A new California study has found that several electronic voting machines have serious security vulnerabilities. California Secretary of State Debra Bowen commissioned the study which pitted two hacker teams, better known as âRed Teamsâ against voting machines manufactured by Diebold, Hart and Sequoia. The hackers found several security problems and were able to change firmware, access the election database and even open up the machines without detection.
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Gary McKinnon, the North London hacker accused of ‘the biggest military hack of all time’, heard yesterday that he has won the right to have his final appeal against extradition to the US heard by the House of Lords. McKinnon, 41, faces a prison sentence of up to 45 years if found guilty of gaining access to 97 US military and Nasa computers between 2001 and 2002.
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Zero-day vulnerabilities are the top security concern for the majority (54 percent) of IT professionals, according to the results of an annual customer survey conducted by PatchLink Corporation, a global leader in security and vulnerability management. The survey, completed by more than 250 CIOs, CSOs, IT managers and network administrators across Europe, Asia Pacific and the U.S., revealed that hackers are the second biggest security concern (35 percent) followed closely by malware/spyware (34 percent).
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The eleventh annual Black Hat security conference will occupy more space at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas this year in order to accommodate more people, more topics, and, of course, more controversy.
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The Apple iPhone has been hacked to enable users in Australia to make calls on the Telstra mobile network.
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Two un-named hackers from the Russian city of Togliatti on the Volga River stole over $500,000 over a period of two years from bank accounts in Turkey, Interior Ministry investigators said Monday.
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Rootkit Detective, which has been in beta since January, will “help computer users clean their machines of increasingly prevalent hidden malicious code known as rootkits,” McAfee said in a statement. Rootkit Detective was launched on Thursday.
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A security blunder at Newcastle City Council has exposed the credit and debit card details of up to 54,000 people online. The breach was discovered on 19 July after the council hired an independent security expert to try and crack its systems. The security exercise found an encrypted file containing names, addresses, and credit and debit card numbers had been mistakenly placed on an insecure server.
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As Facebook evolves from a University alumini network into an enterprise tool, VeriSign iDefense security experts are warning that the platform is turning into a prime attack vector for cybercriminals. Ryan Olson, US-based analyst for VeriSign’s iDefense malicious code operations, said that the thousands of new applications being developed for Facebook users, whilst enriching functionality, present a perfect channel for distributing malware.
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It appears that for a small period of time, the site Youtube may have been hacked and messed about with, leaving the homepage with the videos of a one very annoying person trying to sell his song, âChocolate Rainâ. The tune, possibly the most irritating tune of all time, presents Tay Zonday, a youngish looking boy singing away. Check out the video below for a listen to what may drive you to insanity.
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