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by Joseph Forbes | Mar 8, 2013 | Blog Entry, HACKING, Malware Reports, SECURITY
Hackers broke into a server at cPanel.net, creators and vendors of the cPanel web hosting control panel for Linux, BSD and Windows servers, and proceeded to install SSH rootkits and compromised OpenSSH packages on customer systems. Once the attack had been discovered,...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 8, 2013 | DATA, HARDWARE, INTERNET, PRIVACY, SECURITY
from the hooks-often-lurk-inside-the-tastiest-bait dept. Spearphishing. The deluxe (but easy) way to get unwary employees to put malware on your network. It’s basically the same as phishing, except more targeted. That is, a plain phishing scam might offer an...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 8, 2013 | DATA, INTERNET, MONEY, NERD NEWS, PIRACY
from the except-for-the-deep-packet-inspection dept. “It’s been well-established all over the Web that the just-implemented ‘Six Strikes’ system is bad… horrible, worthy of death to those who created it. But let’s take a deep breath...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 7, 2013 | HACKING, INTERNET, SECURITY, Technicals
from the soooory-eh dept. Annual Canadian hack fest Pwn2Own is famous for leaving a trail of bloodied software bits and today it did not disappoint. Security researchers tore holes through all major web browsers, breaking Windows 8 and Java, too (though the latter...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 7, 2013 | LAW, NERD NEWS, PRIVACY, TECHNOLOGY
Federal Trade Commission says illegal texters blasted 180 million illegal messages in past year The Federal Trade Commission today said it has filed eight court cases to stop companies who have sent over 180 million illegal or deceptive text messages to all manner of...
