I hate getting reports that are intentionally ambiguous. But for the interest for public safety and online security, we’re just going to relay the report mentioned by Reuters. According to Reuters’ anonymous sources, there are at least 3 smaller retailers that have been hit recently by data breaches. We are already aware of what happened […]
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The CEO of Target Stores Apologizes for Credit Card Data Breach
Imagine going to a store and buying products using your credit card, in fact, this scene is so common place and so basic that you probably wouldn’t even think about it. You probably wouldn’t even have much problems imagining it. It happens everyday. It happens everywhere. Well, just to highlight the dangers posed by hacking […]
Move Over China, Indonesia is Hacker Paradise
For the longest time, a lot of the world’s spam and internet attacks originated from servers that originated in China. In fact, if you go to many hacker and black hat forums, many of the server based services usually aimed at hosting spam software used Chinese service providers. This is no longer the case. The […]
2012 marks new high point for smartphone hack attacks
2012 is not looking to good for consumers. The year is not even halfway over and already, smartphone users are being hit by an onslaught of hack attempts. In fact, some security experts forecast 2012 as “The Year of the Smartphone Hacker.” Smartphone users face a lot of risks. From infected apps to spyware to […]
US Congress divided on cyberthreat issue
Last February a mysterious caller said that he was from Microsoft. This caller offered step-by-step instructions to fix the damage caused by a software virus. The electric power companies he called did not fall for the trick. It turned out that the caller helpfully stepped the companies through processes in their computers, which would have […]
Hackers Abuse PHP Setting To Inject Malicious Code Into Websites
Just when you thought web servers have the security software blankets more competently implemented to than ordinary consumers do with their antivirus and personal firewall solutions, hackers have discovered that abusing a directive from a PHP configuration allows them to insert damaging code in sites hosted on VPS (Virtual Private Servers) or dedicated servers that […]
Anonymous Hacks Into Security Think Tank Data
The notorious hacker group called Anonymous is claiming another successful hacking last Sunday. This time, its victim is the Stratfor Global Intelligence, a security think tank based in Austin, Texas. Anonymous proudly claims to have siphoned off 200GB of data that included emails and credit card information from employees of Stratfor clients. Anonymous has twitted […]
Hackers Targeting Defense Companies Through Adobe Reader Vulnerability
Malicious PDF’s that where attached to messages sent in November have been confirmed by Symantec’s security researchers this week as exploits intended for defense contractors and other businesses. Symantec’s Joshua Talbot reported that the exploit on Adobe Reader’s unpatched flaw have been sent to various people coming from defense, chemical, manufacturing, computer hardware and telecommunications […]
How to Prevent your Website from being Hacked
It may not be obvious but there is a war going on all over the World Wide Web. There are three sides in this war. The first group is the website owners-whether they own their own servers, lease space on a server, or build web pages or accounts on free web services. The second group […]
Hackers Are Feasting On Java Vulnerabilities
Microsoft reported that the vulnerabilities found on the Java software is continuously being exploited by hackers. Director of the Trustworthy Computing group under Microsoft Tim Rain explained that Java exploits cover half of all attacks that were blocked by the company’s security software within a year’s scope. There were over 27 million Java exploits blocked […]