Hacking Expose!

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91155182498868540762012-02-04T09:02:08.629+08:00Hacking Expose!d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.comBlogger59101100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-70151986216800491332012-02-04T09:00:00.008+08:002012-02-04T09:02:08.656+08:00Bradley Manning to Face All Charges in Court-Martial

Army Pfc. Bradley Manning is escorted from a courthouse in Fort Meade, Md. An Army officer is recommending a general court-martial for Manning, a low-ranking intelligence analyst charged in the biggest leak of classified information in U.S. history. Photo: Patrick Semansky/AP WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning is headed for a general court-martial, according to the commander of the U.S. Army

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-19489079443561259332012-02-04T09:00:00.007+08:002012-02-04T09:02:04.371+08:00Mother charged with selling fake Facebook stock

A Wisconsin woman has been charged over claims she tried to sell $1m worth of Facebook shares that she didn't own.Prosecutors said that Marianne Oleson had told friends that she received the shares because her daughter knew Mark Zuckerberg, and managed to persuade a few different people to take the fake stock off her hands. Oleson is facing 31 charges in relation to the fake Facebook shares,

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-66014213819011000112012-02-04T09:00:00.006+08:002012-02-04T09:02:02.342+08:00Adobe makes pitch for defensive security research to cripple exploit writing

We should be much more interested in how we can drive up thecost of writing exploits. Brad Arkin, director of product security and privacy, Adobe Systems Inc. CANCUN, Mexico You couldnt blame Adobe senior director of product security and privacy BradArkin for wanting on Wednesday to shift the security industrys focus away from vulnerabilities andtoward understanding the tactics and economics

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-1877384078046323352012-02-04T09:00:00.005+08:002012-02-04T09:01:58.728+08:00Biz urged to blast DNSChanger Trojans before safety net comes down

Half of all Fortune 500 companies still contain computers infected with the DNSChanger Trojan, weeks after a FBI-led takedown operations targeting the botnet's command-and-control infrastructure.DNSChanger changed an infected system's domain name system (DNS) resolution settings to point towards rogue servers that redirected legitimate searches and URLs to malicious websites, earning cybercrooks

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-8428657803982908192012-02-04T09:00:00.004+08:002012-02-04T09:01:55.823+08:00Anonymous hackers leak Scotland Yard-FBI conference call

Members of Anonymous have released an intercept of a conference call between investigators at the FBI and Scotland Yard during which operations against hacktivist group were discussed.During the 17-minute call which was released as an MP3 file and distributed on YouTube and elsewhere investigators can be heard discussing various Anonymous and LulzSec-related cases. Information discussed in the

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-64406569499961133082012-02-04T09:00:00.003+08:002012-02-04T09:01:54.624+08:00Anonymous Eavesdrops on FBI Anti-Anonymous Strategy Meeting

As FBI and Scotland Yard investigators recently plotted out a strategy for tracking suspects linked to Anonymous, little did they know that members of the group were eavesdropping on their conference call and recording their plans.The online vigilante group has released a 17-minute clip of a Jan. 17 conference call between investigators discussing evidence gathered against members of the group as

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-69811187264289213522012-02-04T09:00:00.002+08:002012-02-04T09:01:45.952+08:00Apple FileVault cracked in under an hour by forensics biz

Apple's FileVault disk encryption can be circumvented in less than an hour, according to a computer forensics firm.Passware claims the latest version of its toolkit (Passware Kit Forensic v11.3) can also unlock volumes encrypted using TrueCrypt, a disk encryption software that ranks alongside PGP as the choice of privacy-conscious computer users, human rights activists and others. Technology from

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-55583419758041166442012-02-04T09:00:00.001+08:002012-02-04T09:00:17.896+08:00Oklahoma Lawmaker Proposes Tax on Violent Video Games

Grand Theft Auto. Image: ScreenshotAn Oklahoma lawmaker is proposing taxing violent video games in that state to fund obesity and bullying programs.The proposal(pdf) by House Rep. William Fourkiller comes seven months after the Supreme Court said that states could not ban the sale of violent video games to minors. The Supreme Court ruled in June that California could not declare the games obscene

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-22889554132003600312012-02-04T08:00:00.001+08:002012-02-04T08:00:16.003+08:00Bradley Manning to Face All Charges in Court Martial

Army Pfc. Bradley Manning is escorted from a courthouse in Fort Meade, Md. An Army officer is recommending a general court-martial for Manning, a low-ranking intelligence analyst charged in the biggest leak of classified information in U.S. history. Photo: Patrick Semansky/AP WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning is headed for a general court martial, according to the commander of the U.S. Army

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-2154460804545055222012-02-04T04:00:00.001+08:002012-02-04T04:00:17.637+08:00Oklahoma Lawmaker Proposes Tax on Violent Video Games

An Oklahoma lawmaker is proposing taxing violent video games in that state to fund obesity and bullying programs.The proposal. (pdf) by House Rep. William Fourkiller comes seven months after the Supreme Court said the states could not ban the sale of violent video games to minors. The Supreme Court ruled in June that California could not declare the games obscene to exempt them from First

