Kaspersky Lab reported this week, that 4.5 million DSL modems in Brazil were hacked last year via a vulnerability in their ADSL modems that allowed hackers to steal passwords using scripting and then remote control the devices in order to change the modem’s configuration parameters. At some Brazilian ISPs, more than half of their customers…
How important is a strong password on Twitter? Depends on how much you value your Twitter handle. If a hacker can spoof their IP address, they can hack away at your Twitter password all day without repercussions. They do this because good Twitter handles can be sold for a pretty penny, up to $1,000 in…
Telvent, makers of critical electrical grid software, discovered on September 10, 2012 that it had suffered a breach into its network – a sophisticated hacker attack spanning its operations in the United States, Canada, and Spain. Project files were stolen and malware installed by the attackers. Digital fingerprints suggest the attacks are related to Comment…
Security researchers presented a Samsung Galaxy exploit in which they demonstrated an instant hard reset of the Galaxy S II and Galaxy S Advance when a simple web page link is clicked. The bug relates to Samsung specific diagnostic reset codes which are accessible via the phone dialer.
Security researchers have identified a new botnet that is controlled by attackers from an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) server running as a hidden service inside the Tor anonymity network. Unable to determine its real location or sniff its encrypted traffic, law enforcement are going to have a tough time shutting it down.
MIT pranks, or “hacks” as they are known in MIT lore, showcase MIT students’ scientific knowledge, mechanical engineering skills, anti-authoritarian whimsy, and geeky sense of humor. The tradition dates back to the 1870’s when students sprinkled iodide of nitrogen over the grounds of a military drill field causing mini explosions when fellow classmates conducted their…
According to ComputerWorld, attackers have begun exploiting a new zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer web browser. The vulnerability allows hackers to hijack Windows PCs that browse to malicious or compromised websites.
Chinese hackers have launched a dedicated attack against Guild Wars 2 ArenaNet servers in a successful attempt to obtain private player information. According to Guild Wars: Hackers have lists of email addresses and passwords stolen from other games and web sites, and collected through spyware, and are systematically testing Guild Wars 2 looking for matching…
Symantec has provided details on an attack system known as The Elderwood Project that appears to be sponsored by the Chinese military complex. The first instance of this attack vector occurred in 2009 when Google computers were comprised by a group using a zero-day exploit in Internet Explorer. it was determined that the group was…
Visitors to Al Jazeera’s website got a surprise overnight. Hackers replaced Al Jazeera’s home page with a message saying it was done in protest against the Doha-based television station’s coverage of the Syrian conflict. The attack lasted for several hours during which visitors were served a page with a Syrian flag and a message explaining…
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