Category Archives: Attack

Pre-loaded Android apps leave phones open to attack

By doris | Published: December 5, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com Android phones, or at least some of them, contain a serious glitch that an attacker could exploit to steal data, eavesdrop on your calls or even wipe your phone clean. A team of computer science researchers from North Carolina State University discovered the flaw on eight smartphones from HTC, Motorola, Samsung [...]

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Massive hack hit 760 companies

By doris | Published: October 31, 2011

Full Story at moneh.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — A massive cyberattack that led to a vulnerability in RSA’s SecurID tags earlier this year also victimized Google, Facebook, Microsoft and many other big-named companies, according to a new analysis released this week. A list of 760 organizations that were attacked was presented to Congress recently and [...]

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‘Son of Stuxnet’ virus could be used to attack critical computers worldwide

By doris | Published: October 18, 2011

Full Story at RedTape.msnbc.mcn.com A powerful new computer virus that some are calling the “Son of Stuxnet” has been discovered, and researchers are concerned about its potential for attacking critical infrastructure computers around the world. The mysterious Stuxnet worm — perhaps the most powerful ever created — managed to infiltrate computer systems in Iran and [...]

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Security companies question severity of ‘RAT’ attack

By doris | Published: August 6, 2011

Full Story at technolog.msnbc.msn.com Whether it’s spite, semantics or something lacking in the research, some of McAfee’s competitors are challenging the company’s findings about “Operation Shady RAT,” the worldwide series of cyber attacks disclosed by McAfee earlier this week that could be the biggest series of cyber attacks to date. Both Symantec, maker of Norton [...]

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No more ’123456′ passwords for Hotmail users

By doris | Published: July 17, 2011

Full Story at Technolog.msnbc.msn.com Scratch “123456″ and “password” as your Hotmail password choices. They’re not going to work anymore, says Microsoft, which says it is going to forbid users of the email program from choosing such passwords in an attempt to bolster security. “We will now prevent our customers from using one of several common [...]

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IMF cyber attack aimed to steal insider information: expert

By doris | Published: June 12, 2011

Full Story atnews.Yahoo.com WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) – A major cyber attack on the IMF aimed to steal sensitive insider information, a cyber security expert said on Sunday, as the race to lead the body which oversees global financial system heated up. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is helping to investigate the attack on the International [...]

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Verizon Wireless customers targeted in nearly invisible Trojan horse scam

By doris | Published: May 19, 2011

Full Story at RedTape.msnbc.msn.com Verizon Wireless customers who tried to pay their bills online last week may have been hit by an ingenious, almost undetectable hacker attack aimed at stealing their identities. Consumers whose computers were infected with the SpyEye Trojan horse program would have been redirected to a Web site controlled by criminals after [...]

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DHS seeks systems for covert body scans, documents show

By doris | Published: March 3, 2011

Full Story at Computerworld.com Computerworld – Documents obtained Tuesday by the Electronic Privacy Information Center suggest that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has signed contracts for the development of mobile and static systems that can be used scan pedestrians and people at rail and bus stations and special event venues — apparently at times [...]

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Pro-Wikileaks Attacks More Slap in the Face than Kick in the Head

By doris | Published: December 11, 2010

Full Story at TechNewsworld.com Cyberattacks this week by supporters of Wikileaks on the home sites of Visa (NYSE: V) and MasterCard (NYSE: MA) may have been designed to grab headlines rather than actually disrupt the companies’ financial operations. The wave of electronic assaults, referred to as “Operation Payback” by the activists mounting the attacks, were [...]

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