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Millions of pcAnywhere users still Vulnerable to hijacking

noreply@blogger.com (THN Reporter) — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 09:45:52 PST

Millions of pcAnywhere users still Vulnerable to hijacking 3 weeks before we reported that Symantec releases patch to address pcAnywhere source code exposure, because attackers had obtained the remote access software's source code. But According to H.D. Moore, chief security officer at Rapid7, estimated 150,000 to 200,000 PCs are running an as-yet-unpatched copy of the Symantec software. While

Zero-day Smartphone Vulnerability exposes location and User Data

noreply@blogger.com (THN Reporter) — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 09:22:51 PST

Zero-day Smartphone Vulnerability exposes location and User Data Smartphones are increasingly becoming the preferred device for both personal and professional computing, which has also attracted hackers to increase their focus on creating malware and other security vulnerabilities for these devices. A former McAfee researcher "Dmitri Alperovitch" has used a previously unknown hole in smartphone

Another #FuckFBIFriday , Anonymous hack FBI partner Infragard

noreply@blogger.com (THN Reporter) — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 08:37:58 PST

Another #FuckFBIFriday , Anonymous hack FBI partner Infragard As Anonymous has promised that it will attack government, corporate and law enforcement web sites every Friday, So Anonymous has attacked the FBI affiliate Infragard for the second time, this time taking over and defacing the web site of its Dayton, Ohio chapter. Hackers give message "Greetings Pirates! Another #

Spain Police under Anonymous attacks after another Arrests in Spain

noreply@blogger.com (THN Reporter) — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 06:10:33 PST

Spain Police under Anonymous attacks after another Arrests in Spain Anonymous attacks Official Site of the National Police (http://policia.es/) after the arrests of suspected Anonymous hacktivists. The Spanish branch of the group has reported that six hacktivists have been arrested in Spain over the past few days. The police did not confirm the identity of the suspects, but claimed the force's

Metasploit Framework 4.2.0 : IPv6, VMware, and Tons of Modules!

noreply@blogger.com (THN Reporter) — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 04:38:07 PST

Metasploit Framework 4.2.0 : IPv6, VMware, and Tons of Modules! Since last release in October, Metasploit added 54 new exploits, 66 new auxiliary modules, 43 new post-exploitation modules, and 18 new payloads.  Metasploit 4.2 now ships with thirteen brand new payloads, all added to support opening command sessions and shells on IPv6 networks. In addition, Metasploit’s existing

PacketFence 3.2.0 released

noreply@blogger.com (THN Reporter) — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 04:02:27 PST

PacketFence 3.2.0 released The PacketFence development team has published version 3.2.0 of its open source network access control (NAC) system. PacketFence allows organisations to increase control over their network by enforcing authentication and registration for newly connected devices. It also enables abnormal network activity detection and the isolation of troublesome devices.

Minister's email hacked by Socialist Workers Party

noreply@blogger.com (THN Reporter) — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 03:26:54 PST

Minister's email hacked by Socialist Workers Party The employment minister claims his email has been hacked by campaigners against a Government work experience scheme, which is continuing to attract controversy. Chris Grayling accused a group of socialist activists of pressuring firms to quit the scheme amid accusations that it was "slave labour" because youngsters worked for

Skype Cross Site Vulnerabilities, user accounts can be Hijacked

noreply@blogger.com (THN Reporter) — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 03:07:30 PST

Skype Cross Site Vulnerabilities, user accounts can be Hijacked The independent security researcher Ucha Gobejishvili has detected a cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities affecting shop.skype.com and api.skype.com. According to a blog post on 1337 Blog, the XSS flaw discovered on these sites could allow an attacker to hijack cookies if he manages to convince the potential

Crime with $50 GPS jammer increasing rapidly in UK

noreply@blogger.com (THN Reporter) — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 02:54:24 PST

Crime with $50 GPS jammer increasing rapidly in UK Too many are using illegal GPS jamming devices on UK roads, according to a study, and are putting critical emergency systems at risk of failure and it's at extreme risk from criminals, terrorist organizations and rogue states and even someone with a rudimentary GPS jammer that can be bought on the Internet for $50. It's thought that those using

