Monthly Archives: April 2015

A vulnerability present in version 1.3 of RealTek SDK (software development kit), which is used in the development of broadband routers from D-Link and Trendnet, can be exploited by an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the device. Although only … Continue reading →

For the last three days, China’s Great Firewall has been intercepting the Javascript module from Facebook Login, which allows third-party sites to authorize users through Facebook infrastructure. First reported on Sunday, the attack causes sites using Facebook Login to redirect to … Continue reading →

Crypto-ransomware variants have enterprises on edge because of the threat of irreversibly damaged files. Some organizations, including most recently the Tewksbury, Ma., police department have gone as far as to pay hundreds of dollars in ransom for the recovery key. … Continue reading →

The state Security Operation Center is investigating a distributed denial of service attack on Sunday that targeted the state’s official government website and a site maintained by the Thirty Meter Telescope project. A group calling itself Operation Green Rights, which … Continue reading →

A Nigerian man has been arraigned in an Abuja high court, charged with hacking into a bank server and siphoning out more than N68 billion (over $340 million, £225 million). The man, Stephen Omaidu, a graduate of Kogi State Polytechnic … Continue reading →

UK train services could be vulnerable to being hacked, hijacked and crashed, due to the trial of new digital signaling system designed to make lines safer, reports ITV. According to government advisor Professor David Stupples, the new European Traffic Rail Management System … Continue reading →

Cuál es el propósito de una firma de sistema de detección de intrusos? La respuesta es que queremos que el sistema nos avise cuando se produce un intento de intrusión. Pero tomemos un momento para pensar en otras razones por … Continue reading →

Of the thousands of Sony Corp. internal emails that WikiLeaks has posted online, at least 1,729 of them pertain in some way to “general counsel,” according to a search by CorpCounsel.com Tuesday. The emails reveal numerous discussions involving the company’s … Continue reading →