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Active malware campaign uses thousands of WordPress sites to infect visitors

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Attackers have hijacked thousands of websites running the WordPress content management system and are using them to infect unsuspecting visitors with potent malware exploits, researchers said Thursday.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 18, 2015

Russian hacker pleads guilty in major US breach

A Russian hacker extradicted to the US earlier this year admitted his role in the largest hack in US history. The attack compromised more than 160 million credit card numbers, resulting in hundreds of millions of US dollars in losses.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 17, 2015

How to hack my Tesla

This post is just for my own notes. I'm buying a new car (arrives in October) and I need to gather up notes on how to hack it.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 16, 2015

Cisco routers found to be slaves of hackers

Security researchers from Mandiant, which is the computer forensic arm of U.S. security research firm FireEye have detected a real-world attack that has installed rogue firmware on business routers in four countries. It possibly allows cybercriminals to harvest huge amounts of data without being detected by existing cybersecurity defenses.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 16, 2015

Attackers forgo malware

To avoid detection, some hackers are ditching malware and living "off the land" -- using whatever tools are already available in the compromised systems, according to a new report from Dell SecureWorks. In fact, this has been the case for nearly all the intrusions analyzed by the Dell SecureWorks

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 14, 2015

TorrentLocker scum have better email lists than legit devs, telcos

Spammers deploying the TorrentLocker ransomware are so good at targeting victims that their poison emails hit the mark more frequently than those sent by legitimate software companies and professional marketers.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 09, 2015

Lizard Squad cyber-attackers disrupt National Crime Agency website

Cyber-attackers have taken down the website of the National Crime Agency (NCA) in apparent revenge for arrests made last week.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 01, 2015

CERT Warns of Hard-Coded Credentials in DSL SOHO Routers

DSL routers from a number of manufacturers contain hard-coded credentials that could allow a hacker to access the devices via telnet services and remotely control them.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 27, 2015

The irony: Ashley Madison plotted hacking rivals to stay ahead of the game

Ashley Madison may have had a taste of its own medicine this month, judging by a cache of leaked emails which suggest the CEO of the site encouraged the hacking of rival firms.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 25, 2015

Ashley Madison hackers publish compromised records

The group responsible for the Ashley Madison hack published the compromised records on Tuesday, delivering on the promise made when the hack was announced in July. The compromised records include account profile information, personal information, financial records, and more.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 19, 2015

Insider Trading Hacking Ring Exposes Security Shortcomings

Recently, an international hacking ring was discovered to have stolen more than $100 million. The sophisticated plan demonstrated ingenuity on the part of the attackers. They exploited a core vulnerability of the financial system in one of the digital age

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 19, 2015

Iranian hackers broke into what they thought was a Chevron gas pump

In the last few years, the so-called

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 16, 2015

OwnStar Wi-Fi attack now grabs BMW, Mercedes, and Chrysler cars

Remember OwnStar? Earlier this month, security researcher and NSA Playset contributor Samy Kamkar demonstrated a Wi-Fi based attack that allowed his device to intercept OnStar credentials from the RemoteLink mobile application

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 14, 2015

This Hacker

The next time you press your wireless key fob to unlock your car, if you find that it doesn

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 07, 2015

Design flaw in Intel processors opens door to rootkits, researcher says

A design flaw in the x86 processor architecture dating back almost two decades could allow attackers to install a rootkit in the low-level firmware of computers, a security researcher said Thursday. Such malware could be undetectable by security products.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 07, 2015

This App Lets Anyone 3-D Print

In an era when digital tools allow anyone to make practically anything, inscribing the words

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 05, 2015

Updated Rig Exploit Kit Closing in on 1 Million Victims

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LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 04, 2015

Major flaw could let lone-wolf hacker bring down huge swaths of Internet

A recently disclosed vulnerability in Bind, the most widely used software for translating human-friendly domain names into IP addresses used by servers, makes it possible for lone-wolf attackers to bring down huge swaths of the Internet, a security researcher has warned.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 03, 2015

Hackers Could Heist Semis by Exploiting This Satellite Flaw

Remember the opening scene of the first Fast and Furious film when bandits hijacked a truck to steal its cargo? Or consider the recent real-life theft of $4 million in gold from a truck transiting from Miami to Massachusetts. Heists like these could become easier to pull off thanks to security flaws in systems used for tracking valuable shipments and assets.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jul 31, 2015

New vulnerability can put Android phones into permanent vegetative state

Researchers have developed an attack that puts more than 50 percent of Android phones into the digital equivalent of a persistent vegetative state in which they're almost completely unresponsive and are unable to perform most functions, including making or receiving calls.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jul 30, 2015

Linux Hacks & Cracks - Page 24

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