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Exclusive: Millions of printers open to devastating hack attack

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Could a hacker from half-way around the planet control your printer and give it instructions so frantic that it could eventually catch fire? Or use a hijacked printer as a copy machine for criminals, making it easy to commit identity theft or even take control of entire networks that would otherwise be secure?

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 29, 2011

Anonymous: 'We hacked cybercop's email'

The Anonymous hacking collective's AntiSec group has launched a fresh assault on law enforcement agencies with the release of what they claim are personal emails stolen from a Californian cybercrime investigator. The cache of emails

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 28, 2011

New Apache Reverse Proxy Issue Uncovered

A new reverse proxy issue affecting Apache HTTP server can be used by attackers to access internal systems if certain rules are improperly configured, a security researcher said.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 28, 2011

Hackers target IPv6

If your IPv6 strategy is to delay implementation as long as you can, you still must address IPv6 security concerns right now. If you plan to deploy IPv6 in a dual-stack configuration with IPv4, you're still not off the hook when it comes to security. And if you think you can simply turn off IPv6, that's not going to fly either.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 28, 2011

Bad Security Moon Rising

The cybersecurity world is awash in oceans of porn, blown water pumps and civil liberties rhetoric. Facebook was slammed with an attack recently that left some users reaching for a bottle of eye bleach, while hackers elsewhere apparently were able to temporarily control parts of a small public utility. Meanwhile, the DoJ sought new powers that could impact you if you ever use an assumed name anywhere online.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 22, 2011

Will 2012 REALLY be the year of the cyberwar?

The cyberwar discussion is mired in confusion. What defines an act of cyberwar? Is it a sophisticated hack from China or Russia that shuts down the U.S. power grid? Is it a rogue group like Anonymous breaking into government sites? Is it all the spying China has been doing for several years now?

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 21, 2011

Windows 8 Boot Security Cracked

An Austrian security analyst has built the first known bootkit that bypasses Windows 8's defenses against installing malware while the operating system is booting.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 18, 2011

Hackers Attacked U.S. Water Utility; Destroyed Pump

Hackers gained remote access into the control system of the city water utility in Springfield, Illinois, last week and destroyed a pump, according to a report released by a state fusion center and obtained by a security expert.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 18, 2011

Romanian hacker arrested for breaching security of NASA

A court in Romania has ordered the arrest of a Romanian man accused of hacking into NASA

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 17, 2011

Hacker reveals plan to occupy airwaves

The ABC7 News I-Team has discovered that some of the same people who launched the Occupy movement are now considering a plan to occupy the airwaves. By hijacking radio and television stations, they could create a nationwide panic.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 15, 2011

Santa Clara University: Hacker changed grades of 60 students

Santa Clara University's academic records database was recently hacked to improve the grades of more than 60 former and current undergraduate students, the university announced Monday.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 15, 2011

The Consequences of Apple

At the SysCan conference in Taiwan this week, security researcher Charlie Miller will describe a flaw he discovered in the iPhone

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 14, 2011

Stuxnet worm could allow hackers to open maximum security prison doors remotely

Not too long ago the Stuxnet worm was discovered, and it seems that according to security analysts, if not dealt with quickly the Stuxnet worm could be exploited by hackers and allow them to remotely open the doors of maximum security prison.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 10, 2011

Ruby's RSA crypto bug near miss

The Ruby developers had a near miss with a crypto disaster when an "awful bug" crept into the language's source code development tree. A simple programming error made the library generate RSA keys that caused the encryption mechanism to produce clear text.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 09, 2011

Hackers can spring Death Row crims from cells

Computer systems used to control federal prison facilities are riddled with vulnerabilities that might allow criminals to meddle with cell door opening mechanisms or shut down internal communications systems, according to security researchers.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 09, 2011

Prisons bureau alerted to hacking into lockups

Federal authorities are concerned about new research showing U.S. prisons are vulnerable to computer hackers, who could remotely open cell doors to aid jailbreaks.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 07, 2011

Hacker selling access to compromised websites gets hacked

A hacking group called d33ds broke into the online shop of a rival hacker who sells unauthorized access to high-profile websites and data.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 04, 2011

eBay Hacker Gets Suspended Sentence

A hacker who repeatedly breached eBay's servers has been given a three-year suspended sentence by a Romanian court.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 04, 2011

Hacked MIT server is blamed for brute force web site attacks

SECURITY FIRM Bitdefender has traced a number of brute force web site attacks on a server at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT),

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 03, 2011

Thousands of WordPress blogs hijacked to deploy malicious code

Anti-virus firm Avast reportsPDF that criminals are exploiting a critical hole in the TimThumb WordPress add-on to deploy malicious code on a large scale. Avast says that it blocked more than 2,500 infected sites in September and anticipates a similar number in October.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 03, 2011

Linux Hacks & Cracks - Page 51

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