Week in Security: Stuxnet Revelations and Black Hat Happenings

Stuxnet chat saturated the news this week after the New York Times got the cyber security echo chamber going with a story delving into the mysterious worm. But Stuxnet was hardly the only news this week, which also saw new research from the Black Hat Briefings conference in Washington D.C. and...

How Attackers Steal Your Data

ARLINGTON, VA–Pulling valuable data out of corporate networks is the end goal of many, if not most, attacks these days and the tactics that attackers use to get into their targets are fairly well understood and publicized. But it’s not often that you get a look at the way that the data is actuall...

1000s of users data stolen in Fine Gael site hack !

The Data Protection Commissioner is investigating the attack on the Fine Gael website yesterday, after an Evening Herald journalist claimed he was sent data of 2,000 users of the site after the hack occurred. The Data Protection Commissioner said Fine Gael contacted him after their site was...

Report : Attacks on social media to rise in 2011 !

ESET, a security solution provider for viruses and malicious software, has released its cyber-threat report for 2011, predicting that attacks on Facebook and other social networks will increase over the coming year. The report prepared by specialists and searchers in the business also says the...

Kerala cyber police closing in on software theft culprits !

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 5 IANS The cyber wing of the Kerala Police Wednesday claimed it had got vital clues about the theft of software source codes and intellectual property data from a Kochi-based IT company. The investigation is progressing on the right track, V.K. Ajith Mohan of the police...

amoeba CMS 1.01 - Multiple Vulnerabilities

!/usr/bin/python """ Amoeba CMS v1.01 multiple remote vulnerabilities: Vendor: http://www.amoebacms.com/ Found by: mrme Contact date: 20/12/2010 2:37pm EST SQL Injection: ============= There is quite a few instances of pre/post auth SQL Injection in the web application. In one particular SQLi the...

Android trojan collects personal data !

In China, a trojan has popped up that uses escalated rights to read out information such as the address book in Android cell phones, and sends the information via the internet to remote servers. As the Lookout blog reports, the contaminant called Geinimi is the most refined method of collecting...

Hackers Expose EDL Members' Details Online, Group Urges Vigilance

A controversial anti-Islamist group has alerted its members to be vigilant after their details were disclosed online. Hackers, claiming to be from the Mujahideen Hacking Unit, infiltrated one of the organization's websites, releasing hundreds of names and addresses linked to the English Defense...

Hackers Shut Down Six Websites, Including Credit-Card Sharing Forums

A group of hackers recently attacked and took offline several websites belonging to credit-card sharing groups, security experts, and other hacking communities that had neglected basic security practices. On Christmas morning, the administrators of six websites discovered their sites had been...

Top 5 Internet Security Threats for Businesses in 2023

Businesses can leave themselves vulnerable to data theft and other online threats, particularly as security and IT budgets are under pressure while companies try to save money. Although budgets are tight, it is crucial for companies to stay protected online. On average, the total cost of security...

Vigilance Urged After Anti-Islamist Group Members' Details Leaked Online

A controversial anti-Islamist group has advised its members to stay vigilant following a leak of their details online. Hundreds of names and addresses linked to the English Defence League EDL were exposed after hackers breached one of the organization's websites. The group warned its members abou...

Nivosb ( Blue&White Team - Israel Hackers ) steal 340 users data from Iran.tv

Nivosb Blue&White Team - Israel Hackers steal 340 users data from Iran.tv Site : www.iran.tv They did not deface it because they had no permissions to upload file or delete the data or change details , but we made something more better and its to download all the users from the site 340 users wit...

Indian hacker Atul Alex plants back door in Symbian firmware !

Indian hacker Atul Alex has had a look at the firmware for Symbian S60 smartphones and come up with a back door for it. By modifying version 5 of the original software – which runs on such devices as the Nokia 5800, Nokia X6, Nokia 5530XM, Sony Ericsson Satio and Sony Ericsson Vivaz – he has...

Report: Romanian Authorities Bust VoIP Hacking Group

Authorities in Romania have disrupted a large hacking ring accused of stealing Voice over IP VoIP data from hacked servers and using it to place bogus calls to premium rate numbers. Agence France Presse reported on Tuesday that 42 people were arrested in the sting, breaking up a network that was...

Hackers Steal Customer Data from McDonald's Partner Database

McDonald's is collaborating with law enforcement after malicious hackers infiltrated another company's database and stole information about an unknown number of the fast-food chain's customers. McDonald's has alerted potentially affected customers via email and through a message on its website. "...

Experts Warn of Growing Data Theft as Government Lags in Cybersecurity

It will take several more years for the government to fully install high-tech systems to block computer intrusions. This prolonged timeline enables criminals to become more adept at stealing sensitive data, experts say. As the Department of Homeland Security DHS methodically works to secure the...

Former UCM Students Charged with Hacking and Data Theft

Two former University of Central Missouri students have been charged with hacking university databases, stealing confidential information, and attempting to sell it for profit. Joseph Camp and Daniel Fowler were indicted by a federal grand jury. They allegedly created a computer virus and spread ...

XSS vulnerability in Wolf CMS

Vulnerability ID: HTB22679 Reference: http://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/xssvulnerabilityinwolfcms1.html Product: Wolf CMS Vendor: Wolf CMS team http://www.wolfcms.org/ Vulnerable Version: 0.6.0b and probably prior versions Vendor Notification: 09 November 2010 Vulnerability Type: Stored XSS Cross...

South Korean UTW CMS Disclosure / Local File Inclusion / CSRF

Exploit Title: South Korean UTW CMS Multiple Vulnerabilities Date: 18.11.2010 Author: Valentin Category: webapps/0day Version: Tested on: CVE : Code : :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 0x1 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: General Information Advisory/Exploit Title = South Korean UTW CM...

Stored XSS vulnerability in Webmedia Explorer

Vulnerability ID: HTB22661 Reference: http://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/storedxssvulnerabilityinwebmediaexplorer.html Product: Webmedia Explorer Vendor: Marc Salmurri http://www.webmediaexplorer.com/ Vulnerable Version: 6.13.1 and probably prior versions Vendor Notification: 19 October 2010...