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Category: blogs | Posted by Avatar Staff 39 minutes ago
Via: http://voices.washingtonpost.com | Tags: online crime gang stole millions comments Discuss  
LAS VEGAS, NEV. -- To gain a grasp of just how badly organized cyber-crime groups are fleecing American banks and consumers, it may be instructive to look at the details released this week about the operations of a single online crime gang, that is responsible for undoubtedly the largest cache of stolen data ever uncovered. The info comes from Joe Stewart, a researcher with Atlanta based SecureWorks who has been studying the operations of a...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry. read more »
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Category: blogs | Posted by Avatar Staff 39 minutes ago
Via: http://voices.washingtonpost.com | Tags: researchers warn social networking scams comments Discuss  
LAS VEGAS, NEV. -- Social networking sites like Facebook, MySpace and LinkedIn are fast emerging as some of the most fertile grounds for malicious software, identity thieves and online mischief-makers. And while some of the talks given here at the Black Hat hacker conference would probably make most people want to avoid social networking sites altogether, it turns out that staying off of these networks entirely may not be the safest option either. The biggest...Please click on the title to continue reading read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 1 hour 39 minutes ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: crimeware grifters scamming naive phishers comments Discuss  
Dishonour among thievesPhishing exploitation kits can be picked up for free on the internet but these packages are regularly backdoored, according to a new study.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 3 hours ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: sql attacks inject government sites us uk comments Discuss  
Click for 'road of pain'A new round of SQL injection attacks has infected millions of web pages belonging to businesses and government agencies, including those that belong to the National Institutes of Health and Education Department in the US and the UK Trade & Investment.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 4 hours ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: kaminsky ways attack dns comments Discuss  
There were 6 a.m. calls from Finnish certificate authorities and also some pretty harsh words from his peers in the security community, even an accidentally leaked Black Hat presentation, but after managing the response to one of the most highly publicized Internet flaws in recent memory, Dan Kaminsky said Wednesday that he'd do it all over again. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 4 hours ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: web dns flaws revealed black hat comments Discuss  
The size and scope of security problems are growing to be so large that security experts are having more difficulty than ever protecting end users from emerging threats. That was evident in the Black Hat Briefings security conference that opened Wednesday. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 4 hours ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: spammers leverage olympics comments Discuss  
Public interest in the Olympic Games is helping spammers, who are using text related to the games in e-mails to get users to click through to their malware and phishing Web sites, or to go to product sites, according to an executive at Symantec. read more »
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Category: vulnerabilities | Posted by Avatar Staff 7 hours ago
Via: http://secunia.com | Tags: contenido unspecified file inclusion vulnerabilities comments Discuss  
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Contenido, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.Be sure to check if your system is missing security updates or have insecure applications installed:http://secunia.com/software_inspector/Feature Overview - The Secunia Software Inspector: * Detects insecure versions of applications installed * Verifies that all Microsoft patches are applied * Assists you in updating your system and applications * Runs through your browser. No read more »
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Category: vulnerabilities | Posted by Avatar Staff 7 hours ago
Via: http://secunia.com | Tags: xoops kshop module search crosssite scripting comments Discuss  
Lostmon has discovered a vulnerability in the Kshop module for Xoops, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.Be sure to check if your system is missing security updates or have insecure applications installed:http://secunia.com/software_inspector/Feature Overview - The Secunia Software Inspector: * Detects insecure versions of applications installed * Verifies that all Microsoft patches are applied * Assists you in updating your system and applications * Runs thr read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 7 hours ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: german hackers poke hole great firewall china comments Discuss  
A new Olympic sportGerman hackers have constructed a route around the great firewall of China. The Chaos Computer Club said its technology will help athletes and journalists travelling to Beijing for the Olympic Games to circumvent censorship.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 9 hours ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn cisco routers hacker spotlight again comments Discuss  
From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 04:47:10 -0500 (CDT)http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/08/06/Cisco_routers_take_hacker_spotlight_1.htmlBy Robert McMillanIDG News ServiceAugust 06, 2008 The Cisco hacking scene has been pretty quiet for the past three years, but at this week's Black Hat hacker conference in Las Vegas, there's going to be a little noise.Security researchers will give talks on rootkits and new hacking and intrusion-detection software for the routers that carr read more »
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