Monthly Archives: August 2013
China hit by DDoS attack. The Internet inaccessible for hours
Aug 30, 2013, 11:30 am EST China hit by DDoS attack. The CINIC confirmed that the country suffered a DDoS attack over the weekend causing the Internet inaccessibility for hours. […]
Poison Ivy still alive … old malware new cyber threats
Aug 29, 2013, 11:30 am EST Security vendor FireEye has published a detailed analysis on the popular Poison Ivy RAT, releasing also a set of tools to analyze infections. Security […]
Top Five Things You Should Do To Protect Your SmartPhone
Aug 28, 2013, 01:00 pm EST By Gary S. Miliefsky, CISSP®, President www.snoopwall.com While I could suggest you rootkit your device, install IP Tables and Tripwire for your Android smartphone, […]
Brain hacking, it’s time to protect our mind from hackers
Aug 28, 2013, 11:00 am EST Brain hacking is the act to read the content of the human brain and modify it, is the technology mature to allow hackers to penetrate our […]
Information Warfare, Russia, New Zealand…it is arms race
Aug 27, 2013, 11:30 am EST Information warfare, under this term governments are working to improve their cyber capabilities, last in order of time are Russia and the New Zealand. […]
DDoS to hide attacks against wire payment switch systems
Aug 26, 2013, 11:30 am EST Fraudsters target wire payment switch at US banks to steal millions using DDoS to divert the attention on fraudulent transactions. Cybercriminals are targeting the wire payment switch […]
Firefox Zero-day vulnerability against Tor anonymity network
Aug 23, 2013, 11:00 am EST Security researchers found a malicious script that takes advantage of a Firefox Zero-day to identify some users of the Tor anonymity network. My readers know […]
USB Internet Modems vulnerability exposes Millions of PCs
Aug 22, 2013, 11:00 am EST The Indian security expert ‘Rahul Sasi’ found a USB Internet Modems vulnerability that could allow gaining Meterpreter shell or full access to the victim […]
ENISA Annual Incident Reports 2012
Aug 21, 2013, 11:30 am EST ENISA issued the ENISA Annual Incident Reports 2012 on significant incidents in the electronic communications sector, which were reported to national regulators in 2012. ENISA published the […]
Android malware uses Google Cloud Messaging Service as C&C Server
Aug 20, 2013, 11:00 am EST Security experts at Kaspersky have detected numerous Android malicious applications that use Google Cloud Messaging Service as C&C. Android malware exploits the Google Cloud Messaging Service (GCM) as Command and […]
Chinese hackers that hit NYT evolving their techniques
Aug 19, 2013, 01:30 pm EST FireEye security experts discovered a new series of cyber-attacks conducted by Chinese hackers targeted the US media in 2012; the attackers have improved the […]
Android wallet apps vulnerability could allow currency theft
Aug 16, 2013, 11:30 am EST Bitcoin.org has released a security advisory related to a serious security flaw related to Android wallet apps that could allow money theft. Yesterday I’ve […]
The cyber capabilities of Iran can hit US
Aug 15, 2013, 11:30 am EST A study titled “Iran:How a Third Tier Cyber Power Can Still Threaten the United States” states that Iran has sufficient cyber capabilities to attack […]
AndroRAT drives the rise for DIY Android hacking tools
Aug 14, 2013, 11:30 am EST AndroRAT is just one of the numerous open-source tools that was created and published on the undergroud forums to allow the hack of Android mobile devices. […]
Comment Crew group of hackers has been identified during an attack…
Aug 13, 2013, 11:30 am EST Chinese Hacking Team Comment Crew caught taking over a honeypot simulating a Water Plant, the infinite offensive of Chinese Cyber Units linked to PLA. The Comment Crew group […]
DNS impairment redirects thousands of websites to malware
Aug 12, 2013, 11:30 am EST Cyber-criminals are exploiting the possibility of DNS impairment to redirects visitors of thousands legitimate websites to compromised domains used to serve malware. DNS impairment or rather compromising DNS […]
FBI is using mobile Android malware to spy on suspect
Aug 09, 2013, 11:30 am EST Former FBI officers revealed to the Wall Street Journal the existence of FBI Android malware that is used to spy on suspects for investigations. The FBI […]
Vulnerability in Windows Phone OS could allow information disclosure
Aug 08, 2013, 11:00 am EST Microsoft Security Advisory reveals vulnerability in Windows Phone OS that could allow information disclosure. Microsoft has issued a security advisory related to vulnerability in Windows Phone OS […]
Breach, the new attack techniques against SSL TSL
Aug 07, 2013, 11:00 am EST The HTTPS cryptographic scheme is menaced by the BREACH attack that allows hackers to capture security credentials, email addresses and much more from encrypted […]
Cyber espionage – White House employees personal email hacked
Aug 06, 2013, 11:00 am EST At least three White House employees personal Gmail accounts hacked by the popular group of hackers know as Syrian Electronic Army (SEA). White House […]
XKeyscore, revealed another surveillance tool used by NSA
Aug 05, 2013, 11:30 am EST Snowden revealed that NSA designed a system called XKeyscore considered the “widest-reaching” architecture for developing intelligence from the internet. XKeyscore, NSA former technicians Edward Snowden revealed that the agency […]
Superfecta report Q2 2013, constant increase for automated attacks
Aug 01, 2013, 11:30 am EST FireHost Secure cloud hosting company issued Q2 2013 Superfecta report that revealed a sharp increase in blended, automated attacks. FireHost announced the Q2 2013 Superfecta report, an interesting […]
Black Hat USA 2013 – Insider Only Content
Pictures found here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/blackhatevents/ Keynotes, Whitepapers and Presentations found here: https://www.blackhat.com/us-13/archives.html shhhhhh…it’s a secret – don’t tell anyone, ok?