Computer Protection at its Finest!
A computer hacker known as “KillaWho” has hacked the underground community of “r00t-y0u.org” due to a warning yesterday that was supposedly made by Police of some sort. The hacker explained how the Police who were running the case do not understand how to use a computer. The facts were very persuasive.
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Are you sick of e-Mail spam? Well, so are the rest of us. e-Mail spamming has been around for quite a while, yet it is still used very frequently! This month, e-Mail spam is said that 90% of e-mails are spam (according to Symantec)!
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Hackers located in Russia have been using a gas company named “GazTranzitStroyInfo LLC” have been using this as a front. They’ve been exploiting web-browsers with the famous exploit known as “Zeus”. Zeus can exploit browsers on a large scale, so stay updated! Due to the fact their hosting is offshore, security professionals are unable to shut down most of their websites, as the hosting company may not comply in the same language, or even at all.
So, Macs are supposedly really secure? Well, this fact is not so true. Mac’s are just as easily of a target as Windows. The only difference, is that Windows is used far more, therefore more viruses and exploits are found for it. Hackers target Windows operating systems due to the fact they can get more victims at a faster rate. Making a proper virus for Mac would take a while, so usually they will avoid it.
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Methodman, a grey-hat hacker specializing in finding XSS flaws, reported that Paypal has some dangerous cross-site scripting vulnerabilities that need to be taken care of. The vulnerabilities are still not patched as I write this article. The flaws continue to affect the registration.paypal.com, www.paypal-press.co.uk and www.paypal-press.fr websites.
Do you rely on your anti-virus programs? Well truth is, anti-virus helps, but you should also think “outside of the box”. Who profits the most off of computer viruses? Well, anti-virus companies, and Microsoft. These companies could be using so many other coding techniques to secure your computer from viruses and possible hackers.
OK, well here is an informative update to the so called “Conficker” virus. My last article about this virus, was explaining how it is probably a hoax. Well, I was a little off. I was wrong about it being a hoax, but I was right about it not being much different than any other bot (Trojan). It spreads via private exploits (public now). Once a computer is infected, Conficker will scan a random IP range and try to run the exploits against other computers, thus infecting more systems.
Yesterday, May 7th 2009, some “hackers” posted a $10 million dollar ransom on Virginians’ private files. They say if they do not receive the ransom, the files will be released. The FBI are trying very hard to track down these “hackers”. The “hackers” posted this ransom on “Wikileaks” (a popular place for informative leaks, usually having to do with government data).
Many have heard of “Phishing”, but do not really know what it is (and no its not just a mis-spelled way of fishing!). Phishing is when schemers or “hackers” create fake websites in which look like the site they are targeting. They will then have you visit it, and enter your information/details (usually account log-in information), and therefore steal it!
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