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  • Malformed FileZilla FTP client with login stealer

    01/28/2014 10:08:51 AM PST · by Utilizer · 25 replies
    avast antivirus blog ^ | January 27th, 2014 | Malware Analyst Workforce
    Beware of malformed FileZilla FTP client versions 3.7.3 and 3.5.3. We have noticed an increased presence of these malware versions of famous open source FTP clients. The first suspicious signs are bogus download URLs... Malware installer GUI is almost identical to the official version. The only slight difference is version of NullSoft installer where malware uses 2.46.3-Unicode and the official installer uses v2.45-Unicode. All other elements like texts, buttons, icons and images are the same. The installed malware FTP client looks like the official version and it is fully functional! You can’t find any suspicious behavior, entries in the system...
  • Hacking expert David Kennedy says he cracked HealthCare.gov in 4 minutes

    01/20/2014 10:04:15 AM PST · by ransomnote · 39 replies
    washingtontimes.com ^ | January 19, 2014 | Jessica Chasmar
    The man who appeared before Congress last week to explain the security pitfalls of HealthCare.gov took to Fox News on Sunday to explain just how easy it was to penetrate the website. Hacking expert David Kennedy told Fox’s Chris Wallace that gaining access to 70,000 personal records of Obamacare enrollees via HealthCare.gov took about 4 minutes and required nothing more than a standard browser, the Daily Caller reported. PHOTOS: Eye-popping excuses in American political scandals “And 70,000 was just one of the numbers that I was able to go up to and I stopped after that,” he said. “You know,...
  • Cyber experts uncover 2 million stolen passwords to Web accounts

    01/10/2014 1:15:39 AM PST · by legalservicesbc · 8 replies
    http://www.reuters.com ^ | December 5, 2014 | Robert Galbraith
    <p>Researchers with Trustwave's SpiderLabs said they discovered the credentials while investigating a server in the Netherlands that cyber criminals use to control a massive network of compromised computers known as the "Pony botnet."</p> <p>The company told Reuters on Wednesday that it has reported its findings to the largest of more than 90,000 websites and Internet service providers whose customers' credentials it had found on the server.</p>
  • Target confirms PIN data was stolen in breach

    12/27/2013 10:10:54 AM PST · by John W · 38 replies
    CNN ^ | December 27, 2013 | David Goldman
    Target confirmed Friday that debit card PIN data was stolen in its recent massive breach, reversing its earlier stance that the codes were not part of the hack. However, the retailer believes the PINs remain "safe and secure." In a statement, Target spokeswoman Molly Snyder said the PINs are "strongly encrypted" and were never stored on Target's systems in plain text. In other words, from the moment a customer entered a PIN after swiping a debit card, Target's payment system translated that number into an indecipherable string of code. Target claims that the PINs remained encrypted after they were stolen....
  • Hiding the Hacking at HealthCare.gov [Feds Attacking Target, Ignore Their BIGGER Disaster!]

    12/24/2013 3:31:26 AM PST · by SoFloFreeper · 18 replies
    National Review ^ | 12/23/13 | John Fund
    If your personal info is filched from the site, the government doesn’t have to tell you. Christmas shoppers were stunned to learn last Thursday that computer hackers had made off with the names and other personal info of some 40 million Target customers. Some of the pilfered information is reportedly being sold on the black market, prompting JP Morgan Chase to limit purchases and cash withdrawals on debit cards owned by recent Target shoppers. But at least Target informed its customers of the security breach, as it is required by federal law to do. HealthCare.gov faces no such requirement; it...
  • Hiding the Hacking at HealthCare.gov [will not let you know]

    12/23/2013 4:22:31 AM PST · by Cincinatus' Wife · 41 replies
    National Review ^ | December 23, 2013 | John Fund
    Christmas shoppers were stunned to learn last Thursday that computer hackers had made off with the names and other personal info of some 40 million Target customers. Some of the pilfered information is reportedly being sold on the black market, prompting JP Morgan Chase to limit purchases and cash withdrawals on debit cards owned by recent Target shoppers. But at least Target informed its customers of the security breach, as it is required by federal law to do. HealthCare.gov faces no such requirement; it need never notify customers that their personal information has been hacked or possibly compromised. The Department...
  • Obama Administration Knew of Healthcare.gov Security Risks Before Launch (19 vulnerabilities)

