US police department pays $750 Ransom to retrieve their files from CryptoLocker Malware

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Mozilla Releases Multiple Updates

The Mozilla Foundation has released updates for the following products to address multiple vulnerabilities. Firefox 25.0.1 Firefox ESR 24.1.1 Firefox ESR 17.0.11 Seamonkey 2.22.1 These vulnerabilities could allow a remote attacker to bypass intended security restrictions or cause a...

FBI warns that Anonymous Hackers has been hacking US Government for almost a year

The FBI is warning that members of the hacktivist group Anonymous hacking collective have secretly accessed US Government computers and stolen sensitive information in a campaign that began almost a year ago. The Hacktivists have exploited a flaw in Adobe applications to compromise the target...

FBI warns that Anonymous Hackers has been hacking US Government for almost a year

The FBI is warning that members of the hacktivist group Anonymous hacking collective have secretly accessed US Government computers and stolen sensitive information in a campaign that began almost a year ago. The Hacktivists have exploited a flaw in Adobe applications to compromise the target...

BlackBerry Releases Security Advisory

BlackBerry has released a security advisory to address potential vulnerabilities that affect a remote file access feature within BlackBerry Link for Blackberry 10 Operating Systems. These vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to obtain elevation of privilege or execute arbitrary code remotely...

Adobe Releases Security Updates for Adobe Flash Player

Adobe has released security updates for Adobe Flash Player to address multiple vulnerabilities. These updates address vulnerabilities that could cause a crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system. Adobe has released updates to the following products: Adobe Flas...

Philippines Typhoon Disaster Email Scams and Phishing Attack Warning

After a natural disaster phishing emails and websites requesting donations for bogus charitable organizations begin to appear. Users should be aware of potential email scams and phishing attacks regarding the recent Philippines Typhoon disaster. Email scams may contain links or attachments which...

Microsoft Addresses New Watering Hole Attack in the November, 2013 Security Bulletin Release

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

Huawei Datacard Information Disclosure Vulnerability

This module exploits an unauthenticated information disclosure vulnerability in Huawei SOHO routers. The module will gather information by accessing the /api pages where authentication is not required, allowing configuration changes as well as information disclosure, including any stored SMS...

Microsoft Releases Advance Notification for November Security Bulletin

Microsoft has issued a Security Bulletin Advance Notification indicating that its November 2013 release will contain eight bulletins. These bulletins will have the severity rating of critical and important and will be for Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer, and Microsoft Office. These bulletins...

US-CERT Warns of More CryptoLocker Ransomware Infections

CryptoLocker is a devious evolution of now-familiar ransomware schemes in which the malware encrypts files it finds on a number of network resources and demands a ransom for the decryption key. US-CERT issued an advisory today warning businesses and consumers of the risks presented by CryptoLocke...

Security Advisory for Microsoft Graphics Component

Microsoft has released a Security Advisory regarding a vulnerability in the Microsoft Graphics component that affects Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, and Microsoft Lync. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by convincing a user to preview or open a specially crafted email message, op...

British Baptist Minister's son charged with hacking US Army and Nasa Computer Systems

Son of a Baptist Minister, 28-year-old British man named Lauri Love has been charged with hacking into the computer systems of the US army, NASA and other federal agencies. He was arrested Friday at his home in Stradishall, England by the National Crime Agency and according to the indictment...

Cisco Releases Security Advisory

Cisco has released a security advisory to address multiple vulnerabilities in Cisco IOS XE Software for 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers ASR. These vulnerabilities, which are independent of each other, could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to cause a denial-of-service condition...

British Baptist Minister's son charged with hacking US Army and Nasa Computer Systems

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Crypto Party, Anti-Surveillance Rally in DC

WASHINGTON — Saturday marked the 12-year anniversary of the initial signing of the controversial USA PATRIOT Act, the anti-terrorism bill signed into law shortly after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, sections of which have allegedly given federal law enforcement the authority to...

WordPress Releases Update for WordPress 3.7

WordPress has released WordPress 3.7 “Basie” for all previous versions. This version has been devised to automatically update with the latest maintenance and security releases, making the process more reliable and secure, with dozens of new checks and safeguards. WordPress 3.7 also updates the...

Apple Releases Security Update for Safari on OS X

Apple has released security updates for Safari 6.1 to address multiple vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code, information disclosure, or a cross-site scripting condition. Safari 6.1 Webkit updates are available for the following versions: O...

Apple Releases Security Update for Java on OS X

Apple has released a security update for Java on Mac OS X v10.6.8, Mac OS X Server v10.6.8, OS X Lion v10.7 or later, OS X Lion Server v10.7 or later, and OS X Mountain Lion 10.8 or later to address multiple vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code wi...

BlackBerry Releases Security Advisory

BlackBerry has released a security advisory to address a vulnerability that affects the BlackBerry Universal Device Service installed by default with BlackBerry® Enterprise Service BES versions 10.0 to 10.1.2. This vulnerability could potentially allow an attacker to obtain escalation of privileg...