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StopTheHacker startup sets up website malware detection service  14 February 2012 
Source: Tech World - Posted by Dave Wreski   
StopTheHacker launched yesterday with a set of services for detecting malicious code implanted in websites by hackers who compromise sites to try to launch attacks on visitors to infected web pages.
 
DDoS Tools Flourish, Give Attackers Many Options  09 February 2012 
Source: Information Week - Posted by Alex   
More than 55 DDoS tools and services on the market offer hacktivists, increasingly driven by ideological or political goals, a wide range of choices, Arbor security researcher reports.
 
Operation Ghost Click DNS servers to shut down in March  06 February 2012 
Source: CNET - Posted by Dave Wreski   
One of the more widespread malware efforts over the past few years was the DNSChanger scam, which installed a Trojan horse that would change the DNS server settings on affected computers to divert traffic to rogue servers.
 
VeriSign 2010 Hack: DNS Data Theft A Possibility  03 February 2012 
Source: Information Week - Posted by Dave Wreski   
Several successful hacks of VeriSign's network, in 2010, might have compromised critical information relating to the Internet's domain name system (DNS).
 
Report: Kelihos botnet making a comeback  02 February 2012 
Source: H Security - Posted by Alex   
Following a joint operation by Microsoft and Kaspersky Lab last September to disrupt Kelihos, the botnet is now said to be making a comeback and using new techniques. According to a report on Securelist, which is run by Kaspersky Lab, new samples of the Kelihos botnet have been discovered that appear to be "very similar to the initial version".
 
Ex-Hacker Mafiaboy Discusses Local Government Web Security  31 January 2012 
Source: Government Technology - Posted by Dave Wreski   
Last July, a hacker broke into Yellowstone County, Mont.’s website, prompting the county to disable the site. In September 2011, two men with alleged ties to the online activist group Anonymous were indicted for hacking into Santa Cruz County, Calif., computers in December 2010, causing the county website to go offline.
 
Hackers ramping up their firepower, says study  27 January 2012 
Source: Infosecurity US - Posted by Dave Wreski   
Hackers have increased their firepower by 30% when they go after websites, according to Imperva’s second Web Application Attack Report (WAAR).
 
Anonymous dupes users into joining Megaupload attack  23 January 2012 
Source: Network World - Posted by Dave Wreski   
The Anonymous hacking group recruited unwitting accomplices in Thursday's attacks against U.S. government sites, a security researcher said today.
 
How To Prevent An Illicit Data Dump  11 January 2012 
Source: Dark Reading - Posted by Dave Wreski   
The headline occurs almost every day lately -- a large enterprise or government agency loses a huge cache of data through the actions of an employee. Whether it's a malicious theft and posting, a la WikiLeaks, or an unintentional compromise of sensitive business information, the affected organization is put in a position of serious risk.
 
Pirate Bay block prompts Anonymous to launch DDOS  11 January 2012 
Source: Network World - Posted by Dave Wreski   
Anonymous has struck the websites of two anti-piracy organizations, a day after Finnish ISP Elisa blocked access to The Pirate Bay search engine in response to an injunction requested by one of the organizations.
 
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