Australia’s Telstra Wiretapping undersea cables from past 12 years for FBI

According to a secret agreement it signed in 2001 with the FBI and US Department of Justice - Telstra, Australia’s largest phone company is storing huge volumes of electronic communications it carried between Asia and the US for potential surveillance by US intelligence agencies. The contract was...

FBI seized Citadel banking Trojan servers

Microsoft and the FBI have taken down a botnet that controlled millions of infected PCs, which was responsible for massive bank fraud. Botnets are networks of computers infected with viruses that let them be controlled by hackers. The outfit runs the Citadel Botnets and is believed to have stolen...

Warning ! Facebook virus Zeus targets bank accounts

The infamous Zeus malware has once again resurfaced as per Symantec and is capable of draining your bank accounts. Zeus propagates through phishing messages that originate from an account that has been phished. Such a phished account will then start automatically sending messages to friends with...

Warning ! Facebook virus Zeus targets bank accounts

The infamous Zeus malware has once again resurfaced as per Symantec and is capable of draining your bank accounts. Zeus propagates through phishing messages that originate from an account that has been phished. Such a phished account will then start automatically sending messages to friends with...

Blueprints of Australia's top spy agency headquarters stolen by Chinese hackers

Secret and highly sensitive and $630 million building blueprints outlining the layout of Australia's top spy agency's new headquarters have been stolen by Chinese hackers. According to a report by the ABC's Four Corners, the blueprints included floor plans, communications cabling, server location...

Blueprints of Australia's top spy agency headquarters stolen by Chinese hackers

Secret and highly sensitive and $630 million building blueprints outlining the layout of Australia's top spy agency's new headquarters have been stolen by Chinese hackers. According to a report by the ABC's Four Corners, the blueprints included floor plans, communications cabling, server location...

Researcher Hacks Google Office Management System

Industrial control minded researchers from the security firm Cylance launched a custom exploit against a building management system deployed at Google’s Sydney, Australia office, gaining access to a configuration file containing device administration passwords that could be used to gain complete...

Google AD Sync Tool - Exposure of Sensitive Information Vulnerability - Security Advisory - SOS-13-001

Sense of Security - Security Advisory - SOS-13-001 Release Date. 03-Apr-2013 Last Update. - Vendor Notification Date. 03-Sep-2012 Product. Google Active Directory Sync GADS Tool Platform. Windows, Linux, Solaris Affected versions. All versions up to 3.1.3 Severity Rating. High Impact. Exposure of...

Apple Takes Tool offline After New Security Hole Surfaces

Less than a day after Apple announced a new two-factor authentication to better protect Apple ID and iCloud accounts, the company was scrambling to fix another major security hole with its own password reset tool. As first reported earlier Friday by The Verge, this new exploit allows anyone to ga...

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...

Reserve Bank of Australia Hacked by Chinese malware

If hackers want to get into your computer network, they will find a way. You can make it harder but you can't stop them. According to Australian Financial Review report on Monday, the Reserve Bank of Australia RBA was hacked by hackers who infiltrated its networks and allegedly stole information...

Reserve Bank of Australia Hacked by Chinese malware

If hackers want to get into your computer network, they will find a way. You can make it harder but you can’t stop them. According to Australian Financial Review report on Monday, the Reserve Bank of Australia RBA was hacked by hackers who infiltrated its networks and allegedly stole information...

SilverStripe CMS 3.0.2 - (Multiple Vulnerabilities) Cross-Site Scripting / Cross-Site Request Forgery

Sense of Security - Security Advisory - SOS-12-011 Release Date. 30-Nov-2012 Last Update. - Vendor Notification Date. 29-Oct-2012 Product. SilverStripe CMS Platform. Windows Affected versions. 3.0.2 Severity Rating. Medium Impact. Privilege escalation, cross-site scripting Attack Vector. From...

Spam campaign tricking thousands with shortened .gov URLs

Symantec has reported an increase in spam messages containing .gov URLs. Cybercriminals are using 1.usa.gov links in their spam campaigns to trick users into thinking the links lead to genuine US government Web sites. Spammers have created these shortened URLs through a loophole in the URL...

FileBound 6.2 - Local Privilege Escalation

FileBound 6.2 - Local Privilege Escalation Sense of Security - Security Advisory - SOS-12-010 Release Date. 10-Oct-2012 Last Update. - Vendor Notification Date. 14-Aug-2012 Product. FileBound On-Site Platform. Windows Affected versions. All versions prior to 6.2 Severity Rating. High Impact...

Operation Aurora - Other Zero-Day Attacks targeting finance and Energy

The infamous Aurora Trojan horse is just one of many attacks launched by the same group of malware authors over the past three years, according to researchers at Symantec. Security researchers with Symantec have issued a report outlining the techniques used by the so-called "Edgewood" hacking...

Ektron CMS 8.5.0 - Multiple Vulnerabilities

Ektron CMS 8.5.0 - Multiple Vulnerabilities Sense of Security - Security Advisory - SOS-12-009 Release Date. 05-Sep-2012 Last Update. - Vendor Notification Date. 07-May-2012 Product. Ektron CMS Platform. ASP.NET Affected versions. Ektron CMS version 8.5.0 and possibly others Severity Rating. High...

Scientific Linux Security Update : tzdata on SL3.x, SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64

This updated package addresses the following change to Daylight Saving Time DST observations : - although DST was previously announced as beginning in Pakistan on 2010-01-04, it has now been confirmed Pakistan will not observe any DST in 2010. BZ577710, BZ577835, BZ577837 - after observing DST as...