    12/20/2013 6:17:14 AM PST · by Zakeet · 15 replies
    Washington Free Beacon ^ | December 19, 2013 | Elizabeth Harrington
    Documents provided to the House Committee on Government Oversight and Reform reveal that the Obama administration knew of security vulnerabilities within Healthcare.gov prior to Oct. 1, but launched the website anyway. Chairman Darrell Issa (R., Calif.) said Health and Human Services (HHS) officials showed a “disturbing lack of judgment” by going ahead with the site’s launch and putting Americans’ personal information at risk. Results of a security assessment conducted by a contractor on the site, MITRE Corporation, found that 19 security vulnerabilities remained unaddressed on Oct. 1. Eleven of the 19 vulnerabilities “significantly impact the confidentiality, integrity and/or availability of...
  • Leaked Passwords On Display At a German Museum

    12/15/2013 8:36:11 PM PST · by Utilizer
    slashdot ^ | Saturday December 14, 2013 @12:25PM | Posted by timothy
    Daniel_Stuckey writes "Earlier this year, it was London. Most recently, it was a university in Germany. Wherever it is, [artist Aram] Bartholl is opening up his eight white, plainly printed binders full of the 4.7 million user passwords that were pilfered from the social network and made public by a hacker last year. He brings the books to his exhibits, called 'Forgot Your Password,' where you're free to see if he's got your data—and whether anyone else who wanders through is entirely capable of logging onto your account and making Connections with unsavory people. In fact, Bartholl insists: "These eight...
  • Hacking trial: Police 'told to leave Queen's nuts'

    12/12/2013 9:49:44 AM PST · by NormsRevenge · 35 replies
    BBC News ^ | 12/12/13 | BBC
    The Queen marked the level in bowls of nuts left around Buckingham Palace as she was "irritated" by police officers eating them, the Old Bailey has heard. According to an email sent by Clive Goodman, ex-royal editor at the News of the World, she was "upset" by it. The journalist added that a memo was sent to palace officers, telling them to "keep their sticky fingers out". The phone-hacking jury has also heard one of the defendants, Ian Edmondson, is no longer fit to stand trial. Mr Justice Saunders said that it was "not appropriate to adjourn to wait for...
  • Naked Bruni pics used to hack European diplomats

    12/11/2013 9:59:35 AM PST · by ScaniaBoy · 29 replies
    EUObserver.com ^ | 11 December, 2013 | EUOBSERVER
    China hacked computers in the foreign ministries of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia and Portugal in summer 2013, The New York Times reports, citing own research and work by IT firm FireEye. It said officials triggered malware by clicking email links to naked pictures of French celebrity Carla Bruni.
  • Security Experts Warn Healthcare.gov Is Vulnerable to Hacking

    12/03/2013 9:18:34 AM PST · by topher · 25 replies
    ABC News ^ | Nov 19, 2013 6:01pm | John Parkinson
    Cyber security experts told Congress today that the Obama administration should take Healthcare.gov offline until privacy vulnerabilities are addressed and detection capabilities are improved. David Kennedy, a so-called “white hat hacker” who tests security flaws by hacking online systems to help identify weaknesses, warned that there are critical flaws and exposures “currently on the website that hackers could use to extract sensitive information.” “The purpose of security isn’t to say, ‘Hey, we’re 100 percent impenetrable all the time,’ but can we detect the hackers in the very early stages of the life cycle of the attack, monitor that, and prevent...
  • NSA infected 50,000 computer networks with malicious software

    11/24/2013 3:08:41 PM PST · by dynachrome · 29 replies
    NRC.nl ^ | 11-23-13 | Floor Boon, Steven Derix and Huib Modderkolk
    The American intelligence service - NSA - infected more than 50,000 computer networks worldwide with malicious software designed to steal sensitive information. Documents provided by former NSA-employee Edward Snowden and seen by this newspaper, prove this. A management presentation dating from 2012 explains how the NSA collects information worldwide. In addition, the presentation shows that the intelligence service uses ‘Computer Network Exploitation’ (CNE) in more than 50,000 locations. CNE is the secret infiltration of computer systems achieved by installing malware, malicious software. One example of this type of hacking was discovered in September 2013 at the Belgium telecom provider Belgacom....
  • Health insurance credentials fetch high prices in the online black market