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-6760248248646131522012-02-04T03:00:00.002+08:002012-02-04T03:01:41.832+08:00Biz urged to blast DNSChanger Trojans before safety net comes down

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-76774294259904735772012-02-04T03:00:00.001+08:002012-02-04T03:00:20.715+08:00Mother charged with selling fake Facebook stock

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-75163950847298201482012-02-04T02:00:00.002+08:002012-02-04T02:02:17.388+08:00Anonymous Eavesdrops on FBI Anti-Anonymous Strategy Meeting

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-50345433247412974682012-02-04T02:00:00.001+08:002012-02-04T02:00:19.390+08:00Anonymous hackers leak Scotland Yard-FBI conference call

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-36478734517539897612012-02-04T01:00:00.001+08:002012-02-04T01:00:22.264+08:00Adobe makes pitch for defensive security research to cripple exploit writing

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-73368949659306967272012-02-03T23:00:00.001+08:002012-02-03T23:00:16.148+08:00Apple FileVault cracked in under an hour by forensics biz

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-47057962008126764362012-02-03T21:00:00.001+08:002012-02-03T21:00:17.832+08:00Satellite phones lift skirt, flash cipher secrets at boffins

Researchers at the Ruhr-University Bochum have managed to extract the secret encryption algorithmns used by satellite phones, and discovered that it's a lot less secure than one might hope.Benedikt Driessen and Ralf Hund analysed firmware updates for popular satellite handsets to extract the ciphers used by the Thuraya and Immersat networks, which are known as GRM-1 and GRM-2 respectively. The

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-72333477474237038872012-02-03T19:00:00.001+08:002012-02-03T19:00:20.020+08:00'We're totally in LA pissing people off'

Quotw This was the week when Facebook finally filed for its IPO.The social network is hoping for a feeding frenzy for its shares that will net the firm $5bn, but there's some concern that Facebook could be overvalued, despite the Zuck's attempts to keep a lid on any bubble-like formations. And while Facebook's filing is a little bit vague when it comes to figures about how many people are

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-55376960262332214732012-02-03T08:00:00.001+08:002012-02-03T08:00:14.780+08:00Online Market for Pre-Owned Digital Music Hangs in the Balance

The future of a one-of-a-kind website enabling the online sale of pre-owned digital-music files is in the hands of a federal judge.ReDigi, which opened in October, provides account holders with a platform to buy and sell used MP3s that were purchased lawfully through iTunes. The platform’s technology does not support other music.Among other points, the case weighs the so-called first-sale

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-339769063361882222012-02-03T05:00:00.001+08:002012-02-03T05:00:15.724+08:00Verisign admits 2010 hack attack, mum on what was nicked

Verisign has admitted in an SEC filing that it suffered numerous data breaches in 2010, but that management wasnt informed by staff for nearly a year after they occurred.In the 10-Q filing, the company said that it suffered multiple data breaches during 2010, and that data was stolen. Exactly what is missing the company isnt saying, although it believes it was unrelated to the companys DNS

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-86160274896137282242012-02-03T04:00:00.003+08:002012-02-03T04:00:23.367+08:00Feds Seize 307 Sports-Related Domains Ahead of Super Sunday

Photo: Matt McGee/FlickrFederal authorities said Thursday they had seized and shuttered 307 domains, 16 allegedly engaged in unauthorized live sports streaming and the remainder accused of selling fake professional sports merchandise, including National Football League paraphernalia.The seizure, the biggest to date under the Immigration and Customs Enforcement crackdown known as Operation in Our

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-9730573524319988622012-02-03T04:00:00.001+08:002012-02-03T04:00:22.953+08:00SEC filing: VeriSign security breach in 2010 was limited, execs say

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-12043123950481078912012-02-03T01:00:00.001+08:002012-02-03T01:00:18.705+08:00Symantec: We've plugged up pcAnywhere holes

Symantec has said its pcAnywhere remote control software is once again safe to use, following the release of its latest security patch.The security giant made the highly unusual move last week of advising customers to avoid using older but still widely used versions of pcAnywhere as a precaution, after it emerged that the product's source code was swiped by Anonymous-affiliated hackers. The "

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-91919284668781393982012-02-03T00:00:00.001+08:002012-02-03T00:00:19.598+08:00VeriSign Hit by Hackers in 2010

Internet giant VeriSign was hacked repeatedly in 2010 resulting in the theft of undisclosed information and raising questions about the integrity of security certificates issued by the company as well as its domain name service.The breaches were disclosed in vague language in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing last October in accordance with new SEC guidelines requiring companies to

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-82652788033612319152012-02-02T23:00:00.001+08:002012-02-02T23:00:18.954+08:00Kelihos botnet BACK FROM THE DEAD

The spam-spewing Kelihos botnet has returned from the dead.Microsoft collaborated with Kaspersky Lab to run a successful takedown operation last September. The takedown decapitated the botnet by shutting down common-and-control nodes, directing the bots on infected computers to contact a server under the control of security researchers, rather than one controlled by the attackers. In the case of

