Tag Archives: Hackers
Zero Day Exploit Explained
Are you familiar with Zero Day Exploits? Do you know the dangers of a Zero Day Exploit? I was approached about the subject from one of my social network friends and I thought it would be best to share this information with everyone.
A zero-day exploit is when someone takes advantage of a security vulnerability on [...]
Microsoft Video ActiveX Control Vulnerability
This vulnerability has nothing to do with downloading software. Any user can be affected by visiting a site that has been hacked, and there are thousands that have already. In fact, hackers have known about this hole in Microsoft’s Active X Control for a week.
According to Microsoft Corp., the vulnerability has not been fixed, but [...]
Hackers Prepare to Capitalize on Michael Jackson Death
Hackers thrive on holidays and major headline stories. Michael Jackson’s death is no small story. More than 13,000 blogs have been published since the story broke about his tragic death. Hackers are now setting up Phishing scams to lure in their victims. Phishing and pharming are two popular forms of fraud that aim to dupe [...]
Full StorySocial Networks Under Attack
Here we go again! Just over a week ago there have been many Acai Berry tweets being sent throughout Twitter from bogus accounts. These Twitter messages are promoting a free trial of an acai berry dietary supplement. Security experts say that social-networking spam is particularly effective because it can’t be filtered at the corporate [...]
Full StoryWhy Internet Threats Are Rising
The economy downturn is putting some people in desperate situations. These same people, who may be in the Information Technology field, are now resorting to security breaches.
One of the main reasons why security is being breached is not necessarily down to exploiting weaknesses in the system through attacking firewalls; instead, it is the exploitation of [...]
Government Needs To Hire Hackers
In recent news, hackers have infiltrated sensitive Government data. There seems to be no way of stopping this, as the Government has no organized group to address cybersecurity.
The challenge of protecting the government’s computer networks is too big for any one agency to handle alone, a top adviser to President Barack Obama said Wednesday. That [...]
Malware Authors Target Social Networks
When you have millions of users, 175 million to be exact, it makes for an easy target for Malware authors and Hackers to invest time and energy. Facebook has been under fire lately with the well known Koobface worm. The Koobface worm finds the social-networking cookies, it makes a DNS query to check IP addresses [...]
Full StoryHow Safe is Your Web Site?
Your site may have been already targeted by hackers who are using automated tools to find most common vulnerabilities. If they find one, they will inject harmful code that will attack your loyal visitors and guests.
To help keep your site safe, start with some quick, free scans that ferret out the most obvious problems. First, [...]
McCain and Obama Networks Hacked
Reports indicate that hackers cracked into the networks of John McCain and Barack Obama during the US presidential campaign.
CNN and Newsweek cited sources within both camps as reporting that hackers from an undisclosed foreign location targeted each network over the summer in an attempt to acquire information.
The report did not specify which group or nation [...]
