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Nude-Photo Hackers Are Sad Apple Ruined Their Fun

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The fixes Apple bolted on to iCloud

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 24, 2014

5 reasons why hackers own your organization

The Target and Home Depot breaches should've been wake-up calls. Instead, the bad guys remain free to wreak havoc everywhere. Last week I noted that most companies are either already hacked or could easily be hacked -- and, when they have anything worth stealing, are probably already owned by multiple APT (advanced persistent threat) groups.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 23, 2014

Here's What Hackers Can Do With Your CRM Data

It is clear why malware writers target TGT -0.1% such retailers as Home Depot HD -0.43% and Target. It is obvious, if not pathetic, why hackers break into the cloud to find and publish private nude photos of celebrities. But a company

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 15, 2014

Apache Warns of Tomcat Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Some older versions of the open source Apache Tomcat web server and servlet container, are vulnerable to remote code execution.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 12, 2014

Leak of '5 MEELLLION Gmail passwords' creates security flap

Plain-text passwords and account names linked to five million Gmail accounts have been leaked onto several Russian forums. Security experts had already confirmed the data seemed legit, albeit approximately three years old, before Google put up its blog post on the subject.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 11, 2014

Social media remains an easily exploitable attack surface

Twitter is one of my favorite social platforms. As a journalist, I get news from it, but I also get to interact with my peers and friends. But Twitter, like every other social platform, has an interesting attack surface; one that criminals have been exploiting for years.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 08, 2014

Google, Facebook ID codes found in Android malware stash

Text messages containing VPN passwords and authentication codes for Google and Facebook are found on a command-and-control server for Android malware

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 05, 2014

'OriginalGuy': The Full Story Of The iCloud Hacker Who Leaked Those Naked Celebrity Photos

After private photographs of some of the most famous women in the world were posted online, journalists, PR representatives, and curious internet users alike scrambled to figure out how a nameless hacker had gained access to the cell phones of the rich and famous.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 03, 2014

A Google Site Meant to Protect You Is Helping Hackers Attack You

Before companies like Microsoft and Apple release new software, the code is reviewed and tested to ensure it works as planned and to find any bugs. Hackers and cybercrooks do the same. The last thing you want if you

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 02, 2014

DQ Breach? HQ Says No, But Would it Know?

Sources in the financial industry say they

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Aug 29, 2014

Mozilla reports user data leak from Bugzilla project

Email addresses and encrypted passwords of around 97,000 users who tested early builds of the Bugzilla bug tracking software were left exposed for three months following a server migration.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 28, 2014

Hackers Ground Sony Executive's Flight With Bomb-Threat Tweet

Gamers have been annoyed all day today as a hacker collective (or individual) known as the

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 25, 2014

Stealthy, Razor Thin ATM Insert Skimmers

An increasing number of ATM skimmers targeting banks and consumers appear to be of the razor-thin insert variety. These card-skimming devices are made to fit snugly and invisibly inside the throat of the card acceptance slot. Here

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 21, 2014

Attackers Can

New research reveals that BitTorrent swarms can be slowed down significantly by malicious peers. Depending on the number of seeders and the clients they use, download times can be increased by 1000%. The attacks are possible through an exploit of the BitTorrent protocol for which the researchers present a fix.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 20, 2014

4 small business security lessons from real-life hacks

Recent cases of social engineering, DDoS attacks and domain-name theft have made headlines. Some stories had happy endings, but others didn't. Here are four tips for preventing these types of hacks from ruining your business. It's no longer unusual to see major, massive hacks make news these days. They affect millions of individuals and cost millions of dollars to rectify.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 14, 2014

Watch a Hacker Fry a Hair Dryer With Her Radio

As Maggie Jauregui was getting ready for a date last November, she was simultaneously blow drying her hair and chatting with her boyfriend over a walkie talkie

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 12, 2014

Hacker hunts and pwns WiFi Pineapples with zero-day at Def Con

The WiFi Pineapple makes man-in-the-middle attacks incredibly easy, but users better know what they're doing before trying out the Pineapple at the biggest hacker hangout in the U.S. A classic example of that wisdom can be seen via a screenshot tweeted by @JoFo after an intern deployed a Pineapple at Def Con 22.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 12, 2014

Russian hackers amass 1.2B stolen Web credentials

Criminals in Russia have amassed a huge database of 1.2 billion stolen user names and passwords and half a billion email addresses, a U.S.-based Internet security company said Wednesday.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 06, 2014

Insecure Connections: Enterprises hacked after neglecting third-party risks

It is said that an enterprise is only as secure as its weakest link. Today, that weak link often turns out to be partners, suppliers, and others with persistent network and application access.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jul 29, 2014

Hackers Plundered Israeli Defense Firms that Built

Three Israeli defense contractors responsible for building the

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jul 29, 2014

Linux Hacks & Cracks - Page 31

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