Lebanese Yellow Pages website database Compromised

noreply@blogger.com (THN Reporter) — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 02:05:09 PST

Lebanese Yellow Pages database Compromised Lebanese Yellow Pages website (http://www.yellowpages.com.lb/) database compromised by Hacking Group known as Mad HackerZ Team. Hackers manage to hack database of site and leaked it on internet. Leaked database include the usernames, Password hashes and Email Id's of Admin and Few accounts as shown. All this data posted on a pastebin note : http://

Iran Cyber Army in Action, Azerbaijani TV Down !

noreply@blogger.com (THN Reporter) — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 21:05:11 PST

Iran Cyber Army in Action, Azerbaijani TV Down ! As we reported Yesterday that Azerbaijan Arrests a Iranian terror group and in response Iranian Hackers hits many Azerbaijan Sites like, Azerbaijan airlines (http://azerbaijanairlines.org/) and National Olympic Committee Of Azerbaijan (http://noc-aze.org) . Today Iran Cyber Army also come into Action for supporting Iran and deface the Azerbaijan

Variant of Zeusbot/Spyeye Botnet uses p2p network model

noreply@blogger.com (THN Reporter) — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:33:44 PST

Variant of Zeusbot/Spyeye Botnet uses p2p network model Cybercriminals are using a modified version of the Zeusbot/Spyeye, which is using a peer-to-peer (P2P) network architecture, rather than a simple bot to command-and-control (C&C) server system, making the botnet much harder to take down, Symantec warned. ZeuS is very popular in the cybercriminal world because it's capable of stealing a wide

Azerbaijan Arrests Iranian terror group, Iranian Hackers hit Azerbaijan Sites

noreply@blogger.com (THN Reporter) — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:04:28 PST

Azerbaijan Arrests Iranian terror group, Iranian Hackers hit Azerbaijan Sites The National Security Ministry of Azerbaijan said Tuesday that it had disrupted a suspected terrorist group working for Iran’s secret services. The people were gathering intelligence and had acquired a large number of weapons and explosives, the ministry said. The group, led by a Sepah officer called

Mirage Anti-Bot 2.0 : Protection against ZeuS, SpyEye Malwares

noreply@blogger.com (THN Reporter) — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:34:44 PST

Mirage Anti-Bot 2.0 : Protection against ZeuS, SpyEye Malwares Jean-Pierre aka DarkCoderSc and Fred De Vries Develop and Release the second version of Another great security tool named "Mirage Anti-Bot 2.0". Zeus and SpyEye were the two main families of botnet software. These types of malware are spread mainly through drive-by downloads and phishing schemes.  They are so-called

2012 Most Vulnerable Cities At Risk Of Cyber Crime

noreply@blogger.com (THN Reporter) — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:20:11 PST

2012 Most Vulnerable Cities At Risk Of Cyber Crime Norton's study showed the city was one of the ten worst for hacking. Each city was ranked by the prevalence of PCs and smartphones in addition to social media use with risk factors like unsecured Wi-Fi hotspots and malware attempts. Manchester was found to be the riskiest city and Vancouver is the third most vulnerable city in Canada for

Syrian Malware and Darkcomet RAT : They can't blame the Developers

noreply@blogger.com (THN Reporter) — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 07:51:37 PST

Syrian Malware and Darkcomet RAT : They can't blame the Developers Two days before we reported about The Syrian Malware - programs used to target the Syrian opposition. According to Report, They steal the identities of opposition activists, then impersonate them in online chats, then they gain the trust of other users, pass out Trojan horse viruses and encourage people to open them.<!--

Dropper Malware comes with DLL Hijacking Feature

noreply@blogger.com (THN Reporter) — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 06:29:22 PST

Dropper Malware comes with DLL Hijacking Feature Trojans, Viruses, Worms have become the scare of the year, and with good reason. Many of the recent files are malicious in nature, causing the infected user at the very worst, to lose everything on their computer. There are few specially coded malware, which are not only developed to ensure that they cause maximum damage and steal all the sensitive