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-20936748425586309152012-02-02T22:00:00.001+08:002012-02-02T22:00:20.857+08:00Demand for safety kitemark on software stepped up

The government and industry ought to do more to promote online safety, according to an influential panel of MPs.Politicos on the Science and Technology Select Committee called for the expansion of Get Safe Online and similar efforts, and for more prolonged awareness campaigns geared towards dispelling fears and encouraging common sense. The committee wants a single place where punters can get

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-13958303522506586612012-02-02T20:00:00.003+08:002012-02-02T20:00:23.327+08:00Facebook warns investors of potential SPAM DELUGE

Facebook has been the first internet company to baldly state the risks it faces from hacking and spam to the markets since the SEC issued guidance on the issue.In October last year, the US Securities and Exchange Commission told publically listed companies that it was about time they talked about the cyber-attacks they had suffered, particularly because online mischief could financially damage

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-16992554256512429302012-02-02T20:00:00.001+08:002012-02-02T20:00:22.993+08:00Met's email hack probe turns spotlight on The Times - MP

Scotland Yard officers investigating allegations of computer hacking by News International staff have declined to "give a running commentary" on their probe, batting away MP Tom Watson's narration of the saga.The Labour backbencher and member of the culture, media and sport select committee had said earlier on Twitter: The Met police have confirmed to me they are investigating @rupertmurdoch's

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-64567214239750461182012-02-02T17:00:00.001+08:002012-02-02T17:00:17.134+08:00New Trojan routes your bank's calls to CROOKS

Devious cybercrooks have developed a banking Trojan that is capable of redirecting calls your bank has made to verify suspicious transactions straight into the waiting handsets of professional criminal caller services.The capability comes bundled in a modified configuration of Ice IX, a Trojan developed using the infamous ZeuS cybercrime toolkit. In addition to stealing bank account data from

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-55683335785595209702012-02-02T06:00:00.001+08:002012-02-02T06:00:17.243+08:00Fairfax bunkers down after alleged hack

Two Fairfax sites remain offline this morning after they were apparently compromised, with the possible loss of credit card information.As reported in Australias SC Magazine, the intruders claimed to have obtained 10,000 unencrypted credit cards. The sites impacted are Herald Education and the Young Writer of the Year. Since the attack, the Australian Privacy Commissioner has stirred, opening an

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-66037880540637332812012-02-02T03:00:00.001+08:002012-02-02T03:00:13.038+08:00Copyright: To the Batmobile!

Photo: Courtesy Gotham GarageA federal judge is siding with DC Comics in its copyright suit against the maker of replica Batmobile “modification kits” for automobiles, saying the iconic Batman superhero vehicle is protected by copyright.DC Comics sued Mark Towle, the operator of Gotham Garage that in court papers is accused of selling “unlicensed replica vehicle modification kits based on vehicle

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-72939247273386310982012-02-02T02:00:00.000+08:002012-02-02T03:08:50.981+08:00Microsoft ad campaign savages Google over privacy

Microsoft is launching a three-day advertising campaign in the US, offering itself as the privacy-respecting alternative to Google.Last week Google decided to pool personal user information across 60 of its products with no opt out available to users. The ad campaign's slogan is: "Putting people first" [JPG here].Every data point Google collects and connects to you increases how valuable you are

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-5214136741939648702012-02-02T01:00:00.003+08:002012-02-02T01:00:17.453+08:00MasterCard joins Visa in pushing PINs into America

MasterCard has published its roadmap for getting Americans to use chip-and-PIN cards in stores, following Visa's lead in proposing to replace swipe cards by April 2013.Over the next year, Americans will have to get used to entering a PIN number when using a credit card, rather than scrawling a name (any name) as they do today. That's because MasterCard has joined Visa in pushing an April 2013

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-26292373407855661672012-02-02T01:00:00.001+08:002012-02-02T01:00:17.213+08:00Supreme Court of Sweden Upholds Pirate Bay Prison Sentences

Sweden’s Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the prison sentences of the four founders of The Pirate Bay, the notorious file-sharing service on Hollywood’s and the recording industry’s most-hated list.Peter Sunde faces eight months; Fredrik Neij 10 months; Carl Lundstrm four months and Gottfrid Svartholm, one year. They share combined fines of more than $6.8 million.They were convicted in 2009 in a

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-85107084155498877332012-02-02T00:01:00.001+08:002012-02-02T00:01:03.398+08:00OFFICIAL: Smart meters won't be compulsory

Vid So-called 'smart meters' will not be mandatory, the energy minister has confirmed. The pledge was made by Charles Hendry last Thursday, and confirmed to us by the Department of Energy and Climate Change today.The energy minister in the previous Labour government, one Ed Miliband, introduced legislation to make smart meters mandatory for homes and small and medium-sized businesses by 2014 as

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-25221558091239409172012-02-01T23:00:00.001+08:002012-02-01T23:02:58.335+08:00Fraud baron forced henchmen into S&M orgies to prove loyalty cops

