Biggest Las Vegas Casino Network hacked by Iranian Hackers

And Sheldon Adelson owns 52 percent of the Las Vegas Sands Corp. and a Israeli resident. I want to show you something. The next one is in the middle of Tehran. Only later, after the attack, were investigators able to sift through computer logs and reconstruct their movements. This server was used by the Casino to review and test their web pages before publishing them. After a lot of probing, they found the credentials of a senior systems engineer....

December 12, 2014 · 1 min · 155 words · Stephen Walker

Hackers Hack into Serbia’s State Network and IDs of all Serbians

As perInSerbia, the hackers have sent a email to the largest Serbian daily,Blic. In the email the hackers have claimed, We have whole Serbia in our hand. The above said screenshot contain tables was attached with the email sent to Blic to substantiate their claim. The tables apparently contain detailed information about residents of several cities in Serbia. We show this information in public for many reasons. The first and main reason is that our cyber police chases exclusively Serbian hackers while it ignores Albanian hackers....

December 12, 2014 · 1 min · 101 words · Jorge Jackson

Malformed certificates can crash all Android devices

Malformed certificates are created when two certificates are signed with a looped certificate chain. Trend says that such Android unit may either slow down or hang up forcing the user to reboot. Android framework works on two common used classes,JarFileandKeyStoreclasses. Introducing the such a malformed certificate in any of these two classes can risk the rig. Android commonly used class JarUtils(./libcore/luni/src/main/java/org/apache/harmony/security/utils/JarUtils.java) These may be used by the JarFile class. It is used to verify a jar packages certificates and signature files....

December 12, 2014 · 1 min · 159 words · Michael Gonzales

Microsoft outdoes itself in putting up buggy updates this time with KB 3004394

TheKB 3004394was released as a part of the Patch Tuesday on 9th December. It was released by Windows as a update for Windows Root Certificate. This includes the inability to install future updates. Theforumswere already agog with the readers maintaining that KB 3004394 was corrupting the system files. I immediately noticed that my Magnifier .exe was dead and it also mucked around with my Rocket Dock. When you trigger the updates, you better deselect or hide that one....

December 12, 2014 · 1 min · 125 words · Erin Wilson

iPhone encryption stops FBI, but not this 7-year-old uses his sleeping Dad’s finger to unlock iPhone

Mr.Green is under the impression that his iPhone 6 cannot be decrypted without his knowledge or permission. However he was proven wrong by his own 7 year old son. His son, Harrison Green easily unlocked his Matthews iPhone 6 without his fathers knowledge. Thus the iPhone 6 was unlocked without Matthews knowledge and permission. If you consider Mathews teaching background, his iPhone may hold important data relating NSA, Cryptography etc....

December 11, 2014 · 1 min · 134 words · Susan Herrera

Sony Fightback against Torrents and File Sharing Sites : DoS Attack and Fake Seeds

This data is/was being shared through various torrents and file sharing services. Sony had decided to fight them back and give these sites a bit of run for their money. Normally the media companies use these technique to fight and combat pirated movies and music hosting websites. The procedure for employing this technique is rather complex. Normally all torrent users act as some kind of leechers in the torrent ecosystem....

December 11, 2014 · 1 min · 116 words · Katie Smith

The Pirate Bay Cofounder Happy to See TPB Dead and Buried

This statement was made by him in a blogpost on a aptly named website,Copy Me Happy. That happened over 8 years ago last time. That time, a lot of people went out to protest and rally in the streets. Today few seem to care. And Im one of them. he adds, Why, you might ask? But most of all, Ive not been a fan of what TPB has become. Noone willing to take the technology further....

December 11, 2014 · 2 min · 219 words · Patrick Cohen

Xiaomi banned from selling smartphones in India by High Court

The dragon from China has been tamed not due to spying accusations but due to Patents infringement. The High Court passed this order while hearing a case filed by Ericsson India against Xiaomi. Ericsson litigation Ericsson has dragged Micromax, Gionee and Intex in addition to Xiaomi to court. This may spell of hiccup for the Chinese smartphone major in the rapidly growing Indian smartphone market. source: www.techworm.net

December 11, 2014 · 1 min · 67 words · Aaron House

Destover Malware Signed by Stolen Sony Pictures Certificate detected in the Wild

This may be done for a price according to report. So what does this mean? In turn, these can be further used in other attacks. Because the Sony digital certificates are trusted by security solutions, this makes attacks more effective. source: www.techworm.net

December 10, 2014 · 1 min · 42 words · David Rhodes

LulzSec’s Sabu’s first interview after arrest, warns more cyber attacks on US infrastructure

In all reality, there is no security. It should be an inspiration to the American government to focus on our infrastructure. Prior to his arrest Sabu was looked upon with great honor in the Anonymous arena. He was arrested by the FBI inJune 2011alongwith two other LulzSec members. He said when the authorities came, it was already to late to attempt any foolish thing. After taking the kids from school, he went on a shopping spree buying them toys and coloring books....

December 10, 2014 · 1 min · 101 words · Marilyn Morris

North Korea not linked to Sony Hack Attack says FBI

Also there were reports of the Wipall malware used by the hackers being written in North Korean script. source: www.techworm.net

December 10, 2014 · 1 min · 20 words · Jeffrey Warner

Sony Hack Attack : Hackers had Demanded Ransom from Sony Three Days Prior to Attack

Surprisingly the hackers signed the email as GodsApstls. This phrase was also found by the investigators in the Wipall malware used in the Sony hack attack. The words #GOP or Guardians of Peace has not been mentioned anywhere in the ransom email. (Image courtesy:Mashable) Sony officials took the emails as a spam and didnt even bother to open it. Another noteworthy information includes the popularity chart of the Hollywood stars in different countries....

December 10, 2014 · 1 min · 92 words · Matthew Robles

The Pirate Bay Is Not Back, TPB Costa Rica Domain Is Good As Dead

The incident broke like wildfire with every media group reporting it. It soon caught onto trends on social media networks. it relies entirely on the Pirate Bay for its torrent content. While others are nothing more than fake websites, serving ads and possible malware, better stay away. These mirrors do nothing when a user tries to look up a torrent. Update: ThePirateBay.ee is now allowing users to download contents using Magnet links....

December 10, 2014 · 1 min · 74 words · Kevin Mora