15-year-old Boy Arrested in connection with TalkTalk Cyber Attack

The arrest is the first major outcome since TalkTalk – the biggest phone and broadband provider in the UK with more than 4 Million customers – had suffered a serious data breach. The Police Service of Northern Ireland PSNI and the investigating officers from the Metropolitan police's cyber crime...

CVE-2013-7136

The UPC Ireland Cisco EPC 2425 router aka Horizon Box does not have a sufficiently large number of possible WPA-PSK passphrases, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access via a brute-force attack...

CVE-2013-7136

The UPC Ireland Cisco EPC 2425 router (Horizon Box) is affected. It uses WPA-PSK with an insufficient passphrase space, enabling remote attackers to brute-force access over the network. Root cause is the small number of possible WPA-PSK passphrases. The CVSS metric shows High impact across confid...

CVE-2013-7136

The UPC Ireland Cisco EPC 2425 router aka Horizon Box does not have a sufficiently large number of possible WPA-PSK passphrases, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access via a brute-force attack...

UPC Ireland Cisco EPC 2425 Router / Horizon Box

Exploit for hardware platform in category web applications The Cisco EPC 2425 routers supplied by UPC are vulnerable to an offline dictionary attack if the WPA-PSK handshake is obtained by an attacker. The WPA-PSK pass phrase has the following features: • Random • A to Z Uppercase only • 8...

UPC Ireland Cisco EPC 2425 Router Horizon Box - WPA-PSK Handshake Information

UPC Ireland Cisco EPC 2425 Router Horizon Box - WPA-PSK Handshake Information Exploit Title: UPC Ireland Cisco EPC 2425 Router / Horizon Box Google Dork: Date: 11/12/2013 Author: Matt O'Connor / Planit Computing Advisory Link: http://www.planitcomputing.ie/upc-wifi-attack.pdf Version: Category:...

Apple adds two-factor authentication to iCloud and Apple ID

Apple is beefing up the security of its iCloud and Apple ID accounts by adding two-factor authentication to the account login process. Users who activate the option will be required to enter a four-digit code they may receive via SMS message, aside from the usual password. Two-factor authenticati...

Apple Adds Two-Factor Authentication to iTunes Accounts

Apple has introduced a new two-factor authentication system designed to help protect users’ iTunes and App Store accounts and prevent attackers or unauthorized users from taking over users’ accounts. The system is similar to the one that Google has implemented for Gmail, utilizing verification...

Apple adds two-factor authentication to iCloud and Apple ID

Apple is beefing up the security of its iCloud and Apple ID accounts by adding two-factor authentication to the account login process. Users who activate the option will be required to enter a four-digit code they may receive via SMS message, aside from the usual password. Two-factor authenticati...

First Irish language Ransomware Malware demanding €100 for unlock

A new Ransomware Malware dubbed Gaeilge locks up an infected computer and attempts to extort €100 from the user for an unlock code. The demand for cash reportedly appeared in poorly written Gaelic, and the software nastie was spotted on a computer in County Donegal, Ireland. Gaeilge tell computer...

Report: FEDS Arrest Top LulzSec Members

The FBI has arrested three suspected members of the hacker group LulzSec, according to published reports. Fox News broke the story of the arrests on Tuesday, citing unnamed FBI officials saying that law enforcement agents closed in on top members of the group LulzSec Tuesday morning using...

Hackers posts fake celebrity stories on Sony site

Hackers posts fake celebrity stories on Sony site From last three months Sony becomes favorite victim to hackers. This time A hacker post fake celebrity stories on Sony Music's Ireland site. These Fake Stories was : 1. Scientists have proved that the X Factor TV show is for the stupid. 2. Two...

14 Year Old Hacker Hired by Microsoft after doing phishing via Call of Duty Server !

14 Year Old Hacker Hired by Microsoft after doing phishing via Call of Duty Server ! These are the kinds of things dreams are made of, a 14 year old hacker on Call of Duty was just recruited by Microsoft. You heard me right, Microsoft. This is exactly what Sony should have done with George Hotz –...

Unfixed XSS vulnerability at www.ireland.anglican.org

Security researcher Skunkfoot, has submitted on 03/11/2007 a cross-site-scripting XSS vulnerability affecting www.ireland.anglican.org, which at the time of submission ranked 82659 on the web according to Alexa. We manually validated and published a mirror of this vulnerability on 05/11/2007. It ...