A US card cloner forced would-be gang members to take part in group sex sessions as part of an initiation ceremony designed to weed out undercover cops, according to a detective.Vikas Yadav - an Indian national resident in Athens, Georgia, at the time of his crimes but has since been deported - used chat rooms frequented by sadomasochists to recruit would-be cybercrooks, before staging

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-87581287201359111552012-02-01T23:00:00.000+08:002012-02-01T23:01:00.112+08:00Romanian cops cuff suspected serial hacker TinKode

Romanian police have arrested a man suspected of breaking into the websites of NASA and the Pentagon in a series of high-profile hack attacks.Razvan Manole Cernaianu, 20, from Timisoara, is accused of publishing details of the SQL injection vulnerabilities discovered on the targeted websites under the hacker handle TinKode. The Romanian Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-35030082295561428932012-02-01T19:00:00.000+08:002012-02-01T20:02:35.205+08:00Expert to finger air steward commentards who 'harassed' pilot

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-17755868753623217292012-02-01T18:00:00.001+08:002012-02-01T18:00:20.227+08:00Trojan smuggles out nicked blueprints as Windows Update data

Security watchers have uncovered a new highly targeted email-borne attack that uses a supposed conference invitation as a lure - and disguises extracted data as Microsoft Update traffic.The spearphishing attempts, which have been levied against several government-related organisations worldwide, try to use alleged security flaws in Adobe software to implant a Trojan on compromised machines -

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-67663121489091197712012-02-01T10:00:00.001+08:002012-02-01T10:00:16.831+08:00Google to Censor Blogger Blogs on a Per Country Basis

Google has quietly announced changes to its Blogger free-blogging platform that will enable the blocking of content only in countries where censorship is required.Twitter announced technology last week addressing the same topic. It said it had acquired the ability to censor tweets in the countries only where it was ordered removed, instead of on an internet-wide basis.Twitter’s announcement via

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-7741621530670118652012-02-01T04:00:00.001+08:002012-02-01T04:00:19.793+08:00Megaupload Server Purge Delayed

A scheduled purging of Megaupload’s data was tentatively shelved Tuesday to give its millions of account holders an opportunity to attempt to retrieve their content from the file-sharing service whose top officials were indicted on criminal copyright charges.The authorities shuttered the Hong Kong-based site Jan. 19, and indicted seven of its top officials in what the Justice Department said was

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-54414795526385314772012-02-01T03:00:00.002+08:002012-02-01T03:01:54.076+08:00Cridex Trojan breaks CAPTCHA, targets Facebook, Twitter users

A variant of a banking Trojan known as Cridex can communicate with a CAPTCHA-breaking server inorder to establish malicious email accounts. Researchers at Websense Security Labs posted a videodocumenting howCridex broke a CAPTCHA test and opened a Yahoo email account in six attempts.Cridex is a data-stealing Trojanthat is similar to Zeus in the way itoperates: It logs content from Web sessions

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-47895558152622244422012-02-01T03:00:00.001+08:002012-02-01T03:00:15.695+08:00Carder Forced Gang Members to Have Sex to Weed Out Undercover Feds

Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.comThe mastermind of a carding gang in Georgia devised a novel way for weeding out undercover Feds from his operation – he forced members to have group sex, according to a local police detective who helped bust the ring.Vikas Yadav, an Indian national who was deported in 2010, recruited other carders and mules through sado-masochism web sites, forcing would-be

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-4293350985033744682012-01-31T09:00:00.001+08:002012-01-31T09:00:09.847+08:00New Mobile-Phone Privacy Law Proposed

Rep. Edward Markey (D-Massachusetts) unveiled draft legislation Monday requiring mobile-phone carriers to reveal if they are employing tracking software such as Carrier IQ.“Consumers have the right to know and to say ‘no’ to the presence of software on their mobile devices that can collect and transmit their personal and sensitive information,” Markey said inThe Hill.Under the Mobile Device

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-26713589312149429882012-01-31T07:00:00.001+08:002012-01-31T07:00:18.032+08:00Phoenix Exploit Kit responsible for mass WordPress compromises

The PhoenixExploit Kit, a popular crimeware kit that provides subscription based updates to attackers, isbelieved to be at the heart of a mass compromise of hundreds of WordPress websites.According to researchers at M86 Security, at least 400 compromised sites based on WordPress3.2.1 were redirected to malicious pages set up by the Phoenix crimeware kit. According to M86, theattacker uploaded a

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-486275048969663722012-01-31T05:00:00.001+08:002012-01-31T05:00:19.803+08:00CIA Claims Publication of Bin Laden Death Photos Would Trigger Violence

The Central Intelligence Agency says releasing images of a dead Osama bin Laden “could trigger violence, attacks, or acts of revenge against the United States.”Disclosing such images, including one showing the bullet wound to bin Laden’s head, the government said, “plausibly and logically pose a particularly grave threat of inflaming anti-American sentiment and resulting in retaliatory harm.” (.

