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vBulletin.com's password database hack gives forum admins the jitters

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Forumware giant vBulletin.com has admitted that it's been turned over by hackers who made off with customer user IDs and encrypted passwords.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 19, 2013

New security holes found in D-Link router

A new spate of vulnerabilities have been found in a D-Link router, a security researcher said Monday. The D-Link 2760N, also known as the D-Link DSL-2760U-BN, is susceptible to several cross-site scripting (XSS) bugs through its Web interface, reported ThreatPost.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 14, 2013

On the first day of Christmas, my hacker gave to me

Online threats are part-and-parcel of life on the Web -- but the end of the year proves to be a lucrative time to give cybercriminals the gift of your bank details or personal data.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 13, 2013

Singapore arrests man, investigates others over hacker attacks

Singapore charged on Tuesday a 35-year-old man suspected of hacking a website linked to the prime minister and police said five other men were assisting in separate investigations into a recent series of high-profile hacker attacks.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 12, 2013

Phishers Put Old-School Twist on Online Scams

The Anti Phishing Working Group is now lending its expertise to the IRS to help root out online and offline phishing scams that use a combination of e-mails and faxes to steal identities.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 08, 2013

Implanted Bluetooth biochip gets under hacker's skin

A "DIY cyborg" has a surgically implanted chip that reads his body temperature and delivers the data to a mobile device. Warning: his subcutaneous sensor might make your own skin crawl.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 04, 2013

Hacker group claims to have looted $100k via SQL injection attack

A group of hackers, known as TeamBerserk, took credit on Twitter

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Oct 23, 2013

Jake Davis: The teen hacker who came in from the cold

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Oct 18, 2013

Advanced attackers seen moving to sophisticated hacking technique

Sophisticated attackers could soon adopt an innovative technique for bypassing one of the most effective mechanisms for preventing a Windows security breach, researchers say.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 17, 2013

Security vendor admits mistake in website take down

Rapid7 has acknowledged that it waited too long to take the security actions needed to prevent a pro-Palestine hacking group from taking down two of its websites by sending a fax to the sites' registrar.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 16, 2013

The 'autonomous,' hackable car

And that is both a good and bad thing. The almost magical capabilities of mobile devices help workers to be vastly more productive and collaborative, while keeping them much more entertained and connected during their off hours. A self-driving car could, in different ways, do the same.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 14, 2013

Hackers move to create next Blackhole after 'Paunch' arrest

Security researchers Tuesday said reports of the arrest of the hacker behind Blackhole, one of the most widely used exploit kits on the Internet, is good news for IT operations and users. But it shouldn't be long before another hacker takes his place.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 09, 2013

Hackers plunder Adobe source code and customer data

SOFTWARE titan Adobe Systems has warned that hackers breached its defences and stole source code along with credit card numbers and other information relating to nearly three million customers.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 04, 2013

Spear phishing poses threat to industrial control systems

While the energy industry may fear the appearance of another Stuxnet on the systems they use to keep oil and gas flowing and the electric grid powered, an equally devastating attack could come from a much more mundane source: phishing.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 26, 2013

Siri offers the latest backdoor into your iPhone

With two lockscreen holes and a fingerprint sensor that can be fooled with woodglue, we thought we'd given diehard iPhone fans a horse that was already dangerously high enough for them not to get down from.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 25, 2013

Hacker group claims to have cracked Apple's iPhone 5S fingerprint scanner

A group of German hackers claimed to have cracked the iPhone fingerprint scanner on Sunday, just two days after Apple launched the technology that it promises will better protect devices from criminals and snoopers seeking access.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 23, 2013

Hackers offered cash, booze to crack iPhone fingerprint security

Hackers are gearing up for Friday's iPhone 5S release with a contest to crack the device's first-ever fingerprint scanner, a high-tech feature that Apple Inc says makes users' data more secure.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 20, 2013

State-Sponsored Hacker Gang Has a Side Gig in Fraud

An elite group of nation-state hackers running roughshod through the financial sector and other industries in the U.S. has pioneered techniques that others are following, and has used sophisticated methods to go after hardened targets, including hacking a security firm to undermine the security service the company provided its clients.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 18, 2013

Israeli

In the hacking world, it takes one to know one. For many corporations, the best defense against hackers is to actually hire a hacker and pay him or her to break into their sites or databases and expose weaknesses in a benign manner. There aren

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 17, 2013

Learn all about hacker culture

Hacker culture is alive and thriving in today

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Sep 16, 2013

Linux Hacks & Cracks - Page 37

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