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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 275 days ago
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=security&articleId=9063418By Gregg KeizerFebruary 19, 2008 Computerworld The Russian Business Network, a notorious hacker and malware hosting network, runs a protection racket that extorts as much as $2,000 a month in fees for "protective Web services" from borderline sites, a researcher alleged today.The RBNExploit blog -- which is authored by one or more anonymous researchers -- spelled out the racket run by th read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 252 days ago
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Semi-automated attack or chain-mail gangWhy should miscreants bother to develop cutting edge programming techniques when they can pay $3 to somebody to set up spam-ready webmail accounts on their behalf? Evidence has emerged that people as well as malware are being used to defeat CAPTCHAs, challenge-response systems that are often used to stop the automatic creation of webmail accounts by spammers.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 178 days ago
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http://en.rian.ru/russia/20080523/108202288.html23/05/2008MOSCOW, May 23 (RIA Novosti) - Hackers attacked Russian nuclear power websites that allow users to check radiation background amid false rumors of a nuclear accident in northwest Russia, a nuclear industry official said on Friday.On Tuesday and Wednesday, several Internet forums carried reports of radioactive emissions from the Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant near St. Petersburg, and of a planned evacuation of local residents.A spokesman for the Rosat read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 171 days ago
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Not hack attackReports last week of a coordinated attack on websites that provide Russians with advance notice of nuclear accidents appear to be unfounded, a security researcher says. Instead, he says an outage of the emergency information system likely collapsed under a crush of visitors frantically trying to find out if they were in danger of a nuclear catastrophe.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 107 days ago
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From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 04:03:34 -0500 (CDT)http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/06/technology/06hack.htmlBy JOHN MARKOFFThe New York TimesAugust 5, 2008A criminal gang is using software tools normally reserved for computer network administrators to infect thousands of PCs in corporate and government networks with programs that steal passwords and other information, a security researcher has found.The new form of attack indicates that little progress has been made in def read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 102 days ago
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Infamous rent-a-bot krew gets politicalConflict between Georgia and Russia on the ground has been accompanied by the relaunch of cyber-attacks against Georgian government websites.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 99 days ago
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SecureWorks researcher Don Jackson bolstered the argument that the Russian government played a role in the cyber-attacks that broke out during their invasion of Georgia. Research by SecureWorks has uncovered a link between Russian state-run networks and the cyber-attacks that have hit Georgia during the recent military clashes over the disputed territory of South Ossetia. - A security researcher claims to have uncovered evidence suggesting a link between the Russian government and the cyber attacks la read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 98 days ago
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From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 02:05:26 -0500 (CDT)http://www.csoonline.com/article/443579/Georgia_Cyber_Attacks_From_Russian_Government_Not_So_FastBy Gadi EvronCSOonline.comAugust 13, 2008 In recent days, news and government websites in Georgia have suffered DDoS attacks. While these attacks seem to indirectly affect the backbone of the Georgian Internet, it is still there.News reports popped up everywhere, along with supposedly informed technical analysis, claiming any read more »
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Category: blogs | Posted by Avatar Staff 35 days ago
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An exhaustive inquiry into August's cyber attacks on the former Soviet bloc nation of Georgia finds no smoking gun in the hands of the Russian government. But experts say evidence suggests that Russian officials did little to discourage the online assault, which was coordinated through a Russian online forum that appeared to have been prepped with target lists and details about Georgian Web site vulnerabilities well before the two countries engaged in a brief but...Please click on the title to continue rea read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 35 days ago
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From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 01:30:14 -0500 (CDT)http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2008/10/report_russian_hacker_forums_f.htmlBy Brian Krebs Security FixThe Washington PostOctober 16, 2008An exhaustive inquiry into August's cyber attacks on the former Soviet bloc nation of Georgia finds no smoking gun in the hands of the Russian government. But experts say evidence suggests that Russian officials did little to discourage the online assault, which was coordin read more »
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From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 04:09:17 -0500 (CDT)http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/10/government-and.htmlBy Noah Shachtman Danger Room Wired.comOctober 23, 2008 Government and independent investigators are still trying to figure out who, exactly, hit Georgia's websites during its August war with Russia. Now, one of the hackers who claims to be behind some of the cyberattacks is telling all.Whe