Posts Tagged ‘Hackers’

Safe Social Media in 3 Steps

Friday, May 18th, 2012



Social media introduces risk – no doubt about it. As security pros, our first inclination is to of course ban it’s use on our networks altogether because it’s the safest approach. But, it’s also the wrong one. Like it or not, social media has forever changed the way we do business, for the better. According [...]

Hackers attack space agencies

Tuesday, May 8th, 2012
Hackers referring to themselves as 'The Unknowns', have claimed responsibility for attacks on servers belonging to ten different organisations. NASA and the ESA space agencies have confirmed that an incident did take place


Why Go Corporate? Choices in How to Earn The Big Bucks

Thursday, May 3rd, 2012


Hacking, like most things, is cyclical. In its earliest days, it was about proving a point; breaking a system that was said to be unbreakable and awarding bragging rights to the one who could do it. What began as an ego boost then became something much different in the 90s. Once hackers figured out how [...]

Belgian bank blackmailed by hackers threatening to expose customer data

Thursday, May 3rd, 2012
Hackers break into a Belgian bank, steal confidential customer information, and then blackmail the bank: pay us or we expose your customers' confidential data. Who is the real victim here?

Skype divulges user IP addresses

Monday, April 30th, 2012
Hackers have developed a web service that lets them find out any Skype user's IP address - without that user realising


Hotmail Password Reset Bug Exploited in Wild

Thursday, April 26th, 2012

UPDATE: Microsoft has issued a temporary permanent fix for a previously undisclosed bug in its MSN Hotmail Web email service that could have allowed remote attackers to reset account passwords.

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Hackers now pick tools from script kiddies’ toybox – report

Tuesday, April 24th, 2012

Automated attack weapons help blackhats spread the pain

Infosec 2012  Hackers are increasingly turning to automated software tools to launch attacks.…

Hackers Ramping Up Attacks Against Tibetan Activists

Tuesday, April 17th, 2012
Hackers pose as security researchers or companies to trick Tibetan activists into infecting their computers with malware

BBC: Pastebin to Police Hacker-Posts

Monday, April 2nd, 2012

Pastebin.com could soon find itself on the wrong side of some of its most reliable traffic generators, namely, Anonymous, (what’s left of) LulzSec, and other hackers now that the site’s owner, Jeroen Vader, said he plans on hiring more staff to patrol the text-sharing site for “sensitive information,” according to a BBC report.

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Hackers booby-trap WordPress site with botnet-weaving Trojan

Friday, March 23rd, 2012

Crooks lure punters in with LinkedIn lies

Malware-flingers are taking advantage of vulnerable WordPress sites as part of an attack ultimately designed to spread an information-stealing botnet agent.…