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Security researchers have unearthed a flaw in Amazon Web Services that created a possible mechanism for hackers to take over control of cloud-based systems and run administrative tasks. The flaw, which affected Amazon's EC2 cloud and h...
Matching post #79,210 · by chain · Oct 27, 2011 2:44 PM
Malware writers have derived a new Trojan for Mac OS X by porting an older Linux backdoor Trojan horse onto another platform. The newly discovered Tsunami Trojan is derived from an earlier Linux-infecting backdoor Trojan, called Kaiten...
Matching post #79,201 · by chain · Oct 26, 2011 2:38 PM
A new worm doing the rounds is turning servers running older versions of the JBoss Application Server into botnet drones. The malware behind the attack is significant both because it targets servers rather than PCs and for its reliance...
Matching post #79,200 · by chain · Oct 26, 2011 2:34 PM
Hello everyone, Finally, AndroIRC 3.0 is out after three betas. Thanks to anyone who've tested it, this version 3 has a lot of bug fixes, and some great new features : FiSH support ! As FiSH needs Blowfish in order to encrypt / decrypt...
Matching post #79,166 · by chain · Oct 18, 2011 12:40 AM
Textual is a lightweight IRC client created specifically for Mac OS X. It was designed with simplicity in mind. Textual has taken the best of IRC and built it into a single client. Its easy-to-use functionality combined with scriptin...
Matching post #79,148 · by chain · Oct 16, 2011 7:07 AM
Well for now all I know is that they have been working on getting the servers up for irc, and are working on the rest as we speak. so there isnt a timetable as of yet on the development on the website. But will keep posting with new upda...
Matching post #79,065 · by chain · Oct 6, 2011 3:12 PM
Stop whinning ya baby la la gawd ya starting to become like the old geezer over there lol. hey irish great seeing you again been ages
Matching post #78,799 · by chain · Aug 11, 2011 9:00 PM
Icechat 9 Rc1.2 Updated On July 21, 2011 Codeplex Revision 64180 Just a heads up that Snerf has done an update and you can get it here. icechat.codeplex.com
Matching post #78,697 · by chain · Jul 23, 2011 3:48 PM
Japanese authorities have jailed a serial malware writer for two-and-a-half years over his latest creation. Masato Nakatsuji, 28, was found responsible for writing a strain of malware that spread across the locally popular Winny peer-t...
Matching post #78,686 · by chain · Jul 22, 2011 11:01 AM
Adobe and Apple used to be partners, with the maker of Photoshop being one of the biggest third-party Mac developers. Then Apple started releasing digital products that competed with its partner, and CEO Steve Jobs came out against Adobe...
Matching post #78,689 · by chain · Jul 22, 2011 11:46 AM
There is a lot of buzz about a recent set of tests by NSS Labs that show the Smartscreen reputation system in Internet Explorer 9 head and shoulders and most of the rest of the body above the competition in blocking malware on the web. ...
Matching post #78,688 · by chain · Jul 22, 2011 11:27 AM
Most organizations are used to standard penetration tests. However, companies that have been increasing their overall security posture proactively through years of program maturity and hard work, need something different. This talk b...
Matching post #78,687 · by chain · Jul 22, 2011 11:10 AM
Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer's Facebook page has been defaced by mischief makers. The rudimentary hack, carried out by a group calling itself The Script Kiddies, resulted in the dissemination of a message saying Pfizer should be stopped...
Matching post #78,685 · by chain · Jul 22, 2011 10:58 AM
Google makes a heck of a lot of money from online advertising. In fact, 97 percent of Google's revenue, which totaled $33.3 billion in the past twelve months, comes from advertising. WordStream, a venture capital-backed provider of hos...
Matching post #78,666 · by chain · Jul 20, 2011 3:16 PM
Federal officials arrested 16 people accused of carrying out computer crimes that damaged or breached protected systems, including a December attack organized by the Anonymous hacker collective on PayPal that caused numerous service disr...
Matching post #78,665 · by chain · Jul 20, 2011 3:08 PM
The promised dump of its emails from News International by hacktivist group LulzSec failed to materialise on Tuesday. However a prominent affiliate of the group told El Reg that the release had only been delayed, rather than postponed. ...
Matching post #78,664 · by chain · Jul 20, 2011 3:05 PM
Google is issuing warnings to people whose computers are infected with a type of malware that manipulates search requests. A strain of rogue anti-virus software also includes a search hijacker component. The hijacker is designed to fur...
Matching post #78,663 · by chain · Jul 20, 2011 3:02 PM
0k server is back up and running
Matching post #78,655 · by chain · Jul 20, 2011 12:19 AM
IceChat IRC Client Well today was quite an intersting day, I had a unique interview with the creator of Icechat. Snerf is the creator of the well known IRC Client IceChat. He had talked about when he started and the reasons for it, and...
Matching post #78,596 · by chain · Jul 15, 2011 5:41 AM
It's been another active week in the hacking world. At least 237,234 records were obtained by hackers from the Stevens Institute of Technology, German Federal Police, Kiplinger Washington Editors Inc., Toshiba Corporation, the National A...
Matching post #78,602 · by chain · Jul 15, 2011 12:01 PM
Mozilla has proposed a new method for signing into websites that avoids both site-specific passwords and existing cross-site sign-in services from corporate behemoths such as Google and Facebook. Known as BrowserID, Mozilla's prototype...
Matching post #78,601 · by chain · Jul 15, 2011 11:56 AM
More than 10 per cent of companies that promise not to track internet users' online activity for behavioural advertising purposes still do so, according to new research. Publishers and advertising networks use cookies to track user beh...
Matching post #78,600 · by chain · Jul 15, 2011 11:50 AM
Sega's forum remains offline almost a month after its forums and other sites were hit by hacktivists. Hackers broke into Sega's systems and made off with user registration details, email addresses, birth dates and encrypted passwords o...
Matching post #78,595 · by chain · Jul 14, 2011 1:00 PM
Six out of every 10 users of Adobe Reader are running vulnerable versions of the ubiquitous PDF reader package, according to stats from freebie anti-virus scanner firm Avast. Adobe applications, behind only browsers and Microsoft Offic...
Matching post #78,594 · by chain · Jul 14, 2011 12:53 PM
As recently as February this year, Google allowed its users to sign up to its revenue-challenged video sharing website YouTube using a pseudonym. In fact, Mountain View was so proud of that option that its director of privacy, product...
Matching post #78,593 · by chain · Jul 14, 2011 12:51 PM