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-45570164334544893032012-01-31T04:00:00.001+08:002012-01-31T04:00:16.178+08:00FDA Accused of Spying on Whistleblowing Employees

Six former and current employees of the Food and Drug Administration say the federal agency spied on their private e-mail correspondence after they attempted to blow the whistle on agency practices of approving medical devices that posed a risk to patients.The employees, all of them scientists or doctors, filed a complaint in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., seeking an injunction to halt

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-10979184902264598202012-01-28T10:00:00.001+08:002012-01-28T10:00:15.830+08:00SEC Goes After Online Trading Firms That Unwittingly Helped Latvian Hacker

Photo: Randy Le'Moine Photography/FlickrIn an effort to crack down on hacker/stock traders who hijack brokerage accounts and exploit the stock market for gain, the Securities and Exchange Commission has, in a novel move, gone after four online trading companies and eight executives who they say helped a Latvian hacker make more than $850,000 from fraudulent trades.According to the complaint,

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-79195050268966993322012-01-28T08:00:00.005+08:002012-01-28T08:00:12.886+08:00Malicious Android applications may have infected millions, Symantec warns

Symantec is warning users of Android smartphones about a new group of malicious applications onthe Android Market that contain a Trojan designed to steal information and possibly open a backdoor on Android devices.The titles sound like the real existing mobile apps but they are not the real thing.Kevin Haley, director of Symantec Security ResponsSymantec said the malicious code was found in more

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-31176413889337564142012-01-28T08:00:00.003+08:002012-01-28T08:00:12.504+08:00Fake Firefox update delivers malware, exploit kits

Malware researchers at GFI Labs have identified a website being used to trick Firefox usersinto updating their browser. The phony site is being used as a launch pad for malware.Researchers have discovered awebsite tricking users into downloading a fake Firefox update. The site conducts a phony securityscan and prompts the victim to install malware on their machine. Parveen Vashishtha, Symantec

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-76310461201027153182012-01-28T08:00:00.001+08:002012-01-28T08:00:11.912+08:00Twitter Censorship Move Sparks Backlash: Is It Justified?

An example of what Twitter's censorship will look likeInternet scorn for Twitter’s announcement Thursday that it would censor tweets was swift and unforgiving.But even free-speech and other experts were divided Friday on the service’s move that it might censor tweets if required by law in”countries that have different ideasabout the contours of freedom of expression.”Like Yahoo and Google before

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-67889428116431301862012-01-28T01:00:00.001+08:002012-01-28T01:00:17.257+08:00McAfee adds SMS filtering, smartphone threat intelligence to Android security app

McAfee has bolstered its mobile security suite by adding SMS and call filtering to protectagainst malicious apps that attempt to call or text to premium rate numbers.Mobile Security ThreatsTop5 mobile phone security threats in 2012: Experts share their 2012 mobile security threatpredictions.Eye On: MobileSecurity: This installment of SearchSecurity.com's special news series, "Eye On" explores

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-7775345791063832332012-01-27T08:00:00.002+08:002012-01-27T08:02:16.367+08:00Eight Reasons Anonymous Should Welcome Glenn Beck With Open Arms

Oh, Glenn Beck.It seems that Beck has put in an application to join Anonymous. But mere words fail. The only thing you can say about about this video is WAT? WTF does this even mean? Our heads are hurting, here at Wired.Blogs are cogitating about this move by Beck and the possible hellfile response the collective might bring on him. But it’s not the first time Beck has poked at the hive. In this

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-90891071224536746222012-01-27T08:00:00.001+08:002012-01-27T08:00:16.449+08:00Symantec: We Didnt Know in 2006 Source Code Was Stolen

Anti-virus giant Symantec says it did not know back in 2006 that source code for its software was stolen when it experienced a breach at that time.The company surprised the public last week when it disclosed that hackers had obtained source code for its pcAnywhere software and other products, and that the code had likely been stolen in a six-year-old breach that Symantec had never

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-67105641193070619392012-01-27T06:00:00.001+08:002012-01-27T06:00:17.520+08:00Understanding data security breaches eclipses preventing them

Companies that experience a data breach are being more thorough in assessing the damageof a security breach rather than swiftly notifying victims, according to a new survey conductedby the Ponemon Institute.Forensics helps an organizationto be more surgical and find out whos actually at risk. Larry Ponemon, chairman of Ponemon InstituteThe three most useful ways to reducethe negative consequences

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-34538027824499621952012-01-27T04:00:00.003+08:002012-01-27T04:00:19.396+08:00The Fast, Fabulous, Allegedly Fraudulent Life of Megauploads Kim Dotcom

Since the shutdown of Megaupload, stories have erupted about the life and exploits of the company’s founder, a self-styled “Dr. Evil” of file sharing. Kim Dotcom’s opulent digs, high-end cars, fondness for models and other Bond-villain-esque behaviors have been splashed across websites and have confused evening newscasts for the last week.The man once known as Kim Schmitz (and as Kimble, and as

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-51975326424524887642012-01-27T04:00:00.001+08:002012-01-27T04:00:19.056+08:00Railroad Association Says Hack Memo Was Inaccurate

