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 “Red Teams” 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 withou… read more »
July 31st, 2007 in
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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.
During a period of 18 months, McKinnon is alleged to have caused £370,… read more »
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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… read more »
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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.
The conference kicked off over the weekend, starting with four days of topic-specific training, before concluding on Wednesday and Thursday with two days of public sessions.
If past conferences are any guide, expect the overall total attendance to be m… read more »
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The Apple iPhone has been hacked to enable users in Australia to make calls on the Telstra mobile network.
But the hack, which was demonstrated in a video clip posted to YouTube over the weekend, does not allow the user to receive calls or send and receive SMS.
It is the furthest anyone has come to unlocking the iPhone for use outside the AT&T mobile network in the US. The device isn’t scheduled for release in Australia until next year… read more »
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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.
The two men purchased a dedicated server with remote access to a desktop hosted in a U.S. data center, and a special application capable of infecting banking computers in Turkey with a Trojan virus to obtain information on bank accounts, investigators s… read more »
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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.
Cybercriminals use rootkits to hide malware on compromised PCs. The use of rootkits is increasing rapidly, with 3,284 last year increasing to 7,325 in the first half this year, said McAfee. Sinc… read more »
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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.
An internal investigation also revealed that th… read more »
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… read more »
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, ‘Chocolate Rain’. 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.
Do we really beleive that Youtube was hac… read more »
July 27th, 2007 in
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