Malware and phishing increasing via social networks !

By mid-2010, Facebook recorded half a billion active users, making it not only the largest social networking site, but also one of the most popular destinations on the web. Unsurprisingly, this massive and committed user base is heavily targeted by scammers and cybercriminals, with the number and...

Report : A global shift in cybercrime !!

The target of attacks has shifted from traditional infrastructure to mobile users and endpoint devices, according to a new report. Research from SpiderLabs found that malicious tools became more customized, automated and persistent in 2010. This trend combined with the popularity of mobile device...

Selena Gomez's Twitter and Facebook Accounts Hacked !

Selena Gomez has warned fans to ignore a series of hateful messages posted on her Twitter and Facebook.com pages, after her online accounts were targeted by hoaxers. The Wizards of Waverly Place star's pages on the social networking sites were taken over by hackers earlier this week. Imposters...

70% offences in UAE are cyber crimes !

Of all criminal offences committed in the United Arab Emirates UAE, a whopping 70 percent are cyber crimes, a top official has said. Cyber criminals are keeping up with new developments in information technology, and make the maximum use of any new software or system that comes with any security...

'Spear phishing' latest ploy to steal data !

Consumers wary about protecting data stored on their computers should get used to hearing the term "spear phishing." It's the latest and most ingenious method yet to deliver malicious software that gives criminals control of a person's computer, with a tactic that involves developing emails which...

CVE-2010-4342

The aunincoming function in net/econet/afeconet.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc6, when Econet is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference and OOPS by sending an Acorn Universal Networking AUN packet over UDP...

Abuse of social networking sites misused among youth in Kochi !

while engaging in online social networking sites seemed to have yielded little results, if the statistics and current trends are any indication. The Cyber Cell of the City Police has received more than 40 complaints of abuse of social networking sites like Orkut and Facebook this year itself. In...

Pune police conducted 'Cyber Safe Pune 2010' !

The Pune police commissionerate conducted 'Cyber Safe Pune 2010' initiative from December 16 to 22 in the city. The initiative was aimed at creating awareness among people regarding cyber safety. The cyber crime cell conducted lectures at housing societies, schools, banks and colleges last week...

Fedora Update for galeon FEDORA-2010-18775

Check for the Version of galeon OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Fedora Update for galeon FEDORA-2010-18775 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2010 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the ter...

Hackers Plan Christmas Data Attacks via Social Media Apps

Hackers are planning to increase data security attacks via applications on social networking websites this Christmas, according to an expert. Earlier this month, IT security firm Sophos traced the history of malware and viruses created over the Christmas period from 1987 until 2009. The blog post...

Design/Logic Flaw

The ICMPv6 implementation on the Apple Time Capsule, AirPort Extreme Base Station, and AirPort Express Base Station with firmware before 7.5.2 does not limit the rate of 1 Router Advertisement and 2 Neighbor Discovery packets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service resource...

CVE-2010-0039

The Application-Level Gateway ALG on the Apple Time Capsule, AirPort Extreme Base Station, and AirPort Express Base Station with firmware before 7.5.2 modifies PORT commands in incoming FTP traffic, which allows remote attackers to use the device's IP address for arbitrary intranet TCP traffic by...

CVE-2010-1804

CVE-2010-1804 affects Apple Time Capsule, AirPort Extreme Base Station, and AirPort Express Base Station with firmware

JDK unspecified vulnerability in Networking component

Unspecified vulnerability in the Networking component in Oracle Java SE and Java for Business 6 Update 21 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality via unknown vectors...

OpenJDK HttpURLConnection allows arbitrary request headers (6961084,6980004)

Unspecified vulnerability in the Networking component in Oracle Java SE and Java for Business 6 Update 21, 5.0 Update 25, 1.4.227, and 1.3.128 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors. NOTE: the previous information was obtained from the...

OpenJDK HttpURLConnection request splitting (6952017)

Unspecified vulnerability in the Networking component in Oracle Java SE and Java for Business 6 Update 21, 5.0 Update 25, 1.4.227, and 1.3.128 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors. NOTE: the previous information was obtained from the...

OpenJDK HttpURLConnection incomplete TRACE permission check (6981426)

Unspecified vulnerability in the Networking component in Oracle Java SE and Java for Business 6 Update 21, 5.0 Update 25, 1.4.227, and 1.3.128 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors. NOTE: the previous information was obtained from the...

OpenJDK local network address disclosure (6952603)

Unspecified vulnerability in the Networking component in Oracle Java SE and Java for Business 6 Update 21, 5.0 Update 25, and 1.4.227 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality via unknown vectors...

HP Storage Hardware Harbors Secret Back Door

HP has acknowledged a security issue with storage area networking equipment after reports surfaced about a hard-coded “back door” account. Hewlett Packard said in a statement that it has identified a “potential security issue” with one of its storage area networking SAN products and is readying a...

RedHat Update for kernel RHSA-2010:0936-01

Check for the Version of kernel OpenVAS Vulnerability Test RedHat Update for kernel RHSA-2010:0936-01 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2010 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the ter...