Scammers have been devising ways to ride on someone else's coattails since the dawn of time. With every new technology they find another way to make money from nothing. Today I am going to highlight a method that involves Twitter, Yahoo!, and Google AdSense.
Many security professionals have sent me irrate comments via e-mail like: You’re insane! You can’t block China! How long have you been in security! You can’t block a whole country! These remarks come in response to my writings concerning cyberwarfare, China and similar themes. In today’s blog entry, I bring to you: “Advanced Persistent Errata – Defending The Castle;” in other words, Blocking ANYONE you damn well choose to block…
IT security firm, Sophos, has warned Twitter users on a new attack that has led to thousands of accounts being compromised by hackers using a Web 2.0 botnet. The hijacked accounts are later used to spread money-making spam campaigns. The security firm found out that fellow members of the micro-blogging network had posted messages disguised as humorous inks, but were actually aimed to phish passwords credentials from unsuspecting users. These messages were accompanied with clickable links which redirected users to a fake Twitter login page hosted on a website based in China. Watch the video which demonstrates the attack…
Infosec Island has gained exclusive access to a video demonstration of the XerXeS DoS attack as it is unleashed on the Taliban website www.alemarah.com, and carried out by infamous patriot hacker The Jester (th3j35t3r). The video release follows an earlier announcement that The Jester has been working to improve and automate aspects of the attack method, which unlike a DDoS attack, requires only one low spec machine to implement…
It is hard to believe upon reading Menn’s account that the night before Barrett had excused himself from the rehearsal dinner to secretly pass off a key fob with a digital audio recorder that he had used to capture a day’s worth of conversation with one of the Prolexic partners to an FBI agent waiting around the corner in a dark sedan…
Everyday the news bombards us with security issues of minor or major magnitude. Currently, some of the hottest topics are the Chinese Google Hacking, Botnets, Online War between organized Crime Cartels, and Vigilante Hackers on a Jihad Crusade. Applauding hacking vigilantes like The Jester is just another road to hell paved with good intentions…