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WordPress Sites Backdoored, Leaking Credentials

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WordPress site administrators just cannot come up for air. With a raft of WordPress vulnerabilities

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 11, 2015

New Linux rootkit leverages GPUs for stealth

A team of developers has created a rootkit for Linux systems that uses the processing power and memory of graphics cards instead of CPUs in order to remain hidden.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 11, 2015

The Internet of Things to take a beating in DefCon hacking contest

Hackers will put Internet-connected embedded devices to the test at the DefCon 23 security conference in August. Judging by the results of previous Internet-of-Things security reviews, prepare for flaws galore.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 06, 2015

Google Updates Password Alert Extension, But Some Bypasses Still Work

For the second time in less than a week, Google has updated its Password Alert extension for Chrome to address a method for bypassing the warning screens that alert users that they

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 05, 2015

Boeing 787 Dreamliners contain a potentially catastrophic software bug

A software vulnerability in Boeing's new 787 Dreamliner jet has the potential to cause pilots to lose control of the aircraft, possibly in mid-flight, Federal Aviation Administration officials warned airlines recently.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 01, 2015

Decryption tool available for TeslaCrypt ransomware that targets games

Some users whose computers have been infected with a ransomware program called TeslaCrypt might be in luck: security researchers from Cisco Systems have developed a tool to recover their encrypted files.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 28, 2015

Hacking Airplanes

Imagine this: A terrorist hacks into a commercial airplane from the ground, takes over the controls from the pilots and flies the plane into the ground. It sounds like the plot of some "Die Hard" reboot, but it's actually one of the possible scenarios outlined in a new Government Accountability Office report on security vulnerabilities in modern airplanes.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 24, 2015

6 Most Dangerous New Attack Techniques in 2015

Experts with the SANS Institute convened at RSA Conference for their annual threats panel, this time dishing on the six most dangerous new attack techniques. Led by SANS Director John Pescatore, the panel featured Ed Skoudis, SANS faculty fellow and CEO of CounterHack Challenges, Johannes Ullrich, dean of research for SANS, and Michael Assante, SANS project lead for Industrial Control System (ICS) and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) security.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 23, 2015

7 Deadly Sins That Get Users Hacked

Common knowledge has it that users are the weakest link in the IT risk management world

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 21, 2015

APT group hacks cyber-spy gang in spy-on-spy pwnage

Cyber-spy groups, whose numbers are growing with little constraint, have begun hacking each other. Hellsing, a small and technically unremarkable cyber-espionage group, was subjected to a spear-phishing attack by another threat actor last year, before deciding to strike back with its own malware-infected emails.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 16, 2015

Attacking Researchers Who Expose Voting Vulnerabilities

A security flaw in New South Wales

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 13, 2015

Github Attack Perpetrated by China

Chinese attackers used the Great Firewall

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 13, 2015

How the U.S. thinks Russians hacked the White House

Russian hackers behind the damaging cyber intrusion of the State Department in recent months used that perch to penetrate sensitive parts of the White House computer system, according to U.S. officials briefed on the investigation.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 10, 2015

Police operation disrupts Beebone botnet used for malware distribution

Europol, in collaboration with Dutch authorities, the U.S. FBI and private security companies, have seized the domain names used to control a botnet called Beebone.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 09, 2015

A MILLION Chrome users' data was sent to ONE dodgy IP address

A team of security researchers have found malware in a popular Chrome extension which may have sent the browsing data of over 1.2m users to a single IP address. ScrapeSentry credits its researchers with uncovering "a sinister side-effect to a free app [...] which potentially leaks [users'] personal information back to a single IP address in the USA".

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 08, 2015

Bugs in Tor network used in attacks against underground markets

The operator of an underground marketplace hosted within the Tor network has reported a flaw in Tor that he claims is being used for an ongoing denial of service attack on the site.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 06, 2015

Study: One-third of top websites vulnerable or hacked

According to a new report from Menlo Security, one out of three of the top million websites are either vulnerable to hacking or already hacked. For example, attackers used the Forbes.com website last month for a quick watering hole attack.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 25, 2015

Drupal SQL injection vulnerability attacks persist, despite patch release

Nearly six months have passed since a major Drupal SQL injection vulnerability was disclosed, and yet attackers are continuing to try, sometimes successfully, to exploit websites that have failed to update their systems.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 23, 2015

HTTPS Opens Door to Paid Pinterest Bug Bounty

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 18, 2015

One of the Darknet

The administrators of one of the darknet

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 18, 2015

Linux Hacks & Cracks - Page 27

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