Wikileaks: Controversial, But is it NSFW?

As government agencies and the military bar access to the WIkileaks documents, a poll of Web filtering providers finds most label the leak site more “newsy” than “naughty.” HED: Wikileaks: Controversial, But is it NSFW? DEK: As companies look to bar access to the WIkileaks documents or not Web...

Unauthorized Access to Ohio State Server Affects 760,000

UPDATE Ohio State University warned those who have had contact with the University that a server containing personally identifiable data was illegally accessed by a third party and may have exposed data on 760,000 people. The university is notifying past and present students, faculty, staff, and...

Netcraft Toolbar 1.8.1 - Remote Code Execution

Netcraft Toolbar 1.8.1 - Remote Code Execution // runs calc.exe var shellcode = unescape '%u...

Netcraft Toolbar 1.8.1 Code Execution

// runs calc.exe var shellc...

ImageShack Toolbar 4.8.3.75 - Remote Code Execution

// calc.exe var shellcode = unescape '%uc931%ue983%ud9de%ud9ee%u2474%u5bf4%u7381%u3d13%u5e46%u8395'+ '%ufceb%uf4e2%uaec1%u951a%u463d%ud0d5%ucd01%u9022%u4745%u1eb1'+ '%u5e72%ucad5%u471d%udcb5%u72b6%u94d5%u77d3%u0c9e%uc291%ue19e'+ '%u873a%u9894%u843c%u61b5%u1206%u917a%ua348%ucad5%u4719%uf3b5'+...

Cyber Criminal Underground: The Comics Edition

The criminal underworld is an insular community shrouded in secrecy. That’s helped lend an air of mystique to cyber crime. See also: Bruce Willis in “Die Hard 4: Live Free or Die Hard.”. But it turns out that, like so much else, real life cyber crime is… well… pretty dull. How dull? Comic artist...

Attacks On MPAA's UK Law Firm Lead to Data Leaks, Lawsuit

A UK Law firm that has aggressively pursued cases against illegal file sharing on behalf of the Motion Picture Association of America MPAA and Recording Industry Association of America RIAA now finds itself in the cross hairs of both hackers and and privacy activists. The firm was the subject of...

My Opera Found To Host Malware

HED: MyOpera found to host malware BAK: The My Opera free Web hosting service is hosting malicious code, just the latest prominent hosting service to be gamed by malware distributors. Less than a month after Google’s Code hosting service was found to be hosting and serving malicious executables, ...

Escrow Firm Loses Nearly $500K from Online Thieves

A California escrow firm has been forced to take out a pricey loan to pay back $465,000 that was stolen when hackers hijacked the company’s online bank account earlier this year. Read the full article. KrebsonSecurity...

New Study Shows Nearly No Difference in Security of Web Frameworks

A new study by a Web security firm has found that despite the myriad differences in the common programming languages and frameworks deployed on the Web today, there is virtually no difference in their practical security and resistance to attack. The study, done by WhiteHat Security and based on...

Small Company Bankrupt After ZeuS, Bank Fraud

A New York marketing firm that as recently as two weeks ago was preparing to be acquired now is facing bankruptcy from a computer virus infection that cost the company more than $164,000. Read the full article. KrebsonSecurity...

Ollydbg 2.00 Beta Local Overflow Exploit

Exploit for unknown platform in category local exploits ======================================== Ollydbg 2.00 Beta Local Overflow Exploit ======================================== Exploit: Ollydbg 2.00 Beta Local Overflow Exploit Author : r45c4l Taken from thr original advisory published by "SuBz3...

Zeus Botnet Steals $150K from Michigan Company

An insurance firm in Michigan lost nearly $150,000 this month as a result of a single computer virus infection. Read the full article. KrebsonSecurity...

Puerto Rico sites redirected in DNS attack

From CNet News Elinor Mills An attack on the main domain name system registrar in Puerto Rico led to the local Web sites of Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Coca-Cola, and other big companies being redirected for a few hours on Sunday to sites that were defaced, according to security firm Imperva. Those...