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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 297 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: hackers seed malware on indian antivirus site comments Discuss  
Who guards the guards?Hackers planted malicious script on the site of an Indian anti-virus firm this week. The website of AVsoft Technologies was attacked by unidentified miscreants in order to distribute a variant of the Virut virus.… read more »
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Category: blogs | Posted by Avatar Staff 296 days ago
Via: http://blog.washingtonpost.com | Tags: hackers exploit adobe reader flaw comments Discuss  
Security Fix has learned that at least one of the security holes in the popular Adobe Reader application that was quietly patched by Adobe this week is actively being exploited to break into Microsoft Windows computers. On Wednesday, we alerted readers that Adobe had pushed out a patch to plug unspecified security holes in its ubiquitous and free Acrobat Reader program. According to information released Friday by iDefense, a unit of Verisign, Web site administrators...Please click on the title to continue read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 289 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn major linux security glitch lets hackers claranet comments Discuss  
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/14/claranet_linux_security_hole/By Chris Williams and John Leyden The Register14th February 2008A major security vulnerability in the Linux kernel, which was revealed on Sunday, has claimed its first confirmed UK victim in business ISP Claranet.Hackers used a bug in the sys_vmsplice kernel call, which handles virtual memory management, to gain root privileges and replace Claranet customers' index.html files with the hacker's calling card.The exploit was noticed at about read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 284 days ago
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http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=521958By ABBY D. PHILLIPCrimson Staff WriterFebruary 19, 2008Hackers broke into the Web site of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences this weekend and posted secure information to an online peer-to-peer network.The user kaboom73 uploaded the 125-megabyte filewhich contained the site administrators secure user name and password, a back-up of the sites server, site databases, and contact databasesto the torrent site Pirate Bay on Saturday.At 8 p.m. yesterday even read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 283 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: hackers turn google vulnerability scanner comments Discuss  
The hacking group Cult of the Dead Cow (CDC) this week released a tool that turns Google into an automated vulnerability scanner, scouring Web sites for sensitive information such as passwords or server vulnerabilities. read more »
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Category: blogs | Posted by Avatar Staff 282 days ago
Via: http://blog.washingtonpost.com | Tags: hackers exploiting facebook myspace plugins comments Discuss  
If you use Internet Explorer (versions 6 or 7) to browse the Web, listen up: Criminals are starting to exploit security holes in several widely installed IE plug-ins to plant invasive software when users are coerced or tricked into visiting one of several Web sites. In an alert posted Friday evening, security software vendor Symantec said it is seeing malicious Web sites popping up trying to exploit vulnerabilities in a set of ActiveX controls produced...Please click on the title to continue reading this e read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 280 days ago
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http://www.techworld.com/security/news/index.cfm?newsID=11513By Matthew BroersmaTechworld22 February 2008The hacking group Cult of the Dead Cow (CDC) this week released a tool that turns Google into an automated vulnerability scanner, scouring websites for sensitive information such as passwords or server vulnerabilities.CDC first achieved notoriety ten years ago with its backdoor Back Orifice, which demonstrated in a highly public way just how easy it was to take unauthorised control of a Windows PC.The n read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 276 days ago
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http://www.thelocal.se/10170/20080229/The Local29 Feb 08Hackers accessed email accounts of about 40 members Swedens police force who had the accounts hosted by the Swedish Association of Computer Professionals (Datafreningen).Police dont believe the hackers acquired any information that would allow them to access any internal police records.The Association of Computer Professionals had its server hacked and information regarding members and email accounts was spread on an internet forum.The association has read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 270 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: hackers clever hose google users comments Discuss  
IFRAME piggybackingHackers have found a new way to get Google to point to malicious websites with the help of unwitting websites such as ZDNet Asia and TorrentReactor.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 263 days ago
Via: http://feeds.ziffdavisenterprise.com | Tags: hackers steal online gaming passwords comments Discuss  
McAfee uncovers a scheme by hackers to infect 10,000 Web pages tocompromise unsuspecting visitors and steal passwords for online games....Go beyond knowing technology and manage it Get a Master of Science in Technology Management online. Enroll with National University today. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 263 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: passwordstealing hackers infect thousands web pages comments Discuss  
Hackers looking to steal passwords used in popular online games have infected more than 10,000 Web pages in recent days. read more »
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