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Major Bitcoin Exchange Bitstamp Goes Offline After Possible Hack

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Not even a year has passed since top bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox collapsed into a pit of burning money, blaming a hacking incident for a nearly half-billion dollar meltdown and bankruptcy. Now another major exchange may be putting its users through a small-scale replay of that crisis.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 07, 2015

Xbox Live, PlayStation Network alleged hacker arrested in the UK

Krebs on Security reports that police in the UK have arrested a hacker who they believe was responsible for recent Christmas outages on the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 05, 2015

Lizard Squad in the FBI blizzard

This crew is taking credit for the Sony and Xbox hack and the Feds are already taking the low-hanging fruit. It is not really a surprise that these hacks are so prolific most hacker crews want to get their name out there but to do so means, well that it is out there.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Dec 30, 2014

White hats do an NSA, figure out LIVE PHONE TRACKING via protocol vuln

Security vulnerabilities in the SS7 phone-call routing protocol that allow mobile call and text message tracking will be revealed this weekend.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Dec 26, 2014

12 Million Home Routers Vulnerable to Takeover

More than 12 million devices running an embedded webserver called RomPager are vulnerable to a simple attack that could give a hacker man-in-the-middle position on traffic going to and from home routers from just about every leading manufacturer.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Dec 23, 2014

Heartbleed, Shellshock, Tor and more: The 13 biggest security stories of 2014

Epic hacks, major vulnerabilities, and other security surprises rolled across the Internet like a tidal wave in 2014. We thought we

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Dec 19, 2014

University of California, Berkeley Hacked, Data Compromised

In September 2014, cyber criminals managed to breach the security of the University of California, Berkeley servers. The Real Estate Division of the UC Berkeley was apparently hacked and the personal information of approximately 1600 people including student and faculty may have been compromised.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Dec 17, 2014

OphionLocker, A New Ransomware uses Elliptic Curve for Encryption

A new variety of Ransomware has been discovered by Trojan7Malware researchers. Dubbed as OphionLocker, this Ransomware is very unique in the sense that it uses elliptic curve cryptography for file encryption, and Tor for communication. Another unique signature of OphionLocker is that it uses malvertising campaigns to propagate itself rather then traditional spear phishing methods.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Dec 16, 2014

Sony hackers release more data, promise

A further dump of Sony Pictures corporate secrets appears to have been put on the Internet over the weekend, with hackers warning of more to come.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Dec 15, 2014

Two stealthy Linux malware samples uncovered, following in Windows variants' tracks

Security researchers have uncovered two Linux variants of a complex piece of Windows malware, which is known to have previously targeted embassies, the military, and pharmaceutical companies.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Dec 10, 2014

Attackers knock PlayStation Network offline for hours

Many gamers couldn

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Dec 09, 2014

Pirated Joomla, WordPress, Drupal themes and plugins contain CryptoPHP backdoor

Illegal search engine optimization (SEO) is the goal of attackers who are freely distributing pirated Joomla, WordPress and Drupal themes and plugins that are packaged with a backdoor being referred to as CryptoPHP.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Dec 03, 2014

FBI: Watch out for HDD-BUSTING Sony megahack malware

The FBI has warned US businesses to maintain a heightened state of alert following a high profile cyber attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment last week.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Dec 02, 2014

Attackers Using Compromised Web Plug-Ins in CryptoPHP Blackhat SEO Campaign

Researchers have discovered a group of attackers who have published a variety of compromised WordPress themes and plug-ins on legitimate-looking sites, tricking developers into downloading and installing them on their own sites. The components then give the attackers remote control of the compromised sites and researchers say the attack may have been ongoing since September 2013.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 24, 2014

Most Targeted Attacks Exploit Privileged Accounts

We all like to write and talk about flashy zero-day vulnerabilities. However, a new threat report cautions enterprises not to flatter themselves, because the majority of criminals are not using valuable zero-days exploits to penetrate corporate networks: they

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 21, 2014

Mobile Pwn2own Hackers Exploit NFC, Browsers and More

The annual Mobile Pwn2own competition, sponsored by Hewlett-Packard's Zero-Day Initiative (ZDI) and held in Tokyo on Nov. 12 and 13, yielded some surprising results.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 17, 2014

Two Dudes Prove How Easy It Is to Hack ATMs for Free Cash

When a small-time Tennessee restaurateur named Khaled Abdel Fattah was running short of cash he went to an ATM machine. Actually, according to federal prosecutors, he went to a lot of them. Over 18 months, he visited a slew of small kiosk ATMs around Nashville and withdrew a total of more than $400,000 in 20-dollar bills. The only problem: It wasn

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 14, 2014

Serious Root Access Bug in Belkin N750 Router

A serious vulnerability in a popular Belkin router could be exploited by a local, unauthenticated attacker to gain full control over affected devices.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 10, 2014

Peeping into 73,000 unsecured security cameras thanks to default passwords

Yesterday I stumbled onto a site indexing 73,011 locations with unsecured security cameras in 256 countries

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 10, 2014

BlackEnergy cyberespionage group targets Linux systems and Cisco routers

A cyberespionage group that has built its operations around a malware program called BlackEnergy has been compromising routers and Linux systems based on ARM and MIPS architectures in addition to Windows computers.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 07, 2014

Linux Hacks & Cracks - Page 29

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