Pearson’s Financial Times reported Friday that several of its blogs and social media accounts were “compromised by hackers.” The announcement, initially made through the U.K.-based business publication’s Twitter account, was also confirmed by FOX Busin…
Breaking news, LITERALLY: Financial Times vandalized by hackers
Stiff Pink ‘Un left swinging in the wind
The Financial Times website and its Twitter accounts were this afternoon hijacked by pro-government hackers from the “Syrian Electronic Army”.…
Homebrew GPS gets ±1 meter resolution with a Raspberry Pi
We’ve been following the work of [Andrew Holme] and his homebrew GPS receiver for a while now. A few years ago, [Andrew] built a four-channel GPS receiver from scratch, but apparently that wasn’t enough for him. He expanded his build last year to track up to eight satellites, and this month added a Raspberry Pi for […]
Who is the mystery sixth member of LulzSec?
And, hang on, what happened to all the loot…
Analysis Thursday’s sentencing of three core members of hacktivist crew LulzSec and an accomplice hacker who gave them access to a botnet closes an important chapter in the history of activism. But it also leaves a number of questions unanswered.…
Malicious PACs and Bitcoins
Now cybercriminals from Brazil are also interested in Bitcoin currency. In order to join the horde of phishers on the lookout for the virtual currency they have applied their best malicious technique: malicious PAC on web attacks, and phishing domains.
The malicious usage of PAC (Proxy Auto-Config) among Brazilian black hats is not something new – we’ve known about it since 2007. Generally, these kind of malicious scripts are used to redirect the victim’s connection to a phishing page of banks, credit cards and so on. We described these attacks in detail here. In 2012 a Russian Trojan banker called Capper also started using the same technique. When it’s used in drive-by-download attacks, it becomes very effective.
After registering the domain java7update.com, Brazilian criminals started attacking several websites, inserting a malicious iframe in some compromised pages:
Flocking behavior using Mindstorm robots
Do you ever wonder why geese always fly together in a V-shape? We’re not asking about the fact that it makes the work load much less for all but the lead goose. We mean how is it that all geese know to form up like this? It’s is the act of flocking, and it’s long […]
Google security: you (still) are the weakest link
Two of Google’s top Chrome and Google Apps security experts confessed that the problem of passwords will continue to plague the people who use them and computer security for the foreseeable future.
Trying to kill undead Pushdo zombies? Hard luck, Trojan is EVOLVING
Malware remains undead, adds double-sneaky stealth mode
The crooks behind the Pushdo botnet agent have developed variants of the malware that are more resistant to take-down attempts or hijacking by rival hackers.…
Prankster ‘Superhero’ takes on robot traffic warden AND WINS
‘We are unable to accept your claim of super powers’
A blogger claiming to have superpowers has exposed a flaw in a parking company’s vehicle recognition system which could see innocent drivers wrongly hit with fines.…
Cars’ Internet connectivity poses cyber attack threat
Wellington, May 16 : With the cars becoming more powered and connected to the Internet and operated by computers, the risk of cyber attacks have arisen.
