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Comodo Attack Sparks SSL Certificate Security Discussions

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The recent disclosure about an attack on a Comodo affiliate registration authority has opened a wider conversation about Internet security and SSL certificates.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 25, 2011

Teenage hackers shut down a PHP cloud hosting firm

A COUPLE of 16-year old hackers had their wicked way exploiting a security vulnerability recently that allowed one of them to steal and publish a PHP cloud hosting firm's proprietary source code on Twitter.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 24, 2011

PHP developer wiki server hacked

According to the development team, access details for a number of accounts were stolen during a hack of the PHP developer wiki server wiki.php.net. Initial investigations have found that no other servers were compromised, but there was concern that the PHP source code might have been modified, as the stolen access data also provides access to the PHP repository.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 22, 2011

Student used spyware to steal passwords, change grades

A former high school senior from Orange County, California, has pleaded guilty to charges that he installed spyware on school computers in order to boost his grades.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 22, 2011

Phishers Bypass Browser Filters

Looks like those anti-phishing filters in your browser are working because attackers are now bypassing them by stuffing HTML files into spam messages so the malicious pages don't get detected: Researchers have detected several cases of phishers passing HTML file attachments off as Bank of America, Lloyds, TSB, and PayPal pages.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 22, 2011

Programmer gets 8 years for theft of stock trading software

A former Goldman Sachs software developer has been sentenced to eight years in prison for stealing proprietary code used in the firm's high-speed trading platform.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 21, 2011

What the RSA breach means for you (FAQ)

RSA warned its customers yesterday that its network had been breached and data had been stolen that could affect customers using its popular SecurID token authentication technology. Although details are scarce, here's what we know so far.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 21, 2011

RSA Security Says Hackers Got Data on SecurID

Hackers obtained data related to SecurID, RSA Security says. Professional hackers using an Advanced Persistent Threat obtained unspecified information that RSA Security said cannot enable a direct attack on customers. RSA Security said it is helping customers strengthen SecurID. An analyst likened the attack to "breaking into Fort Knox."

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 18, 2011

Hacker Spies Hit Security Firm RSA

Top security firm RSA Security revealed on Thursday that it

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 18, 2011

Yes, Hackers Can Seize Control of Your Car

The Battlestar Galactica had no networked computers for the simple reason that they might allow the Cylons to take control of the ship. You might want to think about that next time you pop in a burned CD into your car's stereo system.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 18, 2011

Under the phishing filters' radar

Criminals are reportedly using a new phishing technique that allows them to bypass the fraud warnings issued by modern browsers such as Firefox and Chrome. On its blog, security firm M86Security reports that the trick involves attaching an HTML document instead of sending a link. It remains unclear how many users have become victims so far.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 17, 2011

Dramatic Video: Hacker vs. Computer

Computer servers are constantly fending off attempts by hackers to infiltrate their systems. Now an IT security expert has illustrated just how dramatic cyber attacks can be.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 16, 2011

How an MP3 can be used to hack your car

It's not just your computer that's at risk of malware - dodgy MP3s can now take over your car. Last year, a team of researchers at the US Center for Automotive Embedded Systems Security revealed how automobile computer systems could be hacked via the On-Board Diagnostics (OBD-II) port, an access point typically used by engineers to download data on the vehicle's health.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 16, 2011

Adobe Promises Flash, Acrobat and Reader Fix for Zero-Day Bug

Adobe issued a security bulletin about a critical vulnerability that could compromise user systems and promised a fix next week. An exploit already exists as an Excel spreadsheet with Flash embedded.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 15, 2011

10 Massive Security Breaches

They make the news on a regular basis: incidents in which a company or government agency's security is breached, leading to a loss of information, personal records, or other data. There are many ways to measure the size or cost of a security breach.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 14, 2011

Ipad 2 gets jailbroken two days after release

Shiny toy maker Apple has had its Ipad 2 jailbroken within days of its release, despite Apple having updated IOS.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 14, 2011

Router-rooting malware pwns Linux-based network devices

Security researchers have discovered a rare strain of router-rooting malware that targets network devices running either Linux or Unix.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 10, 2011

China-related DoS attack takes down Codero-hosted Web sites

A distributed denial-of-service attack that affected thousands of customers at Codero and other hosting providers appeared to come from within China and to be launched at a Chinese site that is critical of communism or its Domain Name System provider, Codero said today.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 09, 2011

Linux distributor security list destroyed after hacker compromise

Hackers have compromised a private e-mail list used by Linux and BSD distributors to share information on embargoed security vulnerabilities and used a backdoor to sniff e-mail traffic, according to the moderator of the list.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 08, 2011

Hackers target French Finance Ministry, G-20 plans

Hackers have infiltrated French government computers in search of information about France's leadership of the Group of 20 leading economies, the country's budget minister said Monday.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 07, 2011

Linux Hacks & Cracks - Page 59

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