Monthly Archives: April 2011

Backdoor spreaded as Facebook Messenger Application

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Prashant

Security and Privacy concerns has always caused worries on using Facebook. And there seems to be no end. A news published at Trend Micro blog quotes of distribution of rogue emails posing as official Facebook communications, leading users to a … Continue reading →

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European Space Agency website hacked

Posted on April 18, 2011 by Prashant

The website of the European Space Agency (ESA)  was compromised by famous Romanian grey hat hacker Tinkode. He has posted details of the compromise on his blog in full disclosure style. However, the method he used was not revealed. A … Continue reading →

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FBI takes control of Coreflood botnet

Posted on April 16, 2011 by Prashant

The U.S. Justice Department and the FBI took control over a criminal botnet that had enslaved millions of computers. The FBI shutdown  the Coreflood botnet on Tuesday. The US authorities are temporarily accessing victim’s computers to remove the contaminant from … Continue reading →

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Mass SQL injection attack hits over 500,000 URLs

Posted on April 8, 2011 by Prashant

Security researchers from WebSense have detected a mass SQL injection (URL: hxxp:// attack which has infected around 500,00 pages and the count is still going on. Use of scarewares, fake security softwares by cyber criminals is being seen behind the … Continue reading →

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Open source DHCP program vulnerable to hack attacks

Posted on April 8, 2011 by Prashant

Security of open source program is a big concerned these days.  Developers of the popular DHCP program have warned that it’s vulnerable to hacks that allow attackers to remotely execute malicious code on underlying machines. The attack allows DHCP servers to inject … Continue reading →

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Google to step-up SSL security

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Prashant

The Comodo security breach had created worries amongst organization on SSL security. Google has shed lights on its plans for securing secure socket layer (SSL) certificates. Google had published its security plan on its online security blog. It plans for a pair … Continue reading →

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Zero-Day flash vulnerability exploited by RSA hackers

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Prashant

A news published at softpedia quotes that reputed security company RSA said the intrusion incident it suffered last month was the result of a spear phishing attack leveraging a recently patched Adobe Flash vulnerability. In mid-March, RSA Security, a division … Continue reading →

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Cisco patches password-stealing flaw in Secure Access Control

Posted on April 2, 2011 by Prashant

Cisco made an update to address security holes in its Secure Access Control System (ACS). The company issued an advisory saying that  the update would address a flaw which could potentially allow an attacker to reset passwords on user accounts, … Continue reading →

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NASA’s networks vulnerable to critical attacks

Posted on April 1, 2011 by Prashant

NASA, the leading aero-space organization of US, has been hacked in past many times by under ground hacking groups. A new report published on March 28 by NASA’s Office of Audits, a key NASA network is vulnerable to internet-based cyber … Continue reading →

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Samsung accused of installing key-loggers on laptop

Posted on April 1, 2011 by Prashant

Update : It turns out, that Samsung never had pre-installed backdoors on its systems. The false news was the result of a false positive by VIPRE Antivirus which flagged a component of Windows Live installation as a Keylogger. Part of … Continue reading →

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