Iranian Gmail users targeted by politically motivated phishing attack

Google says tens of thousands of Gmail accounts belonging to Iranian users have been targeted in an politically motivated hacking campaign in the weeks leading up to the country's closely watched presidential elections. For the last three weeks, the search giant said it has "detected and disrupte...

The Pirate Bay co-founder wants to stand in European elections

Peter Sunde, the former spokesman for The Pirate Bay has announced he will run in the European Parliament elections next year. Sunde, will participate for the Finnish branch of the Pirate Party. The Pirate Party was founded in Sweden in 2006, and in 2009 Christian Engström was the first member of...

Elections 2012 and DDoS attacks in Russia

Vitaly Kamluk As Eugene Kaspersky had written earlier, we were expecting new DDoS attacks on resources covering the Russian presidential election. So, as the country went to the polls on 4 March, we were on the lookout for new DDoS attacks. We were surprised to hear a news report from one mass...

Iran Temporarly Blocks Access to Email for some 30,000

Internet service providers ISP acting on behalf of the Iranian government have recently begun blocking encrypted internet services that rely on the secure sockets layer SSL protocol, curbing the use of virtual private networks VPN, a number of email providers, and other communication tools ahead ...

Russian hackers hit Twitter with automated hashtags tweets

Russian hackers hit Twitter with automated hashtags tweets Russian hackers have taken aim at Twitter in recent days to hamper communication between opposition activists as outrage against the conduct of last week's general elections grows. The pro-government messages were generated by thousands o...

#Opiran new press release for 23 September by Anonymous Hackers

Opiran new press release for 23 September by Anonymous Hackers Salutation To the Noble and Brave People of Iran and Syria, Acknowledge plight The people of Iran and Syria are still being caged, tortured and murdered. They are ruled by vile leaders, who seek not to protect, but to harm. Leaders wh...

Joomla A Cool Debate 1.0.3 Local File Inclusion

A Cool Debate 1.0.3 Component Joomla Local File Inclusion ========================================================================================= - Discovered by : Chip D3 Bi0s - Email : chipdebiosatgmaildotcom - Group : LatinHackTeam - Date : 18 june 2011 - Where : From Remote...

Midterm Election Buzz Fuels Rogue AV Attacks

Interest in the U.S. midterm elections is being used to lure Web surfers to malicious Web pages that are pushing rogue antivirus programs, according to security firm Websense. With voter interest running high in the U.S., Web searches for hot terms like “midterm election polls,” “2010 midterm...

The Ryan & Roel Show Episode 2

Clickjacking: Ryan and Roel tackle browser-threat hype – Tue, October 21, 2008 The cross-browser clickjacking threat, malware on new Asus EEE machines, phishing and the elections/financial crisis, the iPhone security mess, Microsoft Patch Tuesday and the exploding fraudware/rogueware problems...