Phisher Hooks Condé Nast, Reels in $8 Million

Condé Nast was baited in a phishing scam that netted a Texas man nearly $8 million in company funds, according to published reports. According to a complaint filed in Manhattan District Court by the U.S. Attorney’s Office last week, the publishing giant was fooled by a single phishing e-mail sent...

Ashton Kutcher's Twitter account hacked !

TV prankster Ashton Kutcher has been Punk'd – jokers hacked into his beloved Twitter account on Wednesday. The actor famously fooled celebrities including Beyoncé, Kanye West, and Pete Wentz on his MTV hidden camera show in which he played outrageous practical jokes on his unsuspecting victims...

Full Steam Ahead! Coalfire Systems Secures $5 Million in Funding from Baird Venture Partners

People often ask me what defines a successful company. At Coalfire Systems, its having a clear roadmap of services that clients need and want, which in turn drives growth and expansion. I am pleased to announce that Coalfire Systems has received an investment of $5 million dollars from Baird...

Russian hacker steals $10 million from a former Royal Bank of Scotland !

A 27-year old Russian hacker pleaded accusable to burglary $10 actor from a above Royal Bank of Scotland analysis aback in 2008, and he's apprehension a adjudication and sentencing at the end of this or at the alpha of the abutting week. The balloon is captivated in Novosibirsk in Siberia, and th...

Lolz ! I've won three million Euros from Bill Gates !

Excuse me for typing breathlessly, faithful Naked Security reader, but I have some incredible news to share. I have just been informed that I have won three million Euros from none other than the Bill Gates Foundation! I had no idea that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which normally fight...

Romania police Arrest 42 Business VOIP Cyber Crime Hacker !

Police in Romania of late raided a hacking gang that was centered on hijacking Business VoIP information from illegally accessed servers. Police in Romania of late raided a hacking gang that was centered on hijacking Business VoIP information from illegally accessed servers. ThinkBright.net...

Canada Aims to Strengthen Cyber Defense with $90 Million Security Plan

Canada released its Cybersecurity Strategy this month, emphasizing the immense challenge of protecting government and corporate computer systems. “There is no simple way to detect, identify, and recover from attackers who cannot be seen or heard, who leave no physical evidence behind them, and wh...

В США задержаны 11 хакеров из России

Они входили в преступную группу, похитившую из американских банков 3 млн долларов Дмитрий ГОНЧАРУК, Никита КРАСНИКОВ — 05.10.2010 Еще шесть граждан России были задержаны в США по обвинению в причастности к команде мошенников, которая воровала деньги с банковских счетов. Гражданство других девяти...

Discover Will Receive $5 Mil from Heartland Breach

Heartland Payment Systems has agreed to pay $5 million to Discover to settle claims arising from the massive data breach disclosed by the payment processor last year. Read the full article. Computerworld...

Pirate Bay Hack Exposes 4 Million Users

Security weaknesses in the hugely popular file-sharing Web site thepiratebay.org have exposed the user names, e-mail and Internet addresses of more than 4 million Pirate Bay users. Read the full article. KrebsonSecurity...

Facebook Spam Tries to Phish Credentials

Hackers have flooded the Internet with virus-tainted spam that targets Facebook’s estimated 400 million users in an effort to steal banking passwords and gather other sensitive information. The emails tell recipients that the passwords on their Facebook accounts have been reset, urging them to...

Online Fraud Loss Reaches $560 Mil in 2009

Reported losses from online fraud more than doubled last year, from $265 million in 2008 to nearly $560 million in 2009, according to figures released Friday by the FBI. Read the full article. KrebsonSecurity...

Hackers Indicted in $25 Million Ticket Scheme

A ring of ticket brokers has been indicted in connection to an elaborate hacking scheme that used bots and other fraudulent means to purchase more than 1 million tickets for concerts, sporting events and other events. The defendants made more than $25 million in profits from the resale of the...

Comptel InstantLink Cross Site Scripting

-------------------------------------------------------------------- Exploit Title: Comptel InstantLink" XSS vulnerability Date: 24 Feb 2010 Author: thebluegenius Software Link: http://www.comptel.com/ProvisioningActivation/ Version: All CVE : NA --------------------------------------------------...

Anti-Phishing Group: Over 10 Mil Systems Infected

The recently released APWG Phishing Activity Trends Report for Q3 of 2009, details record highs in multiple phishing vectors, but also offers an interesting observation on desktop crimeware infections. Read the full article. ZDNet...

Lincoln National: 'Breach May Affect 1.2 Mil Customers'

Lincoln National Corp. LNC last week disclosed a security vulnerability in its portfolio information system that could have compromised the account data of approximately 1.2 million customers. Read the full article. Dark Reading...

Heartland to Pay Visa $60 Million for Breach

Heartland Payment Systems on Jan. 8 announced that it has agreed to pay up to $60 million to Visa to cover losses to credit and debit cardholders affected by the massive data breach Heartland suffered in 2008. Read the full article. eWEEK...

Cross site scripting

Cross-site scripting XSS vulnerability in index.php in texmedia Million Pixel Script 3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the pa parameter. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information...

CVE-2009-4381

Cross-site scripting XSS vulnerability in index.php in texmedia Million Pixel Script 3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the pa parameter. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information...

CVE-2009-4381

CVE-2009-4381 describes a Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in texmedia Million Pixel Script 3, specifically in index.php via the pa parameter. The NVD entry lists a MEDIUM severity (CVSS v2 base score 4.3) with network access, no authentication required, confidentiality impact None, integ...