Monthly Archives: September 2011

Firefox on a move to disable java

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Prashant

Browser based exploitation has been a hot topic amongst security researchers and underground hackers. Most of the time, the plugins associated with the browsers are helpful in successful exploitation as researchers quickly put up a vulnerability in them and get … Continue reading →

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Hacked mysql.com infects visitors with malware

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Prashant

MySQL is one of the most widely used RDBMS. Every 2 of 6 websites can be found using MySQL. Mysql.com was also hacked earlier due to SQL injection vulnerability in the website. According to a blog post at Armorize, Mysql.com … Continue reading →

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700,000 InMotion websites hacked

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Prashant

InMotion is a web hosting company with a wide range of web solutions. The data center of the hosting company got hit by the hacker that calls himself TiGER-M@TE, leaving a few hundred thousand website owners with nonfunctional pages. He … Continue reading →

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Spam is back on Facebook!

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Prashant

Facebook is one of the most popular and the top social networking website today. This social networking platform has shown a rapid growth in terms of new methods and techniques with regards to social connectivity as well as security. But … Continue reading →

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Breaking the shield: Bypassing ASLR/DEP

Posted on September 25, 2011 by Prashant

Data Execution Prevention (DEP) is a security feature included in modern operating systems. It is known to be available in Linux, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows operating systems and is intended to prevent an application or service from executing … Continue reading →

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Internet Explorer malware plugin also infects Firefox

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Prashant

Browser plugins have been an important factors or doors to hack and exploit into the. The past have noticed how browsers have came under attack due to third party plugins. Malware City reports of a new threat which after infecting … Continue reading →

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Aldi Bot available at a discount price!

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Prashant

The market of exploit packs and botnets is increasing and getting spread wider day-by-day. And so is the competition level of selling them at good prices. Setting up a botnet and spread them has become quite easier and cheaper. According … Continue reading →

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Spam infects 50,000 websites

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Prashant

Spammers have been infecting sites for a long time with WordPress and other blogs being their favorite targets. According to a blog post at Sucuri Research , large WordPress poisoning was discovered after the infection spreading website was shut down … Continue reading →

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Skype: An easy target for hackers?

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Prashant

Skype is one of the most widely used VoIP software used by the netizens around for voice calls and chatting. For the past few months, its under heavy attacks of hackers. Be it an XSS bug or scareware spreads, Skype … Continue reading →

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SSL encryption being exploited by hackers in the wild

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Prashant

SSL encryption has turned out to be highly vulnerable. Security researchers discovered that the encryption that’s supposed to protect us while surfing the web is totally exploitable by hackers. The vulnerability resides in versions 1.0 and earlier of TLS, or transport layer … Continue reading →

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