Hardware based malware steals contacts from all mobile platforms using only the Audio Jack!

Indian Security Research Atul Alex presented his surprise paper at the International Malware Conference, MalCon on what can be termed as the onset of next generation of hardware based malware that can target mobile devices irrespective of Platforms. Typically, one of the largest challenges for...

FBI ordered to disclose "Going Dark" surveillance program

A federal judge ordered the FBI to disclose more information about its "Going Dark" surveillance program, an initiative to extend its ability to wiretap virtually all forms of electronic communications. Why shocking ? because a federal judge just ruled that police can place surveillance cameras o...

Bank Fraud Suspects Net $1M in Citibank Casino Scheme

Fourteen individuals were charged late last week after the Federal Bureau of Investigation, along with the Los Angeles Police Department and the Glendale, Calif. Police Department found they were behind a scheme that extracted more than $1 million from Citibank cash-advance kiosks in Southern...

New Verizon Marketing Initiative May Violate Users' Privacy

Verizon has drawn the ire of its customers and privacy advocates this week because a new initiative launched by the telecom company may violate users’ privacy. A new marketing program dubbed Precision Market Insights extracts information about Verizon’s customers on Android and iOS platforms...

Hackers steal more than $450,000 from Burlington city bank

The city of Burlington is warning its employees to check their bank accounts after finding out funds have been stolen. The Skagit Valley Herald reports the money was electronically transferred to various personal and business accounts throughout the United States during a two-day period this week...

Key Systems Electronic Key Lockers unauthorized access

Unauthentication port TCP/1010 service access...

Key Systems Electronic Key Lockers command injection and weak authentication vulnerabilities

OVERVIEW Key Systems Electronic Key Lockers contain a command injection vulnerability which may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to inject commands into the electronic key locker. Key Systems Electronic Key Lockers also contains weak authentication which could allow an attacker...

Key Systems Electronic Key Lockers Command Injection

OVERVIEW Key Systems Electronic Key Lockers contain a command injection vulnerability which may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to inject commands into the electronic key locker. Key Systems Electronic Key Lockers also contains weak authentication which could allow an attacker...

Four million hotel locks vulnerable to 'Dry erase marker'

At Black Hat security conference this year Cody Brocious demonstrated that How a simple Dry erase marker allows him to open an Onity hotel room door lock with an Arduino, which is totally James Bond. This is just kind of scary on multiple levels, the least being that dry erase markers are one of...

UBUNTU-CVE-2012-3458

Beaker before 1.6.4, when using PyCrypto to encrypt sessions, uses AES in ECB cipher mode, which might allow remote attackers to obtain portions of sensitive session data via unspecified vectors...

Al Jazeera SMS service Hacked, Fake messages spread by Hackers

Al-Jazeera says hackers have targeted the Qatar-based TV satellite channel for the second time in a week, sending out false news reports on its mobile sms service. Al Jazeera confirm the hack in a tweet,"We'd like to inform our subscribers that Aljazeera sms sevice is being compromised by pirates...

Al Jazeera News network website hacked by Pro-Assad hackers

The official website of one of the biggest Arabic-language news network "Al Jazeera" got hacked just now by Pro-Assad hackers called "Al-Rashedon". If your miss the deface page, please have a look to mirror of it Here. Deface page designed with Dark color as shown in image and have some message i...

McAfee will prevent vehicles from becoming vulnerable to Car Virus

Vehicles are becoming more and more reliant on computers for efficiency, safety systems, and infotainment systems. Most vehicles on the market today use throttle-by-wire systems, where the onboard computer controls the throttle of the vehicle. Toyota has had problems in the past with so-called...

Fake Syria News Posted from Hacked Reuters blog and Twitter account

On Friday, Reuters blog platform was hacked with false posts and on Saturday, the @ReutersTech account on Twitter was taken over and renamed @TechMe. False tweets were sent before it was taken down. The first attack came Friday after Syrian hackers loyal to President Bashar al-Assad allegedly...

EFF: New Cybersecurity Bill Better, Still Unnecessary

The controversial Lieberman-Collins Cybersecurity Act has been scrapped and replaced by a new bill that online rights advocates still consider unnecessary, but which they also acknowledge is a vast improvement on the slew of other bills that have cropped up in recent months. Thankfully, the...

Oracle AutoVue SetMarkupMode ActiveX Overflow

Added: 07/17/2012 CVE: CVE-2012-0549 BID: 53077 OSVDB: 81439 Background Oracle AutoVue Enterprise Visualization is a suite of Oracle products designed to deliver a web-based capability to access, view, digitally annotate and collaborate on technical and business documents, without requiring...

Hacker made calls worth £10,000 from public phone

Hacker made calls worth £10,000 from public phone Computer expert Dariusz Ganski, of Sunny Bank, Kingswood, used a router to tap into BT phone boxes and made hours of calls to expensive numbers. He make calls worth £10,000 of premium-line bills and he has been jailed for 18 months. Prosecutor Dav...

RSA SecurIDs Get Cracked In 13 Minutes

RSA SecurIDs Get Cracked In 13 Minutes Major corporations, government agencies, and small businesses all hand out RSA SecurID fob keychains to employees so that they can log in to their systems for security reasons and If you're used to seeing a device like this on a daily basis, you probably...

NSA intercepting 1.7 billion American electronic communications daily

NSA intercepting 1.7 billion American electronic communications daily Since 9/11, the Agency has been able to "spy" on electronic communications without the need for court-approved warrants. The group has a large complex in Utah that cost $2 billion and holds the data. In 2006 the New York Times...

DHS Warns About Threat Of Mobile Devices In Healthcare

In a bulletin, the Department of Homeland Security DHS is warning healthcare organizations about the threat posed by insecure, network attached medical devices and the proliferation of smart phones, tablet PCs and other mobile devices in medical settings. DHS’s National Cybersecurity and...