DUQU – Another Stuxnet in the Making ?

DUQU – Another Stuxnet in the Making ? Article by : Nidhi Rastogi is a Cyber security professional based in New York. Article shared from THE HACKER NEWS magazine - November Edition. You can download Complete Magazine here. Barely a year into discovering Stuxnet, the world recently saw its powerful variant in the form of Duqu. It is believed that a Hungarian blogger was the first to have a tryst with the virus in early September at an ISP hosting service. Why it is important: Duqu has...

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Anonymous attack on Israeli government & security services websites

Anonymous attack on Israeli government & security services websites Several Israeli government websites crashed on Sunday in what appeared to be a cyber-attack by Anonymous hackers. The websites of the IDF, Mossad and the Shin Bet security services were among the sites that went down, as well as several government portals and ministries.The Israeli army and intelligence agencies' websites were offline. In a video that was uploaded to YouTube, Anonymous warns that if the siege on Gaza...

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Sqlninja 0.2.6 is now available

Sqlninja 0.2.6 is now available Sqlninja’s goal is to exploit SQL injection vulnerabilities on web applications that use Microsoft SQL Server as back end. It is released under the GPLv3.There are a lot of other SQL injection tools out there but sqlninja, instead of extracting the data, focuses on getting an interactive shell on the remote DB server and using it as a foothold in the target network.  Here’s what it does:Fingerprint of the remote SQL Server (version, user performing the queries,...

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Brazil ISP servers under Massive DNS poisoning attacks

Brazil ISP servers under Massive DNS poisoning attacks Kaspersky Lab expert Fabio Assolini Report that A massive DNS cache poisoning attack attempting to infect users trying to access popular websites is currently under way in Brazil. Several large ISPs in the highly connected country have been affected by the attack, and police have made at least one arrest in connection with the operation. Attackers have been able to poison the DNS cache records for several major Web sites at some...

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China is the birth place for most of malicious Android apps

China is the birth place for most of malicious Android apps Mobile malware is rising, and there have been explosions in the world of viruses and Trojans. Virus makers are now targeting mobile platforms- thanks to their growing popularity. If we take the statistics from last 6 months, the chances of Android smart phones to be infected have doubled. A new report by TrendMicro says that "China is the birth place for most of malicious Android applications" . Even Android OS is also becoming more...

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International Foreign Government E-Mails Hacked by TeaMp0isoN

International Foreign Government E-Mails Hacked by TeaMp0isoN TeaMp0isoN group of hackers claim to hack more than 150 Email Id's of International Foreign Governments. They Release the Email List with Password on Pastebin note. Hex000101 Hacker, A member of TeaMp0isoN team got these Login credentials from various Government sites after hacking their databases such as armynet.mod.uk and website of Parliament of Australia (aph.gov.au)...

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The Hacker News arrived on Google+ Pages

The Hacker News arrived on Google+ Pages Google has finally added Google+ Pages feature in their social network which allow brands, products, companies, businesses, places, groups, and everyone else to establish a presence on the service. We've gone ahead and set up our very own 'The Hacker News' Google+ page for all of our Readers . How you can help us to Grow Us ? Use "Share This Page" button available below the profile picture to share THN page with your friends and Family. Add...

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