    11/21/2013 3:20:43 AM PST · by fso301 · 5 replies
    SC Magazine ^ | July 16, 2003 | Adam Greenberg
    Here's to your health...your health insurance credentials, that is. Information security service provider Dell SecureWorks has uncovered in a new report that buyers are dropping big bucks for health insurance documents that are being hawked on the internet underground with the goal of using them to commit fraud. Dell SecureWorks Counter Threat Unit (CTU) senior security researcher Don Jackson has investigated underground market supply and demand for years, and beginning in May, he sought to update how buyers are spending their money in 2013. Jackson discovered people are laying down top dollar for all-inclusive health insurance dossiers known as “Kitz,”...
  • Woman Signs Up For Obamacare And Has Identity Stolen

    11/20/2013 10:50:42 AM PST · by sevinufnine · 75 replies
    Off the Grid News ^ | November 13, 2013 | Daniel Jennings
    Experts’ warnings of Obamacare website’s complete lack of security apparently have been justified. The website gave at least 3 unknown individuals access to a woman’s Social Security number, address, and other data that could be used for identity theft. Customer service operators at Healthcare.gov’s 1-800 number told Lisa Martinson about the unauthorized access when she called in to change her password. When Martinson asked for her information to be removed from the site she was told it would take 5 days.
  • Dragon Day Movie: Have You Guys Seen This?

    11/15/2013 9:39:41 AM PST · by Bill Russell · 25 replies
    Dragon Day -- Movie Trailer ^ | October 2013 | Movie Trailer
    Someone may have posted something on this already...Scary concept and has a little too close to real feel... http://www.dragondaymovie.com/?video=video-8-3
  • British man accused of hacking into US government systems

    11/13/2013 5:05:50 PM PST · by Libloather · 8 replies
    BBC ^ | 10/28/13
    **SNIP** According to the US authorities, the arrested man hacked into systems of the US Army, Nasa and the Environmental Protection Agency, among others. **SNIP** The suspected hackers allegedly placed "back doors", or code, to allow them to get back into the systems later to steal confidential information.
  • Phone chargers/USB sticks given to G20 world leaders by Russian hosts were 'trojan horses

    10/29/2013 3:21:49 PM PDT · by afraidfortherepublic · 20 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 10-29-13 | Hannah Roberts In Rome
    The revelation came after Germany's secret service investigated the devices It warned that they were 'trojan horses' capable of fishing for information Warnings have gone out to every government that received them America’s NSA spy agency has been under fire from around the world for its surveillance activity over the past few months. Now the Russians are facing criticism for some allegedly shady operations, too. It’s claimed that USB drives and phone chargers, given to world leaders at the G20 summit in Russia were 'Trojan horses' capable of sending data back to the Kremlin. David Cameron did not receive one...
  • Was ISRAEL behind the hacking of millions of French phones and NOT the U.S.?

    10/25/2013 12:22:57 PM PDT · by Nachum · 31 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 10/25/13 | Nabdila Ramdani
    Israel and not America was behind the hacking of millions of French phones, it was claimed today. [Snip] But today’s Le Monde newspaper provides evidence that it was in fact Israeli agents who were listening in. France first suspected the U.S. of hacking into former president Nicolas Sarkozy’s communications network when he was unsuccessfully trying for re-election in 2012. Intelligence officials Bernard Barbier and Patrick Pailloux travelled from Paris to Washington to demand an explanation, but the Americans hinted that the Israelis were to blame. The Americans insisted they have never been behind any hacking in France, and were always
  • John McAfee On Obamacare: “This Is A Hacker’s Wet Dream”

    10/05/2013 11:01:25 AM PDT · by Oldpuppymax · 13 replies
    Coach is Right ^ | 10/5/03 | Michael D. Shaw
    The man whose name is synonymous with computer security shreds Obamacare’s web strategy. The very worst kind of identity theft is medical identity theft, but when you also combine this with all sorts of additional...
  • HACKED DATA BROKERS COULD SPELL TROUBLE FOR OBAMACARE

    09/28/2013 10:50:27 AM PDT · by MeshugeMikey · 14 replies
    nextgov.com ^ | September 28, 2013 | Aliya Sternstein
    A service that sells personal data to identity thieves has been getting its wares from hacked data brokers storing information similar to what Obamacare marketplaces plan to use, setting the scene for fraudsters to collect government subsidies. According to a new investigative report by cybersecurity researcher Brian Krebs, the service, known as SSNDOB, hacked LexisNexis and other large data aggregators that supply ID check information.