SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) A hacker broke into the Web page of Chile’s presidency and planted the flag of neighboring Peru, leaving the site inoperable for about 18 hours until it was restored Monday. The intruder left a message - “Long live Peru,” followed by an expletive - as well as the flag around midday Sunday. Officials took the site down a few minutes later, leaving a notice: “Because we want to give a better service, we … read more »
November 7th, 2007 in
Webappsec
Two students have been charged with hacking into the California State University database and changing their grades. John Escalera worked at the university helpdesk and is alleged to have gained access to administrative controls in the PeopleSoft student database by setting up false accounts in the names of the registrar and academic records co-ordinator. Escalera is accused of changing his own grades and those of his friend Gustavo Razo Jr in ex… read more »
November 7th, 2007 in
General News
The US Federal Trade Commission is warning businesses to be on the lookout for spam that contains a trojan-laden attachment claiming to be a legal complaint against recipient. The bogus emails appear to come from frauddep[at]ftc[dot] gov, a spoofed address, and contain the actual logo for the FTC to establish legitimacy. The text says that “a complaint has been filed against you and the company you’re affiliated with,” a social … read more »
November 5th, 2007 in
General News
McAfee has announced that it will acquire certification vendor ScanAlert in a deal potentially worth $75 million. McAfee will pay $51 million up front for the Napa, Calif.-based company, as well as $24 million if performance targets are met. The acquisition is McAfee’s second in weeks. The company acquired encryption provider SafeBoot for $350 million on Oct. 8 to boost its enterprise data security offerings.
Dave DeWalt, McAfee president a… read more »
November 5th, 2007 in
Anti-Virus
The Chinese state is behind almost daily internet espionage attacks on German companies and government bodies, a top German intelligence official said on Monday. “In our view, state Chinese interests stand behind these digital attacks,” said Hans Elmar Remberg, vice president of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, the country’s domestic intelligence agency.
“Supporting this view is the intensity, str… read more »
November 5th, 2007 in
General News
Recently, Robert Graham, CEO of Errata Security, posted a blog in which he stated that “today’s CPUs can ‘crack’ passwords eight times fast than they can ‘check’ the passwords.” And we’re not even talking about dual-core machines, just your plain vanilla PC desktop. Graham, who last summer hacked someone’s Gmail account before a live Black Hat audience, is used to making provocative statements… read more »
November 5th, 2007 in
General News
Hackers are vowing to unlock the iPhone from the O2 mobile network, just days before it goes on sale in Britain. The £269 touchscreen mobile phone, dubbed “revolutionary” by its maker, Apple, is already one of the most eagerly awaited of gadgets and stores are expecting a shopper frenzy as it goes on sale in the UK this week. Combining the music and video capability of the iPod, with a touch-sensitive screen and wireless internet acc… read more »
November 5th, 2007 in
General News
Microsoft updated a security advisory that addressed a broad flaw in Windows and said it is working around the clock to fix the bug. But it may be too late for many. Security researchers said hackers had amped up attacks using malicious PDF files that exploit the vulnerability.. Finland-based F-Secure called the surge in spam carrying the rigged PDF documents “massive” and said the run is ongoing. Ken Dunham, director of response at i… read more »
October 29th, 2007 in
Articles,
General News
The cat and mouse game between hackers and Apple takes another move, with news that Apple’s new Leopard operating system has already been succesfully installed on Windows PCs. The OSx86 Scene forum has released details of how Windows users can migrate to Apple’s new OS, without investing in new hardware - even though installing Leopard on an PC may be counter to Apple’s terms and conditions.
The forum is offering full instructio… read more »
October 29th, 2007 in
General News
iPhone hackers have released a tool that allows owners of firmware 1.1.1 iPhones and iPod Touches to open up their devices to third-party apps - all without the need for a host Mac or PC. The utility’s called AppSnapp, and it’s launched via the devices’ Safari web browser. The code uses a known vulnerability with firmware 1.1.1, which it subsequently patches. Before doing so, it activates iPhones, jalbreaks both types of device … read more »
October 29th, 2007 in
General News
