DefCamp 2013 - International Hacking and Information Security Conference in Romania

The Fourth Edition of an International Information Security Conference hosted in Romania , The DefCamp 2013 is now open for Call for Papers. Over 300 Security experts, Researchers, and Enthusiasts from Romania and neighboring countries are expected to take part in the event in Bucharest, at the...

China hit by massive DDoS attack causing the Internet inaccessibility for hours

During the weekend China's Internet was taken down by a powerful distributed denial of service DDoS attack on the .cn domain slowed and blocked Internet access inaccessibility for hours. Security expert clarified that China could have been perpetrated by sophisticated hackers or by a single...

DirtJumper Variant Drive Now Includes Mitigation Bypass

Drive, a variant of the do-it-yourself DDoS toolkit DirtJumper, holds a unique position among malware that organizations targeted by these debilitating attacks need to be aware of. Researchers at Arbor Networks revealed today that a new version of Drive has been spotted with features that enable ...

China hit by massive DDoS attack causing the Internet inaccessibility for hours

During the weekend China's Internet was taken down by a powerful distributed denial of service DDoS attack on the .cn domain slowed and blocked Internet access inaccessibility for hours. Security expert clarified that China could have been perpetrated by sophisticated hackers or by a single...

China .cn Domain Available Again after DDoS Attack

Long fingered as the source of denial-of-service attacks and other hacks against foreign interests, China’s .cn domain was targeted on Sunday and approximately one-third of the sites registered to that domain were kept offline for a period of time. A statement from the China Internet Network...

Vulnerability in USB Internet Modems allows hacker to access Millions of Computers remotely

A USB Internet Modems or Data card, is a type of modem that allows your computer to receive Internet access using USB Port and connect to a GSM/CDMA network there by creating a PPPoE Point to Point protocol over Ethernet interface to your computer. Indian Security Researcher 'Rahul Sasi' found a...

Vulnerability in USB Internet Modems allows hacker to access Millions of Computers remotely

A USB Internet Modems or Data card, is a type of modem that allows your computer to receive Internet access using USB Port and connect to a GSM/CDMA network there by creating a PPPoE Point to Point protocol over Ethernet interface to your computer. Indian Security Researcher 'Rahul Sasi' found a...

Sybase EAServer XXE Injection

Hello! I'll give you additional information concerning advisory SEC Consult SA-20130719-0 :: Multiple vulnerabilities in Sybase EAServer http://securityvulns.ru/docs29622.html. It's about XXE Injection in Sybase EAServer. Among vulnerabilities in EAServer there is XXE Injection and it was only...

Online Ad Networks Leverages to Launch Javascript Attacks

LAS VEGAS – Researchers have figured out how to leverage the reach of online advertising networks to distribute javascript of their choosing, creating the equivalent of a botnet of ad impressions capable of crashing underlying webservers or distributing malware on a massive scale for pennies on t...

DDoS Attack Takes Down DNS Provider Network Solutions

A distributed denial of service attack knocked the website of the domain name registrar Network Solutions LLC offline this morning and affected an unknown number of its clients’ sites as well. Network Solutions announced on its Facebook page that it was experiencing a DDoS attack just before 11...

Researchers Uncover PinkStats APT Toolkit

The arsenal of tools that attack groups use to do their business is seemingly endless, and many of them remain unknown for years before they’re discovered. Often, it’s not until a tool has been compromised or sold on the open market that researchers get a close look at it, but that’s been changin...

New Dirt Jumper Variant 'Drive' More Refined Than Original

Researchers have detected new attacks originating from a souped-up variant of the DIY Dirt Jumper DDoS toolkit they’ve taken to calling Drive. While it hasn’t been seen spreading through any underground forums yet, the up-and-coming threat apparently boasts a “much more powerful DDoS engine than...

Cybercriminals using hijacked Cloud hosting accounts for targeted attacks

US Cloud hosting providers are constantly targeted by cyber crime according the revelations of two malware researchers Mary Landesman, a senior security researcher at Cisco Systems, and Dave Monnier security expert at Team Cymru explained during the 2013 Gartner Security and Risk Management Summi...

Turkish Government websites hacked by Anonymous, declares #OpTurkey

Internet Activists and Collective Hacker group Anonymous carried out a series of cyber attacks on Turkish government websites in retaliation for violent police response to anti-government protests, launched OpTurkey operation. There are several videos to be seen on YouTube about the protest of...

Turkish Government websites hacked by Anonymous, declares #OpTurkey

Internet Activists and Collective Hacker group Anonymous carried out a series of cyber attacks on Turkish government websites in retaliation for violent police response to anti-government protests, launched OpTurkey operation. There are several videos to be seen on YouTube about the protest of...

Massive 167Gbps DDoS attacks against Banking and Financial Institutions

DDoS attackers attempted to bring down an Banking services earlier this week using one of the largest Distributed denial of service attack using DNS reflection technique. Prolexic, the global leader in Distributed Denial of Service DDoS protection services, announced that it has successfully...

Massive 167Gbps DDoS attacks against Banking and Financial Institutions

DDoS attackers attempted to bring down an Banking services earlier this week using one of the largest Distributed denial of service attack using DNS reflection technique. Prolexic, the global leader in Distributed Denial of Service DDoS protection services, announced that it has successfully...

Ruby on Rails Exploit Harvests IRC Botnet

Developers who have not updated their Ruby on Rails installations with a five-month-old security patch would do well to secure the Web development framework now. Exploit code has surfaced for CVE-2013-0156 that is being used to build a botnet of compromised servers. Exploit code has been publicly...

DNS Amplification Attacks (UDP) - Active Check

A misconfigured Domain Name System DNS server can be exploited to participate in a Distributed Denial of Service DDoS attack. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders...

FBI sponsored Ragebooter DDoS attack service

A website that can be described as "DDoS for hire" is perfectly legitimate, according to the owner. Malicious sites that offer attack services are not strangers on the Internet, but web sites sponsored by law enforcement is another story altogether. Ragebooter, is one of many sites that accepts...