Iranian users were the ultimate target in DigiNotar compromise

Iranian users were the ultimate target in DigiNotar compromise


Iranian users were the ultimate target in DigiNotar compromise

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 09:35 AM PDT

If you needed a confirmation of Google's claims that the rogue SSL issued by DigiNotar for *.google.com domains was used mainly to mount man-in-the-middle attacks against users from Iran, Trend Micro ...

Rogue SSL certs were also issued for CIA, MI6, Mossad

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 06:43 AM PDT

The number of rogue SSL certificates issued by Dutch CA DigiNotar has balooned from one to a couple dozen to over 250 to 531 in just a few days. As Jacob Appelbaum of the Tor project shared the f...

New Zeus-based variant targets banks around the world

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 05:04 AM PDT

Another Zeus-based offering has been unearthed by Trend Micros researchers, and by the look of things, this one seems to be better crafted than the recently discovered Ice IX crimeware that doesn't de...

MantisBT multiple vulnerabilities

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 03:59 AM PDT

Vulnerabilities have been reported in MantisBT, according to Secunia. These can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks and disclose potentially sensitive information ...

The Register, The Daily Telegraph, UPS hit by DNS hack

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 03:54 AM PDT

Readers of British technology news and opinion website The Register got an unwelcome surprise when they tried to access it yesterday: But, what at first looked like a successful hack turned out t...

BackBox Linux 2 for penetration testers

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 03:47 AM PDT

BackBox is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu. It has been developed to perform penetration tests and security assessments. Designed to be fast, easy to use and provide a minimal yet complete des...

Week in review: Anonymous arrests, Kernel.org and DigiNotar breaches, Google servers as a DDoS tool

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 01:18 AM PDT

Here's an overview of some of last week's most interesting news and interviews: Disaster preparedness tips for computers ISACA offers tips to the public and businesses to protect their computers...

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