Photo: paulkim09/FlickrA government memo saying a railway was hacked in a targeted attack was incorrect, according to a spokeswoman for the Association of American Railroads.“There was no targeted computer-based attack on a railroad,” according to spokesman Holly Arthur. “The memo on which the story was based has numerous inaccuracies.”Asked if there was an “untargeted” incident that disrupted

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-68560472458746867832012-01-26T08:00:00.001+08:002012-01-26T08:00:18.345+08:00Anonymous Goes After World Governments in Wake of Anti-SOPA Protests

@AnonyOps in interview with Wired. Credit: Annaliza Savage/WiredOver the last week, Anonymous has launched unprecedented string of attacks on government and business sites around the world, as the anger of the hive that a year ago turned on Egypt’s Mubarak regime turned on governments around the world.Continuous DDoSing and hacking attacks by Anonymous seems to be largely a response to proposals

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-22989298907433814012012-01-26T04:00:00.004+08:002012-01-26T04:02:20.276+08:00Legality of Mobile Phone Tracking Still Unclear Despite Supreme Court GPS Decision

The Supreme Court’s blockbuster GPS decision Monday afforded American’s new constitutional privacy protections against warrantless government tracking.But the justices stopped short of clearly spelling out how wide those rights actually are — or when exactly a warrant would be needed.The case tested whether the police may secretly attach a GPS device to a vehicle and track its every move without

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-84799488848382177792012-01-26T04:00:00.003+08:002012-01-26T04:01:42.366+08:00Bail Denied for Megauploads Kim Dotcom

Megaupload.com employees (left to right) Bram van der Kolk, also known as Bramos; Finn Batato; Mathias Ortmann; and founder, former CEO and current chief innovation officer of Megaupload.com KimDotcom (also known as Kim Schmitz and Kim Tim Jim Vestor), appear in North Shore District Court in Auckland, New Zealand, Friday, Jan. 20, 2012. The four appeared in court in relation to arrests made to

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-80031504443623827582012-01-26T04:00:00.002+08:002012-01-26T04:01:40.069+08:00New Epsilon CISO to expand security team, assess security practices

Less than a year off of a massive data security breach, Epsilon Data Management LLC has hirednew security and IT leadership with the hopes of addressing its security lapses and boosting itstarnished image.My first steps are to revise thesecurity risk management practices, expand the information security team and assess and monitor foropportunities to improve security at Epsilon. Chris Ray,

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-61458536754724053832012-01-26T04:00:00.001+08:002012-01-26T04:00:17.235+08:00Kelihos botnet operator named in Microsoft botnet lawsuit

Microsoft has named a Russian programmer as the creator of a small spam and child pornographypeddling botnet.Andrey N. Sabelnikov, a Russian engineer, allegedly wrote the malicious code used to create theKelihos botnet. Kelihos, which makes up about 41,000 infected machines, is believed to have beenused in conjunction with Waledacand other large spamming botnets.Microsoft filed a lawsuit bringing

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-75709355648220460082012-01-25T05:00:00.001+08:002012-01-25T05:00:19.016+08:00Twitter acquires Dasient in security buying spree, Android platform focus

Twitter hasacquired Web-based antimalware vendor Dasient in a deal that will integrate the firms securityscanning technology into Twitters network.Dasient said its Web antimalware platform, launched in 2009, is capable of quickly scanning URLsand websites for the presence of malicious code. The company launched a service in 2010 to protectad networks and publishers from malware spreading through

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-30216254098367199012012-01-25T04:00:00.009+08:002012-01-25T04:02:24.290+08:0010K Reasons to Worry About Critical Infrastructure

Screenshot showing an industrial control system in Idaho that's connected to the internet. The red tag indicates there are known vulnerabilities for the device that might be exploitable. Two known vulnerabilities are listed at the bottom of the text bubble.MIAMI, Florida – A security researcher was able to locate and map more than 10,000 industrial control systems hooked up to the public internet

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-26949051479658537152012-01-25T04:00:00.008+08:002012-01-25T04:02:22.685+08:00I Spy Your Companys Boardroom

It’s a good thing Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World reporters are out of business, because they would have loved the hacking opportunity recently uncovered by two security professionals.HD Moore and Mike Tuchen of Rapid7 discovered that they could remotely infiltrate conference rooms in some of the top venture capital and law firms across the country, as well as pharmaceutical and oil companies

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-86134215593272777962012-01-25T04:00:00.007+08:002012-01-25T04:02:22.460+08:00HP TippingPoint revamps Pwn2Own hacking contest, removes mobile hacks

HP TippingPoint is revamping its annual Pwn2Own hacking contest,dropping attacks against popular smartphones to focus solely on browser-based vulnerabilities andoffering higher cash payouts to winners.This is really about keeping the prize amounts at a levelthat is competitive and the research teams feeling like they're getting something worthwhile fortheir efforts. Aaron Portney, HP

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-10634545611608397182012-01-25T04:00:00.006+08:002012-01-25T04:01:58.241+08:00Supreme Court Court Rejects Willy-Nilly GPS Tracking

