U.S. Dept Of Defense: Course Registration Form Allowing an attacker to dump all the candidate name who had enrolled for the course

The application allowed an attacker to enumerate all candidate names who had applied for various courses by cycling a numeric parameter in the application's URL...

Scammers Prey on Instagram Vanity and 'Verified Account' Status

UPDATE A new Instagram phishing scam circulating the internet lures victims in with promises of exclusive “verified account” status – and then makes away with their personal information. The scam centers around Instagram’s labeling of verified accounts, which indicates that the account user is a...

Lessons From the WikiLeaks DDoS Attacks

Denial of Service DoS attacks are a common method used to take down Websites, servers, or even sections of the Internet. These attacks typically come in two forms: Distributed DoS DDos and DoS attacks. DDoS create a flood of traffic to a Website, server, or section of the internet that overwhelms...