NASA website lead to a Hack. This time hacker going by name "p0ison-r00t" deface a sub domain of NASA http://spaceyourface.nasa.gov/. The hacked sub domain running a web application using flash, that allow visitors to create some funny videos of Space using...

FBI wanted Algerian Hacker Arrested in Thailand

Thai police arrested an Algerian Hacker, wanted by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation for allegedly making millions from cybercrime. Hamza Bendelladj, 24, was arrested late Sunday while attempting to transit through Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport from Malaysia. Police confiscated from...

Password reset Vulnerability in Facebook Employees Secure Files Transfer service

Many be many of you are not aware about this, but Facebook having a Secure Files Transfer service for their Employees at https://files.fb.com and Hacker reported a very critical password reset vulnerability. Nir Goldshlager, a researcher told 'The Hacker News' that how he defeat Facebook's Secure...

TomatoCart 1.x Unrestricted File Creation

TomatoCart 1.x versions are susceptible to an unrestricted file creation vulnerability. 1. OVERVIEW TomatoCart 1.x versions are vulnerable to Unrestricted File Creation. 2. BACKGROUND TomatoCart is an innovative Open Source shopping cart solution developed by Wuxi Elootec Technology Co., Ltd. It ...

Hackers and Anti-Government Protests rage across Iraq

Four Iraqi Government websites defaced today by hacker going by name "riSky". Defaced domains include Iraq National Investment Commission website also. Where, Tens of thousands of protesters rallied across Iraq on Friday, charging that Sunni Muslims had been disenfranchised under the Shiite-led...

Hackers and Anti-Government Protests rage across Iraq

Four Iraqi Government websites defaced today by hacker going by name "riSky". Defaced domains include Iraq National Investment Commission website also. Where, Tens of thousands of protesters rallied across Iraq on Friday, charging that Sunni Muslims had been disenfranchised under the Shiite-led...

Malware stole 3000 confidential Documents from Japan ministry

Japan ministry become the recent victim of a cyber attack through a malware that suspected to have compromised and sent overseas more than 3,000 confidential documents from the ministry, including many on global trade negotiations. After investigation, experts found that Hackers use "HTran" the...