The Supreme Court said Monday that law enforcement authorities might need a probable-cause warrant from a judge to affix a GPS device to a vehicle and monitor its every move — but the justices did not say that a warrant was needed in all cases.The convoluteddecision(.pdf) in what is arguably the biggest Fourth Amendment case in the computer age, rejected the Obama administration’s position that

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-40343562195011399512012-01-25T04:00:00.005+08:002012-01-25T04:01:49.405+08:00Facebook users targeted by transformed Carberp Trojan

A new form of the Carberp Trojan, which tricks users into committing financial fraud via e-cashvouchers, is now targeting Facebook users, according to researchers at Trusteer.Attacking social networks like Facebook providescybercriminals with a large pool of victims that can be fairly easily tricked into divulgingconfidential account information, and even, as illustrated in this case, giving up

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-53531106494783124622012-01-25T04:00:00.004+08:002012-01-25T04:01:48.237+08:00Hackers Breached Railway Network, Disrupted Service

Hackers attacked computers at an an unidentified railway company, disrupting railway signals for two days in December, according to a government memo obtained by Nextgov.According to the memo, train service on the unnamed railroad located in the Pacific Northwest “was slowed for a short while” on Dec. 1, and rail schedules were delayed about 15 minutes after the interference. The next day,

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-65868559160643482812012-01-25T04:00:00.003+08:002012-01-25T04:00:21.385+08:00Symantec breach: Data breach basis of Norton source code leak

Symantec is downplaying the significance of a breach of its systems in 2006 that resulted in thesource code leak of its Norton Antivirus Corporate Edition, SystemWorks and pcAnywheresoftware.We can definitively say users of[SEP 11 and SAV 10.2] face no cybersecurity risk from any attacks that might be generated by thecode stolen in 2006 Cris Paden, senior manager of SymantecThe security giant

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-70675512306578808842012-01-25T04:00:00.001+08:002012-01-25T04:00:20.763+08:00Judge Orders Defendant to Decrypt Laptop

Photo: MarkyBon/FlickrA judge on Monday ordered a Colorado woman to decrypt her laptop computer so prosecutors can use the files against her in a criminal case.The defendant, accused of bank fraud, had unsuccessfully argued that being forced to do so violates the Fifth Amendment’s protection against compelled self-incrimination.“I conclude that the Fifth Amendment is not implicated by requiring

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-92021165597804075622012-01-25T03:00:00.001+08:002012-01-25T03:00:18.523+08:00Twitter acquires Dasient in security buying spree, Android platform focus

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-31985678786229411212012-01-25T01:00:00.001+08:002012-01-25T01:00:22.177+08:00Hackers Breached Railway Network, Disrupted Service

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-51308855842802551202012-01-24T20:00:00.001+08:002012-01-24T20:00:09.844+08:0010K Reasons to Worry About Critical Infrastructure

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-6198582630850533582012-01-24T09:00:00.002+08:002012-01-24T09:02:26.374+08:00HP TippingPoint revamps Pwn2Own hacking contest, removes mobile hacks

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-90667029549464757942012-01-24T09:00:00.001+08:002012-01-24T09:00:22.182+08:00Judge Orders Defendant to Decrypt Laptop

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-45124703083594623222012-01-24T08:00:00.009+08:002012-01-24T08:02:25.465+08:00Reid Calls Off Protect IP Act Vote

Photo: studio08denver/Flickr/CCSenate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) on Friday delayed indefinitely a vote on the Protect IP Act, the proposed anti-piracy legislation that drew a widespread internet revolt Wednesday.“In light of recent events, I have decided to postpone Tuesday’s vote on the Protect IP Act,” the senator said in a statement.Reid urged Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont), the

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-78254974648418754402012-01-24T08:00:00.008+08:002012-01-24T08:02:24.991+08:00Symantec breach: Data breach basis of Norton source code leak

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-76072386748464516942012-01-24T08:00:00.007+08:002012-01-24T08:01:51.886+08:00Anonymous Tricks Bystanders Into Attacking Justice Department

Photo: Bryan Derballa/Wired.comAfter Wednesday’s unprecedented unified online yelp against SOPA and PIPA, Thursday saw a new milestone: the first direct and public activist malware from Anonymous.A version of Anonymous’ voluntary botnet software, known as LOIC (Low Orbit Ion Canon), was modified to make it not so voluntary, drafting unwary bystanders, journalists and even anons who don’t support

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-69664290020693779002012-01-24T08:00:00.006+08:002012-01-24T08:01:50.664+08:00I Spy Your Companys Boardroom

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-65410291692161063622012-01-24T08:00:00.005+08:002012-01-24T08:01:46.841+08:00Oracle repairs two database flaws, issues 78 patches to product line

Oracle repaired two flaws in its database management system as part of its quarterly update thisweek that included 78 patches across its product portfolio.One of the Oracle Database Server vulnerabilities is remotely exploitable, according to the Oracle January 2012Critical Patch Update Advisory. The updates affect Oracle Database 10g and 11g release 1 and 2.The flaws are located in the listener

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-84003447211721552782012-01-24T08:00:00.004+08:002012-01-24T08:01:42.945+08:00Supreme Court Court Rejects Willy-nilly GPS Tracking

