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Targeted Attack Hits Chinese Gmail Accounts, Google Might Exit China

2010-01-12 20:36:36 by CyberInsecure in CyberInsecure.com
 
Google plans to curb its controversial practice of censoring search results in China after uncovering a highly sophisticated and targeted attack designed to steal information about human rights activists from its Gmail service and at least 20 other large companies. The attack that hit Google in mid-December originated in China and was aimed at...
 
Tags: attack, china, human rights activists, google plans, hit google, gmail service, controversial practice, information, companies
 
 
 
 
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Server Of Suffolk County National Bank Breached, 8,300 Customer Logins Stolen

2010-01-12 20:36:36 by CyberInsecure in CyberInsecure.com
 
Hackers have stolen the login credentials for more than 8,300 customers of small New York bank after breaching its security and accessing a server that hosted its online banking system. The intrusion at Suffolk County National Bank happened over a six-day period that started on November 18, according to a release issued Monday. It was discovered
 
Tags: york bank, login credentials, six-day period, server, system, release, intrusion, monday, online
 
 
 
 
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Twitter DNS Hackers Hit Chinese Search Engine Baidu.com

2010-01-12 08:38:25 by CyberInsecure in CyberInsecure.com
 
The same group that used a DNS attack to hijack Twitter last month has defaced the home page of Chinese search engine Baidu. Baidu, formed in 2000, is Chinas number one search engine, dominating the home market for online searches - partly because it had a six year head start over Google. As a result of
 
Tags: engine, engine baidu, baidu, home market, home page, head start, hijack twitter, dns attack, chinese
 
 
 
 
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Rogue Phishing App Spread Through Android Marketplace

2010-01-11 09:42:12 by CyberInsecure in CyberInsecure.com
 
A phisher hoping to harvest bank login details managed to smuggle his app onto the Android app store. The Android Market, launched in October 2008, offers more than 20,000 mobile applications for download. Malicious apps posted by Droid09 were quickly identified, prompting a warning to legitimate users and a ban for the VXer. The incident raises
 
Tags: app, android app store, bank login details, android market, incident raises, mobile applications, malicious apps, october, users
 
 
 
 
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US Army Website Compromised Through SQL Injection

2010-01-09 15:40:42 by CyberInsecure in CyberInsecure.com
 
A Romanian grey hat hacker has disclosed an SQL inject (SQLi) vulnerability on a website belonging to the United States Army, which leads to full database compromise. The website, called Army Housing OneStop, is used to provide information about military housing facilities to soldiers. The website has been taken offline. The Army Housing OneStop...
 
Tags: website, army, onestop, sql inject, database compromise, provide information, soldiers, military, leads
 
 
 
 
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Office.Microsoft.Com Search Results Can Lead To Rogue Anti-Virus

2010-01-08 20:41:20 by CyberInsecure in CyberInsecure.com
 
Websense Security Labs has detected that search results on office.microsoft.com can lead users to a Rogue AV page. Users looking for information related to help with Office products on Microsofts own site are being targeted. Users may be unaware that, when they type in search queries on the site, Microsoft scours its own Web site for
 
Tags: microsoft, office, users, web site, lead users, site, websense security labs, microsoft scours, office products
 
 
 
 
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DDOS Attack Hits Cheshire-based ISP Vispa, 30,000 Customers Forced Offline

2010-01-08 16:42:06 by CyberInsecure in CyberInsecure.com
 
About 30,000 customers of the Cheshire-based ISP Vispa were forced offline for almost 12 hours today by a DDOS attack traced to the Baltic state of Latvia. Broadband service has now been restored, a spokesman said, but customers are unable to call customer service because the firms phone system was also crippled by the attack. As a
 
Tags: attack, ddos attack, customers, isp vispa, call customer service, firms phone system, broadband service, offline, hours
 
 
 
 
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Pakistani National Response Center For Cyber Crimes Website Defaced, Hackers Mocked And Accessed Private Data

2010-01-08 16:42:06 by CyberInsecure in CyberInsecure.com
 
The website of the Pakistani National Response Center for Cyber Crimes was defaced yesterday and hackers mocked the institution through a message on the first page. Furthermore, the attackers claim to have downloaded the database and emails stored on the server. The National Response Center for Cyber Crimes (NR3C) is operated by the Federal...
 
Tags: cyber crimes, national response center, federal investigation agency, website, attackers claim, hackers, nr3c, page, message
 
 
 
 
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Massive Data Breach In Eastern Washington University, 130,000 Student Records Exposed

2010-01-08 09:37:23 by CyberInsecure in CyberInsecure.com
 
Eastern Washington University has notified present and former students of a massive data breach of its systems that could affect up to 130 000 people. The breach occurred after administrators audited the Universitys network, according to a breach notification sent out to students. The intruder installed file sharing software on network machines...
 
Tags: breach, massive data breach, eastern washington university, breach notification, universitys network, students, network machines, intruder, file
 
 
 
 
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Cryptographers Have Broken 768-bit RSA Keys Using Public-key Algorithm

2010-01-08 05:37:29 by CyberInsecure in CyberInsecure.com
 
Yet another domino in the RSA encryption scheme has fallen with the announcement Thursday that cryptographers have broken 768-bit keys using the widely used public-key algorithm. An international team of mathematicians, computer scientists and cryptographers broke the key though NFS, or number field sieve, which allowed them to deduce two prime...
 
Tags: key, public-key algorithm, cryptographers, rsa encryption scheme, computer scientists, international team, 768-bit keys, announcement thursday, field sieve
 
 
 
 
 
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