Flashback Creators May Be Raking in $10K a Day

Unprotected users visiting a page hosting the much-discussed Flashback Trojan could be earning some serious cash for the malware’s creators, according to new research from Symantec. In a post to the company’s Security Response blog, Symantec notes the Flashback Trojan could be earning up to $10,0...

New Flashback Variant Using Twitter as Backup C&C Channel

The latest version of the Flashback malware that’s infecting Macs has a new command-and-control infrastructure that used Twitter as a fallback mechanism in case the normal C&C system isn’t available. This is not the first time a botnet has used Twitter for some form of command and control, but it...

Afghan Taliban website hacked 3rd time by hackers

Hackers have for the third time in less than a year attacked the main website of the Afghan Taliban. Images of pigeons and Taliban executions of women were combined with various messages in English, Pashto, and Arabic that support the Afghan government, replacing the Taliban's usual pabulum of...

Anon Tweets About Hack, Gets Arrested

A 21 year-old Ohio man associated with the Anonymous Internet collective is in detention after boasting on Twitter about his involvement in the hack of the Utah Chiefs of Police Association and the Salt Lake City Police Department. John Anthony Borell III was charged with two counts of computer...

FBI track Anonymous hacker using his girlfriend's boobs

FBI track Anonymous hacker using his girlfriend's boobs The FBI swooped on Higinio O Ochoa III after he posted the snap, which included a gloating message to his online victims.He took the picture on his iPhone and posted it on Twitter without realising it contained GPS data pointing directly to...

Twitter Takes Tweetdeck Offline due to Vulnerability

Twitter Takes Tweetdeck Offline due to Vulnerability Twitter has taken its Tweetdeck app offline after an apparent bug has possibly given some Tweetdeck users access to others' accounts. The web version of Tweetdeck is currently down, although older desktop editions of the software appear to...

RIPS 0.53 Local File Inclusion

RIPS = 0.53 Multiple Local File Inclusion Vulnerabilities Google Dork: allintitle: "RIPS - A static source code analyser for vulnerabilities in PHP scripts" Althout this script is not intended to be accesible from internet, there are some websites that host it. Download:...

vBulletin vBShout 6.0.5 Cross Site Scripting

Title: vBulletin vBShout Module &username=&hours=&frommonth=0&fromday=&fromyear =0&endmonth=0&endday=&endyear=0&chatroomid=0&orderby=DESC&perpage=5&s=&do=archive&instanceid=1 http://www.site.com/vbshout.php?message="&s=&do=archive&instanceid=1 vBShout is the ideal way to keep members on your foru...

Hacktivism Breached 174 Million Records in 2011

Hacktivism Breached 174 Million Records in 2011 According to the Verizon 2012 Data Breach Investigations Report released on Thursday, Hacktivists stole more data from large corporations than cybercriminals in 2011, according to a study of significant security incidents. The report surveyed 855 da...

Janetter vulnerable to cross-site request forgery

Overview Janetter contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. Janetter is a client software for using Twitter. Janetter contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. Kazuhiko Kusano of Graduate School of Information Sciences, Tohoku University reported this vulnerability to IPA...

Janetter vulnerable to information disclosure

Overview Janetter contains an information disclosure vulnerability. Janetter is a client software for using Twitter. Janetter contains an information disclosure vulnerability. Kazuhiko Kusano of Graduate School of Information Sciences, Tohoku University reported this vulnerability to IPA. JPCERT/...

JVN#83459967: Janetter vulnerable to cross-site request forgery

Janetter is a client software for using Twitter. Janetter contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. Impact When a malicious page is opened with a web browser while Janetter is being used, the user may be impersonated to post tweets, upload local image files, and OS commands may be...

JVN#10745573: Janetter vulnerable to information disclosure

Janetter is a client software for using Twitter. Janetter contains an information disclosure vulnerability. Impact When a malicious page is opened with a web browser while Janetter is being used, session information used to communicate with Twitter may be disclosed. Solution Update the software...

Pop star KE$HA twitter Hacked

Pop star KE$HA twitter Hacked Pop star KE$HA has fallen victim to internet pranksters after her Twitter.com blog was hacked on Sunday. Tweet by her account : Single out in a couple hours. Ugh so fkin stressful… wish I could stay on da the beach forever." It was potentially seen by Kesha's 3.1...

Cybercriminals Peddling Android Malware Through Twitter

Researchers at Symantec have identified a spike in Twitter messages carrying links to malicious programs for Android mobile devices in recent weeks, according to a post on Symantec’s Security Response blog on Monday. The post, penned by Joji Hamada, describes a series of Russian and...

ZDI-12-038 : Oracle Java JavaFX Arbitrary Argument Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ZDI-12-038 : Oracle Java JavaFX Arbitrary Argument Remote Code Execution Vulnerability http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-12-038 February 22, 2012 - -- CVE ID: - -- CVSS: 7.5, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - -- Affected Vendors: Oracle - --...

Twitter, As secondary publisher could be sued for an illegal tweet

Twitter, As secondary publisher could be sued for an illegal tweet If a Twitter user posts an illegal tweet, they could get sued, but Twitter could be sued itself as a secondary publisher according to Zack Whittaker. Legal analysis site Out-Law published a very interesting, theoretical piece, whi...

Twitter releases data to Law Enforcements for criminal inquiry

Twitter releases data to Law Enforcements for criminal inquiry Twitter handed over subscriber information yesterday for one Twitter account indirectly tied to the Occupy Boston protest, ending a court battle fought behind closed doors as Boston law enforcement investigated hacking attacks on the...

Teyana Taylor's Twitter Hacked, Nude image Leaked

Teyana Taylor's Twitter Hacked, Nude image Leaked R&B singer Teyana Taylor was the latest victim of an Internet scandal when a nude photo of her hacked and spread around the Internet. The topless photo and other pictures claiming to be of the "Google Me" singer reportedly appeared online by way o...

AdiOS Finds iOS Apps Capable of Dumping Users' Contacts

It’s gotten to the point now where it’s almost easier to talk about the mobile apps and services that don’t ship your personal data off to some remote server for purposes unknown rather than discussing the ones that do. The latest discussion of privacy invading apps flowed from the discovery that...