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-71661553247631869762012-01-24T08:00:00.003+08:002012-01-24T08:00:21.230+08:00Hoping to Teach a Lesson, Researchers Release Exploits for Critical Infrastructure Software

Photo: Kolin Toney/FlickrMIAMI, Florida — A group of researchers has discovered serious security holes in six top industrial control systems used in critical infrastructure and manufacturing facilities and, thanks to exploit modules they released on Thursday, have also made it easy for hackers to attack the systems before they’re patched or taken offline.The vulnerabilities were found in widely

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-22891568473615546152012-01-24T08:00:00.001+08:002012-01-24T08:00:20.905+08:00Facebook users targeted by transformed Carberp Trojan

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-71963913607599114642012-01-24T07:00:00.001+08:002012-01-24T07:00:19.149+08:00HP TippingPoint revamps Pwn2Own hacking contest, removes mobile hacks

HP TippingPoint is revamping its annual Pwn2Own hacking contest,dropping attacks against popular smartphones to focus solely on browser-based vulnerabilities andoffering higher cash payouts to winners.This is really about keeping the prize amounts at a levelthat is competitive and that the research teams feeling like they're getting something worthwhilefor their efforts. Aaron Portney, HP

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-88505017119329581382012-01-24T04:00:00.010+08:002012-01-24T04:02:06.018+08:00Hoping to Teach a Lesson, Researchers Release Exploits for Critical Infrastructure Software

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-66313504760458774082012-01-24T04:00:00.009+08:002012-01-24T04:01:54.143+08:00Oracle repairs two database flaws, issues 78 patches to product line

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-58417399360572596262012-01-24T04:00:00.008+08:002012-01-24T04:01:51.195+08:00Symantec breach: Data breach basis of Norton source code leak

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-49232030936248599542012-01-24T04:00:00.007+08:002012-01-24T04:01:40.235+08:00Facebook users targeted by transformed Carberp Trojan

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-2490993573226079912012-01-24T04:00:00.006+08:002012-01-24T04:01:39.099+08:00Reid Calls Off Protect IP Act Vote

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-25192940670804848302012-01-24T04:00:00.005+08:002012-01-24T04:00:21.075+08:00Anonymous Tricks Bystanders Into Attacking Justice Department

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-72217564777100846132012-01-24T04:00:00.003+08:002012-01-24T04:00:20.612+08:00Supreme Court Rules Warrants Needed for GPS Monitoring

The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that law enforcement authorities need a probable-cause warrant from a judge to affix a GPS device to a vehicle and monitor its every move — but the justices did not say that a warrant was needed in all cases.The decision(.pdf) in what is arguably the biggest Fourth Amendment case in the computer age, rejected the Obama administration’s position that

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-30124142479611273982012-01-24T04:00:00.001+08:002012-01-24T04:00:20.395+08:00I Spy Your Companys Boardroom

It’s a good thing Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World reporters are out of business because they would have loved the hacking opportunity uncovered by two security professionals in Boston.HD Moore and Mike Tuchen of Rapid7 discovered that they could remotely infiltrate conference rooms in some of the top venture capital and law firms across the country, as well as pharmaceutical and oil companies

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-79479777134330929102012-01-24T00:00:00.001+08:002012-01-24T00:00:21.861+08:00Warrants Needed for GPS Monitoring, Supreme Court Rules

The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday the authorities need a probable-cause warrant from a judge to affix a GPS device to a vehicle and monitor its every move.The decision(.pdf) in what is arguably the biggest Fourth Amendment case in the computer age, rejected the Obama administration’s position.The government had told the high court that it could affix GPS devices on the vehicles of all

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-41848754946462704762012-01-21T06:00:00.009+08:002012-01-21T06:02:08.953+08:00Oracle repairs two database flaws, issues 78 patches to product line

d3ck4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11072575153228839891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115518249886854076.post-36305970287772720572012-01-21T06:00:00.008+08:002012-01-21T06:02:06.780+08:00Feds Shutter Megaupload, Arrest Executives

Megaupload, the popular file-sharing site, was shuttered Thursday and its executives indicted by the Justice Department in what the authorities said was “among the largest criminal copyright cases ever brought by the United States.”Seven individuals connected to the Hong Kong-based site were indicted on a variety of charges, including criminal copyright infringement and conspiracy to commit money

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Photo: Richard Drew/APThe House version of the Stop Online Piracy Act, the proposed anti-piracy legislation that drew a planned and widespread internet revolt Wednesday, is likely to undergo a radical overhaul to muster passage.The measure, along with the Senate’s proposed Protect IP Act, faces an uncertain future given newfound widespread legislative opposition to the proposals in their current

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After Wednesday’s unprecedented unified online yelp against SOPA and PIPA, Thursday saw a new milestone: the first direct and public activist malware from Anonymous.A version of Anonymous’s voluntary botnet software, known as LOIC (Low Orbit Ion Canon), was modified to make it not so voluntary, drafting unwary bystanders, journalists, and even anons who don’t support DDoS tactics into attacks on

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