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6.5M hashed LinkedIn passwords reportedly leaked, following app concerns

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Jun 06, 2012

Google Apps Security Beat By CloudFlare Hackers

CloudFlare describes itself as a service that protects and accelerates any website, but even a company focused on security can be hacked. Last week, the company and its customer 4Chan, the infamous message board, was attacked by hacking group UGNazi.

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Jun 05, 2012

'SwaggSec' claims hack of China Telecom, Warner Bros.

A hacking group is claiming to have breached the networks of Warner Bros. and China Telecom, releasing documents and publishing login credentials.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jun 04, 2012

Anonymous: The secret lives of dangerous hackers

In December 2010 the heat-seeking internet pranksters known as Anonymous attacked PayPal, the online bill-paying business. PayPal had been a conduit for donations to WikiLeaks, the rogue whistle-blower site, until WikiLeaks released a huge cache of State Department internal messages.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jun 01, 2012

For Diablo 3 Hacking, the Buck Stops Where?

You never really know what your most controversial pieces are going to be before you write them. I figured an exploration of what it feels like to have your account hacked in a game would be a relatable topic for many who have suffered something similar.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 31, 2012

Flaw Found in Common Network Security Technology

Network firewall "middlebox" technology could unwittingly help hackers hijack an Internet connection. Middleboxes monitor the "sequence numbers" of data packets being sent to mobile devices. Middleboxes could help hackers use the process of elimination to home in on a number in the right range, then gain access to passwords.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 24, 2012

Anatomy of a hack: 6 separate bugs needed to bring down Google browser

An exploit that fetched a teenage hacker a $60,000 bounty targeted six different security bugs to break out of the security sandbox fortifying Google's Chrome browser.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 23, 2012

ZTE admits to backdoor in one of its Android devices

Chinese handset manufacturer ZTE has confirmed that a security vulnerability is present in the Android-based ZTE Score M smartphone. The phone includes an application, /system/bin/sync_agent, with a hard-coded password that can, now, be easily found on the internet.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 21, 2012

Drunken 'Call of Duty' hacker jailed for selling gamers' info

A 20-year-old British man will spend the next 18 months behind bars for stealing "Call of Duty" gamers' credit card numbers and other confidential data and selling it to other cybercriminals.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 18, 2012

Wikipedia warns users about malware injecting ads

Visitors to Wikipedia who see advertisements on the site have most likely fallen victim to a browser-based malware infection, Wikimedia Foundation, the organization operating the website, said on Monday.

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May 16, 2012

TeamPoison Hacker Suspect Has Anonymous Ties

British police Thursday arrested a suspected member of the TeaMp0isoN hacktivist group. The unnamed 17-year old boy was arrested in the north of England on charges of violating the country's Computer Misuse Act 1990, which is the law in Britain typically used to charge people who are suspected of hacking offenses.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 11, 2012

Twitter breached, 50,000 accounts posted to Internet

Twitter is investigating an apparent data breach that resulted in more than 50,000 user names and passwords being posted to the Internet. The data was posted across five pages (one, two, three, four, five) on Pastebin, a favorite site for hackers to post their ill-gotten gains. Ordinarily, when large files are involved, data thieves "tease" their exploits at the site and include a link to a site, like BitTorrent, that supports large file downloads. The maximum file size for Pastebin is 512KB.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 10, 2012

'Anonymous' hackers reportedly take down Putin website

Activists from the hacker group 'Anonymous' blocked access to Russian President Vladimir Putin's website for several minutes on Wednesday, Reuters reports.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 09, 2012

The Malicious Hacker's Ever-Sharper Eye

There were an average of 94 targeted cyberattacks per day in November of last year, according to Symantec, and the trend appears to be growing. Targeted attacks are aimed at specific individuals inside an organization based on the information they have access to or the type of work they do. HR professionals, for example, are often targeted since opening email attachments is part of their day-to-day routine.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 08, 2012

Who's Afraid of a Big, Bad Hacking Story?

"Security by obscurity does not work, and the more people who know about means of attack/vulnerability, the more secure our IT will be," opined blogger Robert Pogson. "Most people are good and decent and should be empowered to defend their computers and networks. Knowledge is the key."

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 07, 2012

Four Irish, British suspects helped Stratfor hack: U.S.

Federal prosecutors said four Irish and British men charged in a crackdown on the international hacking group Anonymous also helped breach the security analysis company Stratfor last year.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 03, 2012

DDoS attackers turning to simple 'booter' scripts

Internet criminals are sidestepping the need to launch DDoS attack from large networks of malware-compromised bot PCs by using simpler server 'booter shells', mitigation firm Prolexic has warned.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 02, 2012

VMWare Source Code Leak Follows Alleged Hack of Chinese Defense Contractor

The source code belongs to VMWare

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 26, 2012

Hacker-proof pacemaker unveiled, thanks to wearable firewall

Millions of people use insulin pumps, pacemakers and other personal medical devices that rely on wireless communication to function. But what happens if someone was to tamper with that vital communication line between the health care provider and the patient?

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 20, 2012

15-year-old arrested for hacking 259 companies

A 15-year-old boy has been arrested for hacking into 259 companies during a 90-day spree. In other words, during the last quarter he successfully attacked an average of three websites per day.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 18, 2012

Linux Hacks & Cracks - Page 47

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