by Joseph Forbes | Apr 4, 2013 | DATA, HACKING, INTERNET, SECURITY, SOFTWARE, Web Hosting
For at least nine months, the Darkleech malware is believed to have injected invisible iFrames that link to malicious web pages into thousands of web sites. The malware uses an Apache web server module to add the iFrames, although no credible attack vector has been...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 3, 2013 | DATA, HACKING, HARDWARE, INTERNET, SECURITY
Tens of thousands of websites, some operated by The Los Angeles Times, Seagate, and other reputable companies, have recently come under the spell of “Darkleech,” a mysterious exploitation toolkit that exposes visitors to potent malware attacks. The ongoing...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 2, 2013 | HARDWARE, NERD NEWS, SECURITY, TECHNOLOGY
from the it’ll-draw-blood-and-give-you-an-EKG dept. … it is an almost certainty that within the next few years, three biometric options will become standard features in every new phone: a fingerprint scanner built into the screen, facial recognition...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 1, 2013 | DATA, HACKING, INTERNET, SECURITY, TECHNOLOGY
from the making-enemies dept. The NYT is reporting that the Largest DDoS in history reached 300 Gbps. The dispute started when the spam-fighting group Spamhaus added the Dutch company Cyberbunker to its blacklist, which is used by e-mail providers to weed out spam....
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by Joseph Forbes | Mar 31, 2013 | DATA, HACKING, HARDWARE, INTERNET, MONEY, SECURITY, Technicals
Security firm Group-IB has identified a malware program called Dump Memory Grabber that can take debit and credit card data from point-of-sale (POS) terminals and ATMs. The researchers say that the program has already been used to steal data from clients of US banks...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 31, 2013 | DATA, HACKING, HARDWARE, INTERNET, MONEY, NERD NEWS, SECURITY, Technicals
from the bankrolled-by-interested-parties dept. A DDoS attack targeting American Express on March 28th was just one in a series of incidents by self-proclaimed ‘cyber-fighters’ over the past few weeks. Beyond that, it’s part of a much longer campaign...
