MediaWiki Remote Code Execution vulnerability leaves Wikipedia open for Cyber attacks

The Encyclopedia giant WIKIPEDIA has been found vulnerable to remote code execution because of a critical flaw in the MediaWiki software. Wikipedia is a name which has become a major source of information for all of us. It has webpages on almost every topic you need to search. This giant is power...

28% of Internet Users know the Importance of Online Privacy Tools

Privacy is “workings of your mind”. We share our personal moments captured in images, credit card details, thoughts that are personal or professional with a person or a certain group at different instances of time and want it to be safe and secure. We use an electronic gadget to share something...

UN Adopts Resolution Protecting Privacy Online

On the same day that a panel of experts delivered a report to the United States president recommending sweeping changes to the way that the National Security Agency collects, handles and stores intelligence, the United Nations unanimously adopted a resolution calling for the protection of users’...

Cautious Optimism over Google DNSSEC Deployment

Google’s announcement that its Google Public DNS resolution service now supports DNSSEC is being applauded, but experts caution that despite Google’s high profile, this only puts a slight dent in a larger issue. “I think it’s great that Google is getting involved and supporting validation for...

TripAdvisor travel website infected with Gamarue malware, infect 2% Indian Internet Users

TripAdvisor Inc., a hotel-review website, recently became a victim of the bug, said Trend Micro Inc., an Internet security solutions provider. Many of TripAdvisor's users received spam mail with booking confirmations for hotels they had checked out on the website, 1.89% of Indian Internet Users...

Члены группировкиAntiSec заявляют что выложили в инет данныекред карт 13федералов США

Взято с: http://www.anti-malware.ru/news/2012-09-16/10023 Дата публикации: 16.09.12 Поводом для этой акции послужил арест Баррета Брауна, называвшего себя пресс-секретарём хакерской группировки Anonymous. Брауна обвиняют в том, что он угрожал федеральному агенту. Баррета Брауна арестовали AntiSec...

Netgear FVS318N router default remote management vulnerability

Overview Netgear ProSafe Wireless-N 8-port Gigabit VPN Firewall FVS318N router's remote management feature is enabled by default. Description Netgear ProSafe Wireless-N 8-port Gigabit VPN Firewall FVS318N router allows remote WAN internet users access to the administrator web interface of the...

Major DNS Cache Poisoning Attack Hits Brazilian ISPs

There is a large-scale DNS cache-poisoning attack going on in Brazil at the moment, with potentially millions of users affected by a tactic that is forcing the to install a malicious Java applet before they can reach many popular sites, including Google, Gmail and Hotmail. The attack has been goi...

Malicious Ads on Bing Lead to ZeroAccess Trojan

Search-engine poisoning has been the bane of many Internet users’ existence for a long time, and it’s one of many security problems that seems to not be getting any better. In some ways, it may be getting worse, actually. One of the main problems these days is the use of legitimate-looking ads th...

Report: China Suffered 500K Cyber Attacks Last Year

The Chinese government claims they’ve seen nearly 500,000 cyber attacks designed to hit their computers over the past year, with the U.S. and India among the countries believed to be responsible. A report issued Tuesday by the nation’s chief computer security monitoring network, the National...

Mark Zuckerberg's China Visit Signals Facebook's Expansion Plans

It seems that Facebook has now extended a hand of friendship toward China. Mark Zuckerberg has announced that he is going on a vacation to China with his girlfriend. His itinerary includes meetings with some of China's biggest high-tech executives, signaling his intention to extend the reach of h...

Dutch Arrest 16 Year Old for Wikileaks Attack

Dutch authorities issued a statement Thursday saying that a 16 year old boy has been taken into custody for involvement in attacks against the Web sites of Mastercard and Visa. The boy, who was not named, was due to be arraigned by a judge in Rotterdam on Friday. The arrest is the first known...

Scammers Impersonate IT Helpdesk to Spread Rogue Antivirus

Criminals are posing as IT support staff, calling unsuspecting U.K. internet users to push rogue antivirus software. GetSafeOnline.org reports this as part of their Internet safety week campaign. These scam operations often involve up to 400 people using sales techniques and social engineering to...

RSA 2010: Microsoft Floats Idea to Quarantine Infected Computers

A top Microsoft executive is floating the idea of creating mandatory quarantines for computers with malware infections that pose a risk to internet users. The informal proposal, made Tuesday by Microsoft Vice President of Trustworthy Computing Scott Charney, was short on specifics, such as who...

How Japanese ISPs Deal with Botnets

Japan’s “Cyber Clean Center” is a little-known effort by the Japanese Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Center JP-CERT and a collection of 76 Japanese ISPs covering 90 percent of the nation’s Internet users to fight botnets and other security issues. Read the full article...

FBI Warns Of Potential Haiti Relief Scams

The FBI today reminds Internet users who receive appeals to donate money in the aftermath of Tuesday’s earthquake in Haiti to apply a critical eye and do their due diligence before responding to those requests. Read the guidelines. FBI.gov...

Security Best Practice: Blocking Yahoo! Messenger

Instant Messaging applications allow communication and collaboration between Internet users using various modes of communication, including instant messages exchange, voice and video, application sharing, white board, file transfer and remote assistance.Yahoo! Messenger is an...