SEO Poisoning Campaign Infecting Users With Black Hole Exploit Kit

Researchers have found a new black hat SEO campaign that is being used to redirect users to links that will install the Black Hole exploit kit. The attack is based on searches for, of all things, Shia Labeouf, and leads users through a forest of redirects before plopping them on the compromised...

New Stars Malware Said to Target Iran

The Iranian government says it is being targeted by a new piece of malware aimed at its federal computers. The disclosure comes a few months after the country’s nuclear facility was hit by the Stuxnet worm, kicking off a frenzy of cyberwar hysteria and speculation. The new attack on Iran is the...

Inside Story : How RSA was got hacked !

Inside Story : How RSA was got hacked ! The hack last month at RSA Security has been shrouded in mystery. How did a hacker manage to infiltrate one of the world's top computer-security companies? And could the data that was stolen be used to impair its SecurID products, which are used by 40 milli...

More Secure Software Needed for Utilities, NERC CSO Says

It took a malware attack with an unprecedented level of sophistication to make it happen, but officials in charge of the security of much of the country’s electrical grid have come ot the conclusion that there is a need for more secure software and better security processes and procedures to...

Adobe Warns of Flash Player Zero-Day Attack

The zero-day hacker attacks against Adobe’s software products are coming fast and furious. Less than a week after the discovery of a sophisticated malware attack against an unpatched security hole in Adobe Reader/Acrobat, the company has issued a new warning for in-the-wild attacks against a...

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 - Shell.Application Object Script Execution

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10652/info Microsoft Internet Explorer is reported prone to a security weakness that may permit malicious HTML documents the ability to execute script code. This script code has the ability to alter registry settings that may allow for further attacks. In...