Twitter gain-more-followers scam
It seems that many Twitter users are desperate for additional followers, and they are willing to take offered shortcuts to achieve that goal. Enter the bogus …
ATM hacks to be demonstrated at Black Hat USA
A year ago, security researcher Barnaby Jack was banned from presenting at Black Hat USA. The subject of his presentation were ATM vulnerabilities, and the reason why he …
U.S. federal data security vulnerabilities
Data security vulnerabilities that exist within U.S. Federal agencies due to employees’ use of unsecure methods to exchange information, such as FTP – despite the …
How secure is our personal healthcare information?
Forty-seven percent of IT security professionals believe their personal healthcare information is less secure than it was 12 months ago according to a survey by nCircle. The …
Highly critical vulnerability in Safari for Windows
A vulnerability has been discovered in Apple Safari 4.0.5 for Windows, which can be exploited to compromise a system. The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the …
BackTrack 4 R1 Dev public release
BackTrack is a Linux-based penetration testing arsenal that aids security professionals in the ability to perform assessments in a purely native environment dedicated to …
phpnuke.org compromised, serving exploits
PHP-Nuke is a popular Web content management system based on PHP and various databases. Once upon a time it was an open-source platform, but is now commercial software. …
SQLninja 0.2.5 released
SQLninja is a tool targeted to exploit SQL Injection vulnerabilities on a web application that uses Microsoft SQL Server as its back-end. Its main goal is to provide a remote …
Week in review: Money mules, community anti-virus and Facebook bugs and privacy issues
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and reviews: Mobilizing a community to fight malware The word about …
New Facebook bug adds unauthorized apps to your profile
Just a few days after the bug that let users see their friends’ personal chats, another Facebook bug has been discovered yesterday, and this one was adding applications …
Small ISP wins in court, spammers must pay
Asis Internet Service, a smallish Californian ISP that counts only 4 employees, has 2.6 millions reason to celebrate. The ISP filed a lawsuit against a company named …
Clueless fraudster targets ThinkGeek
Popular online retailer ThinkGeek is – like many other retailers – sometimes targeted by fraudsters. To diagnose potential fraudulent orders, they usually …