Researchers from the Horst Goertz Institute of the Ruhr-University Bochum in Germany have demonstrated an account hijacking attack against Amazon Web Services that they believe affects other cloud computing products as well. The attack uses a technique, known at XML signature wrapping or XML rewriting, that has been known since…
RSA SecurID token attack hits Australian companies
The aftermath of the RSA SecurID token attack which occurred in March and led to the replacement of thousands of tokens, has continued with the revelation that customers of Australian Internet service providers, including Telstra and iiNet, may have been compromised. This was because hackers used the same command and…
‘Hacktivists’ Anonymous performs ‘vigilante’ attack on child pornography website
London, Oct 27 (ANI): Notorious hacker group Anonymous has now switched its attention to websites hosting or promoting child pornography, and claimed to have knocked out one of the world highest-profile sites. View full post on anonymous hacker – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Hacker group releases attack tool for SSL
Hacker group releases attack tool for SSL By William Jackson Oct 25, 2011 A German hacker group has released a tool for launching denial-of-service attacks against Secure Sockets Layer servers used to secure online transactions, exploiting vulnerabilities that have been known for years. The group, The Hacker’s Choice said in…
Hacker group Anonymous threatens to attack Fox News on Nov. 5
The rogue hacker group known as Anonymous posted a video on YouTube threatening to attack the Fox News website on Nov. 5 over the network’s coverage of the Occupy protests. Fox has been “alienating the American people by propagating the left-right false-dichotomy,” an electronic voiceover in the Anonymous video says,…
Hundreds of Organizations Targeted in Attack That Hit RSA (October 24, 2011)
The attack that hit RSA earlier this year appears to have hit computer systems at other organizations as well……. View full post on SANS NewsBites View full post on National Cyber Security
Accused Lulzsec hacker pleads not guilty to attack on Sony
Cody Kretsinger disputes hacking charges View full post on lulzsec hacker – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Hacker group releases attack tool for SSL Web sessions
Hacker group releases attack tool for SSL Web sessions By William Jackson Oct 25, 2011 A German hacker group has released a tool for launching denial-of-service attacks against Secure Sockets Layer servers used to secure online transactions, exploiting vulnerabilities that have been known for years. The group, The Hacker’s Choice…
Raytheon hit by cloud-based phishing attack
Defence company Raytheon has revealed that it was the victim of a cloud-based attack for the first time, with the incident occurring just last week. It was a spear phishing attack where an email was sent to employees at the company, asking them to access an application through a certain…
Sony alerts UK gamers after attack
British gaming fans may be among tens of thousands of people whose stolen personal information was used to try to access the Sony PlayStation online video games network, the electronics giant has said. Sony announced that it had detected a large number of “unauthorised sign-in attempts” on the PlayStation Network,…