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New Pushdo Malware Hacks 11,000 Computers in Just 24 Hours

jeudi 17 juillet 2014 à 19:04
One of the oldest active malware families, Pushdo, is again making its way onto the Internet and has recently infected more than 11,000 computers in just 24 hours. Pushdo, a multipurpose Trojan, is primarily known for delivering financial malware such as ZeuS and SpyEye onto infected computers or to deliver spam campaigns through a commonly associated components called Cutwail that are

FBI — Botnets Infecting 18 Computers per Second. But How Many of Them NSA Holds?

jeudi 17 juillet 2014 à 13:19
Botnets - a secretly compromised networks of ordinary home and office computers with rogue software or "malware" that are controlled by an individual criminal or a group - has dramatically increased over the past several years and are considered to pose the biggest threat to the Internet. Cyber criminals have brushed-up their hacking skills and are using Botnets as a cyber weapon to

Multiple Cisco Wireless Gateways Vulnerable to Remote Attacks

jeudi 17 juillet 2014 à 09:28
Multiple Cisco Wireless Residential Gateway products have a security vulnerability in the web server that could allow a remote attacker to hijack the devices remotely. Cisco announced that a number of its Wireless Residential Gateway products are vulnerable to a remote-code execution attack, which is exploited by sending a specially crafted HTTP request to the web server running on the

Germany to Consider Typewriters to Protect From US Spying

mercredi 16 juillet 2014 à 15:08
So far we have heard that using privacy tools by every individual and offering encrypted communication by every company is the only solution to Mass Surveillance conducted by the government and law enforcement authorities. But, Germany says the only solution to guard against surveillance is - Stop using Computers!! Ohh Please!! Is it a joke? No, it does not mean that they are going to

Update Your Java to Patch 20 Vulnerabilities Or Just Disable it

mercredi 16 juillet 2014 à 12:03
Today, Oracle has released its quarterly Critical Patch Update (CPU) for the month of July, as part of its monthly security bulletin, in which it fixes a total of 113 new security vulnerabilities for hundreds of the company’s products. The security update for Oracle’s popular browser plug-in Java addresses 20 vulnerabilities in the software, all of which are remotely exploitable without