Hacking

Router reboot can open your system to hackers

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Video: How to kill an Apache web server

When you know how it's done, you can prevent it. Here's a cool video on the latest DOS attack against Apache (which will soon be patched...) [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/K13nutRdlvE" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /]

Geek Speak: Password Stuff

U.S. Bank Vendor Epsilon Interactive Hacked

If you are a customer of U.S. Bank better be on the lookout for suspicious emails. It seems one the bank's vendors of email marketing services, Epsilon Interactive, has been hacked and your email address may have been obtained in the process. My wife got this email notice...

The Security Threat Report (Sophos)

Friend Sent You a Link? Verify it!

A friend of mine, whom I'll call Sally, told me of a recent hack on their PayPal account that could only have resulted from her clicking a link that a "trusted friend" sent her in an email. You know, one of those "You have to see this!" things. She gets them all the time of course, and most of the...

Have You Been Gawkered?

A couple of weeks ago, servers at Gawker Media, Inc., who also runs the sites Lifehacker.com and Gizmodo.com were hacked by a group who calls itself Gnosis. Reportedly, more than 1.3 million user accounts, email addresses and passwords were obtained. The hacker group has managed to decrypt about...

InfoWar: Cyber Hactivist Group Anonymous Attacks WikiLeaks’ Founder’s Swedish Prosecutors

The Hacktivist group, Anonymous, has targeted WikiLeaks' founder, Julian Assange's Swedish prosecutors among other targets that have taken action against WikiLeaks. This is all a part of "Operation: Payback" which has now expanded into "Operation Avenge Assange."  This poster has been being passed...

Hackers Target Holiday Trending Topics on Twitter to Spread Malware

Baa Baa, Firesheep, Have You Any Wool?