The Global Cyber War from MentalWardPublishing.com presented free by McGuinnessPublishing.com
A well-known cryptographic attack could be used by hackers to log into Web applications used by millions of users, according to two security experts who plan to discuss the issue at an upcoming security conference.
Researchers Nate Lawson and Taylor Nelson say they’ve discovered a basic security flaw that affects dozens of open-source software libraries — [...] Read more »
Use Pirate Bay to find or swap files? If so, about 4 million of you have just had your accounts hacked and user names, e-mail and Internet addresses compiled by a 23-year-old Argentinian (and two pals) exploiting the site’s SQL vulnerabilities. The lead hacker, identified as CH Russo, said he didn’t hack for profit or [...] Read more »
Most businesses are defenseless against the types of attacks that recently hit Google and at least 33 other companies, according to a report to be published Monday that estimates the actual number of targeted companies could top 100.
The attackers behind the cyber assault dubbed Aurora patiently stalked their hand-chosen victims over a matter of months [...] Read more »
The information stolen from Google in cyberattacks late last year included a password system that gives users access to multiple services after just one login, according to a news report.
Google in January said it had been hit by cyberattacks believed to be launched from China that caused the theft of Google intellectual property. The stolen [...] Read more »
The New York Times is reporting that computer hackers stole a program that controlled access to most of Google’s services when they attacked the Internet company late last year.
The report posted late Monday on the Times’ Web site provided more details about an intrusion that provoked a politically charged showdown between Google and China’s government [...] Read more »
The ready availability of attack toolkits is making it easier than ever for even neophyte attackers to compromise computers and steal information, Symantec says in a new Internet security report released Monday. Social-networking sites are also providing cybercriminals with the means to launch attacks on enterprises by leveraging the abundance of personal information available about [...] Read more »
The Vietnam government dismissed what it called “groundless” accusations that it was involved in recent cyberattacks used to intimidate opponents of a mining project in Vietnam.
Malware disguised as a popular Vietnamese-language keyboard driver was used to create a botnet that targeted blogs rallying against a bauxite mining project in Vietman, according to blog posts from [...] Read more »
Do you know how to guard against scareware? How about Trojan horse text messages? Or social network data harvesting? Malicious hackers are a resourceful bunch, and their methods continually evolve to target the ways we use our computers now. New attack techniques allow bad guys to stay one step ahead of security software and to [...] Read more »
For the first time, hackers have become the biggest cause behind publicly reported data breaches, according to a recent report.
The Identity Theft Resource Center began tracking the cause of reported breaches three years ago. For the past two years, the top cause was what the ITRC calls “data on the move”–typically a lost laptop with [...] Read more »
The rise in popularity and the pervasive nature of online banking over the last decade have been meteoric. The power of convenience has largely trumped customer fears about security, but there are signs that the tide may be turning. Perhaps exacerbated by the global recession and shocks to the financial markets, cybercriminals have been targeting [...] Read more »
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