Linode Hacked Through ColdFusion Zero Day

The attackers who compromised Web hosting provider Linode used a zero day vulnerability in Adobe ColdFusion and were able to access the company’s database, source code and customers’ credit card numbers and passwords. The company said that the customer credit card numbers were encrypted, as were...

Ubisoft's uPlay service hacked, Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon Leaked

Russian hackers have figured out a way to download free games from Ubisoft's servers, exploiting an existing vulnerability in Ubisoft's uPlay launcher. According to reports, the copies of Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon that are available on torrent sites are the result of a hack of Ubisoft's uPlay servic...

Markey: GRID Act Passage Long Overdue

Representative Ed Markey D-MA is urging the Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Fred Upton R-MI, to take immediate action toward passing the Grid Reliability and Infrastructure Defense GRID Act, which Markey calls a bipartisan bill aimed at hardening the nation’s electrical gr...

Atmel "secure" crypto co-processor series microprocessors (AT91SAM7XC) leaking keys, plus bonus DESFire hack

The Atmel AT91SAM7XC series of microprocessors contain a crypto co-processor which is DES and AES capable. They include a write-only memory for key storage and multiple physical security measures to prevent decapping etc. However, due to poor memory management, in certain circumstances it is...

Hacker Exposes former US President Bush Family Photos and Emails

The hacker, known as Guccifer, targeted several e-mail accounts and exposed personal photos and sensitive correspondence from members of the former US President Bush family, including both former U.S. presidents. Hacked Emails includes the AOL account of his daughter Dorothy Bush Koch; family...

Anonymous hackers deface United States Sentencing Commission website

Anonymous hackers deface the official website of U.S. Sentencing Commission website ussc.gov on Friday under a new campaign called "Operation Last Resort" in memory of Reddit co-founder Aaron Swartz and also threatening to release a massive WikiLeaks-style exposure of sensitive U.S. government...

Researchers Highlight Medical Device Security at Annual ICS Conference

Two popular industrial control system ICS researchers this week demonstrated how easily medical devices, including a Philips-branded machine that regularly interacts with x-ray machines and other hospital equipment, can be hacked. At Digital Bond’s annual SCADA Security Scientific Symposium S4...

Payback, Indonesian president website defaced

Hackers crew Jember Hacker terrorists JHT deface the official website of Indonesian president https://www.presidensby.info with a message reads, "This is a PayBack From Jember Hacker Team". Hackers deface website of president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono SBY apparently in protest at growing corruptio...

Outdated version of WordPress leads to MasterCard Hack

On tip of a readers, yesterday we came across a new MasterCard hack, performed by Syrian Electronic Army. Hackers was able to breach MasterCard Blog https://insights.mastercard.com and make a new blog post on the website with title "Hacked By Syrian Electronic Army" on January 5, 2013. For now...

Outdated version of WordPress leads to MasterCard Hack

On tip of a readers, yesterday we came across a new MasterCard hack, performed by Syrian Electronic Army. Hackers was able to breach MasterCard Blog https://insights.mastercard.com and make a new blog post on the website with title "Hacked By Syrian Electronic Army" on January 5, 2013. For now...

NASA 'Space your Face' domain hacked

Another basic security loop-hole in NASA website lead to a Hack. This time hacker going by name "p0ison-r00t" deface a sub domain of NASA https://spaceyourface.nasa.gov/. The hacked sub domain running a web application using flash, that allow visitors to create some funny videos of Space using...

Hackers and Anti-Government Protests rage across Iraq

Four Iraqi Government websites defaced today by hacker going by name "riSky". Defaced domains include Iraq National Investment Commission website also. Where, Tens of thousands of protesters rallied across Iraq on Friday, charging that Sunni Muslims had been disenfranchised under the Shiite-led...

WordPress plugin W3 Total Cache critical Vulnerability disclosed

One of the most popular Wordpress Plugin called "W3 Total Cache" which is used to Improve site performance and user experience via caching, having potential vulnerability. On Christmas day, someone disclose it on full-disclosure site that how a plugin misconfiguration leads to possible Wordpress...

Guadeloupe National Domain registrar hacked, Twitter & Google domain credentials leaked

Guadeloupe is a Caribbean island located in the Leeward Islands, in the Lesser Antilles. Today a hacker going by name "UR0B0R0X" claimed to hack into the "Network Information Center Guadeloupe" nic.gp, which is Guadeloupe National Domain registrar having control over domains of big companies like...

Twitter Resets More Passwords Than Accounts Hacked

An untold number of Twitter users Thursday received suspicious emails alerting them their passwords had been reset following a loosely defined, third-party hack. The emails are apparently legitimate, though they were sent to more than victims of compromised accounts. “We’re committed to keeping...

Euromillions lottery French Site defaced By Muslim Hackers

A group has hacked the French website for the EuroMillions lottery https://euromillions.fr/ with warnings denouncing gambling as the work of the devil. A group going by name "Moroccanghosts", posted the message in Arabic and French - "Oh you believers. Wine, games of chance, statues all augur...

Anonymous Hackers leaks 1.35GB Italian State Police Data

Italian Anonymous hackers has released 1.35 Gigabyte data from the Italian State Police Polizia di Stato. The Hack was announced on Monday via The Official Blog of Italy Anonymous. Data uploaded on torrent and available for download. The group has started a campaign named AntiSecITA. "Anonymous...

Anonymous deface UK Police forum and Dating Portal

Yesterday Anonymous deface the UK Police Online web forum https://www.ukpoliceonline.co.uk and stole the private emails addresses of various members. The Metropolitan Police's e-Crime unit is investigating the hack and said that no computer system run by the police force had been hacked. The Hack...

Former LulzSec hacker pleads guilty to Sony case

After last year's big PlayStation Network hack a lot of hacking groups such as Anonymous and LulzSec were intensely publicized. Back in June, a massive hack was conducted on the Sony Pictures Website. The attack led to the theft of details on over 1 million accounts and was linked to the hacker...

Oracle website saying - "Hello World" , is it a Hack ?

This afternoon I just got a ping from one of my Friend that Oracle website compromised. Its hard to believe that ORACLE can be compromised ? So lets explore that what going on: Oracle.com , Website Oracle Corporation , an American multinational computer technology corporation that specializes in...