Iranian Hackers infiltrated US Navy computers

The Wall Street Journal reported that Iranian hackers have successfully penetrated unclassified US Navy computers, the allegations were made by US officials that consider the attacks a serious intrusion within the Government network. "The U.S. Officials said the attacks were carried out by hacker...

VPN provider 'Proxy.sh' sniffed the traffic of US based server to Catch Hackers

The very first question we always try to figure before choosing a trusted VPN service - Can't a VPN provider just look at my traffic all they want and see what I'm doing? Well, a reputated VPN provider today answers the Question and admitted that they sniffed the traffic on one of its United...

Iranian Hackers infiltrated US Navy computers

The Wall Street Journal reported that Iranian hackers have successfully penetrated unclassified US Navy computers, the allegations were made by US officials that consider the attacks a serious intrusion within the Government network. "The U.S. Officials said the attacks were carried out by hacker...

Hacker sold personal data of 4 million US citizens online; risk of potential Identity Theft

An illegal service that sells personal data of US citizens online, which can then be used for identity theft hacked into the networks of three major data brokers and Hacker stole their databases. Cyber attack has given them access to Social Security Numbers, dates of birth, and other personal...

Cisco Releases Security Advisory

Cisco has released a security advisory to address a vulnerability in the web framework of Cisco Prime Central for Hosted Collaboration Solution HCS Assurance. This vulnerability could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to access sensitive information on the system, including user...

Cisco Releases Security Advisory for Cisco Prime Data Center Network Manager (DCNM)

Cisco has released three security advisories to address multiple vulnerabilities affecting various components of Cisco Prime Data Center Network Manager DCNM. These vulnerabilities may allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to disclose file components and access text files on an affected devic...

Microsoft Releases Security Advisory for Internet Explorer

Microsoft has released Security Advisory 2887505 regarding a remote code execution vulnerability CVE-2013-3893 impacting Internet Explorer versions 6 through 11. Microsoft is aware of targeted attacks that attempt to exploit this vulnerability in Internet Explorer 8 and Internet Explorer 9. The...

Apple Releases OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.5 and Security Update 2013-004

Apple has released OS X v10.8.5 and Security Update 2013-004 to address multiple vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities could lead to a denial of service, cross-site scripting, elevation of privilege, or the execution of arbitrary code. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review Apple...

NASA website Hacked; Protest by Hackers against US action on Syria and Brazil Spying

Earlier reports based on Snowden's documents revealed the existence of the NSA's PRISM program, and indicate that the National Security Agency spied on Brazilians. On other End, President Obama said that the Syrian government used chemical weapons on its citizens and The United States may have to...

NASA website Hacked; Protest by Hackers against US action on Syria and Brazil Spying

Earlier reports based on Snowden's documents revealed the existence of the NSA's PRISM program, and indicate that the National Security Agency spied on Brazilians. On other End, President Obama said that the Syrian government used chemical weapons on its citizens and The United States may have to...

Security Update Available for Adobe Shockwave Player

Adobe has released a security update for Adobe Shockwave Player 12.0.3.133 and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh to address multiple vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities, if exploited, could allow an attacker to run malicious code on an affected system. US-CERT recommends that users an...

Microsoft Releases September 2013 Security Bulletin

Microsoft has released updates to address vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, and Microsoft Server Software as part of the Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for September 2013. These vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution, elevation of privilege...

Cisco Releases Security Advisory for Cisco WebEx Players

Cisco has released a security advisory to address multiple vulnerabilities in Cisco WebEx Recording Format WRF and Advanced Recording Format ARF Players. These vulnerabilities could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service condition. US-CERT encourages users...

Fear of NSA PRISM : Indian Government may ban US email services for official communication

The Indian Government is planning to ban the use of US based email services like Gmail for official communications to increase the security of confidential government information. The recent disconcerting reports that that India was being spied upon by American intelligence agencies has opened an...

Cisco Releases Security Advisory

Cisco has released a security advisory to address a vulnerability in Cisco Secure Access Control Server ACS versions 4.0 through 4.2.1.15. This vulnerability could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands. The vulnerability is only present when Cisco ACS is configur...

Spear-Phishing E-mail with Missing Children Theme

The FBI is aware of a spear-phishing e-mail appearing as if it were sent from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. The subject of the e-mail is "Search for Missing Children," and a zip file containing three malicious files is attached. E-mail recipients should always treat link...

New Police Ransomware 'Browlock' targeting users in US, Canada and UK

What would you do if a European Cybercrime Agency locked your PC until you paid a fine? A new Police Ransomware family dubbed Trojan:HTML/Browlock by F-secure Antivirus firm, known as Browlock, which spreads by tricking unsuspecting web surfers into believing the police are after them. Ransomware...

Microsoft Releases Security Advisory

Microsoft has released Security Advisory 2862973 impacting applications and services using certificates with the MD5 hashing algorithm. Usage of the MD5 hash algorithm in certificates could allow an attacker to spoof content, perform phishing attacks, or perform man-in-the-middle attacks. US-CERT...

NHTSA Website Back Online After Hack

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration restored its servers yesterday, 10 days after an attack knocked the agency’s website offline. The government agency confirmed last Tuesday that 10 of its servers had been hacked in early August after it received an alert from the United States...

Criminals rapidly migrating to new digital Currency 'Perfect Money' after Liberty Reserve takedown

There are so many ways to move money anonymously on the Internet and US Justice Department has declared war on currencies widely used by cyber criminals. Just after the Law Enforcement in 17 countries shuts down 'Liberty Reserve', a $6 billion digital money laundering operation, now the criminals...