Monthly Archives: February 2011

Tatanga: a new banking Trojan

Posted on February 27, 2011 by Prashant

After Zeus and other banking Trojans,a new banking Trojan has hit the internet recently. According to Spanish security firm S21sec , a new banking Trojan capable of injecting HTML into all popular browsers which uses a rootkit to hide its … Continue reading →

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Night Dragon hackers targeted Shell, BP and Exxon

Posted on February 26, 2011 by Prashant

We had published a post on how oil firms around the world were hit by Chinese hackers. The hacking attack was uncovered by leading security firm McAfee. Computer hackers working through Internet servers in China broke into and stole proprietary … Continue reading →

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WATOBO: The Web Application Toolbox

Posted on February 26, 2011 by Prashant

Here’s a new tool for web application testing and security assessment. WATOBO is intended to enable security professionals to perform highly efficient (semi-automated ) web application security audits. We are convinced that the semi-automated approach is the best way to … Continue reading →

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Mac OS X backdoor Trojan

Posted on February 26, 2011 by Prashant

Apple has always claimed of Mac being a secured operating system. But a new Trojan has appeared and it targets Mac OS X users. A news published at Sophos blog claims of a new Trojan. “It appears there is a … Continue reading →

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Serious XSS vulnerability found in Rapidshare

Posted on February 21, 2011 by Prashant

Rapidshare is Switzerland based online file hosting website which offers free and paid services. Its on of the largest file sharing website. Previously, it has been a soft target for hackers for phishing. Recently researchers from security vendor M86 Security … Continue reading →

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Is your browser secure?

Posted on February 20, 2011 by Prashant

Browsing the internet securely has always been a cause of worry. We have seen major attacks in the past from compromised sites and even browsers. The exploit lists for browsers are huge! All major internet browsers have exploits and vulnerabilities … Continue reading →

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New 0day vulnerability found in windows

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Prashant

A new zero day vulnerability has been found in windows and has been confirmed by Microsoft.  An unknown contributor  at full disclosure has disclosed a previously unknown security problem involving files shared via SMB under Windows. A buffer overflow in … Continue reading →

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Canadian Government’s computer networks compromised by hackers

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Prashant

Hackers have managed to compromise and get access to sensitive information of Canadian government. They broke into the network of Finance Department and Treasury Board. The breach was said to happen in January this year. Internet access in these two … Continue reading →

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Patriot NG: A useful security tool

Posted on February 15, 2011 by Prashant

Patriot from Security Projects,  is a Host IDS tool which allows real time monitoring of changes in Windows systems or Network attacks. Following feature of Patriot NG have been mentioned on the site page: Changes in Registry keys: Indicating whether … Continue reading →

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New security softwares announced at RSA Conference

Posted on February 15, 2011 by Prashant

The RSA Conference is a cryptography and information security-related conference held annually in the San Francisco Bay Area. This year the conference will take place from 14-18 February. At the conference, softwares companies have unveiled new security softwares. We would … Continue reading →

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