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Windows 8 Boot Security Cracked

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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

Lazy hackers port ancient Linux Trojan to Mac OS X

Hackers are testing new Mac malware that they've ported from a nine-year-old Trojan horse originally written for Linux, according to security experts.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 02, 2011

RSA Hackers Possibly Attacked more than 700 Additional Companies using Identical Malware

According to Brian Krebs, security 'analyst and writer' who recently published a report, the malicious program utilized for breaching RSA Security previously during 2011, possibly has been utilized within assaults aimed at over 700 other companies, published EWeek dated October 24, 2011.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 02, 2011

Hackers go after Facebook sites 600,000 times every day

Hackers are breaking into hundreds of thousands of Facebook accounts every day, the social network has admitted. Out of more than a billion logins to the website every 24 hours, 600,000 are impostors attempting to access users

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 01, 2011

Unmasking the criminal hacker

Identifying criminal hackers is no easy task even for the most gifted white hats. And, while we can

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 31, 2011

Old Linux Trojan 'Tsunami' Ported To OS X Claims Security Researchers

Recently, ESET and Sophos security researchers found out that hackers are trying to transfer an old backdoor Trojan from Linux to the latest Apple Mac OS X platform. By doing this the hackers are trying to expand their reach of PCs which they will be able to use for botnets.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 28, 2011

Hackers could have TAKEN OVER Amazon Web Services

Security researchers have unearthed a flaw in Amazon Web Services that created a possible mechanism for hackers to take over control of cloud-based systems and run administrative tasks.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 27, 2011

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U.S. Investigation into China-Backed Telecom Companies Hack: The Role & Risks of Encryption Backdoors

FASTCash Linux Malware: A New Cybercrime Menace Targeting Payment Switch Systems

The Infiltration of Supply Chain Attacks in Open-Source Software Management