A botnet for the masses

A botnet for the masses


A botnet for the masses

Posted: 21 Sep 2011 11:40 AM PDT

Did you know that you can buy a bot for just 10 Euros? Researchers of German security firm G Data have discovered that a bot builder dubbed "Aldi Bot" is currently being offered for that much on u...

Android bugs allow attackers to secretly install malware

Posted: 21 Sep 2011 10:26 AM PDT

Jon Oberheide - the security researcher who has so effectively pointed out the existence of a major security bug in the Android platform nearly a year ago - has found two more. The first one - aff...

48% of enterprises targeted by social engineering attacks

Posted: 21 Sep 2011 10:05 AM PDT

48% of enterprises have been victims of social engineering attacks, experiencing 25 or more such attacks in the past two years at a average cost of over £15,000 per incident, according to Check P...

"We are going to sue you" spam campaign leads to malware

Posted: 21 Sep 2011 09:01 AM PDT

Every once in a while, security researchers spot an email spam campaign so poorly thought out and executed that I have to wonder: "Who would fall far this?" But then I remember that a moment of distra...

Researchers crack SSL encryption

Posted: 21 Sep 2011 07:54 AM PDT

Two security researchers have found a way of breaking the SSL/TLS encryption that allows the information that passes from browser/user to server and back be reliable and, above all, private. Thai D...

Bluetooth vulnerabilities becoming easier to exploit

Posted: 21 Sep 2011 02:30 AM PDT

Codenomicon warns consumers about the poor quality and security of Bluetooth equipment. Based on Codenomicon's robustness test results using smart model based fuzzing tools, 80% of all the tests ag...

BackTrack adds RandomStorm WordPress scanner

Posted: 21 Sep 2011 01:18 AM PDT

RandomStorm's WPScan, the free WordPress security scanner, has been added to the latest version of BackTrack. BackTrack is an open source operating system that provides security consultants with an...

Cisco security solutions for urban environments

Posted: 21 Sep 2011 01:09 AM PDT

Cisco announced a series of safety and security innovations powered by a Medianet architecture. Together these innovations support the evolution of Cisco's strategy towards a solutions-oriented ser...

Pligg CMS multiple XSS vulnerabilities

Posted: 21 Sep 2011 12:58 AM PDT

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Pligg CMS, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks, according to Secunia. 1. Input passed to the "date"...

Micron SSD featuring self encryption

Posted: 21 Sep 2011 12:54 AM PDT

Micron Technology introduced a new version of its RealSSD C400, featuring self encryption. The C400 SED's encryption capabilities are delivered through a hardware-based, AES-256-bit encryption engi...

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