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FBI warning about Banking trojan "Gameover"

FBI warning about Banking trojan "Gameover"

Jan 09, 2012
FBI warning about Banking trojan " Gameover " Organized crooks have begun launching debilitating cyber attacks against banks and their customers as part of a smoke screen to prevent victims from noticing simultaneous high-dollar cyber heists. On Friday the FBI issued a warning about a banking trojan named Gameover. It's a new variant of Zeus, a user credential stealing malware that targets online bank users. Zeus has been around for years, and every now and then a new version with a new twist pops up. Gameover has also been implicated in Distributed-Denial-of-Service attacks that temporarily-disable bank websites to draw attention away from fraudulent transactions. Like another Zeus variant, Troj/BredoZp-GY, Gameover uses e-mail spam to propagate, and the safest way to keep Gameover away from your PC is to avoid links and file attachments that are contained in unfamiliar e-mail messages. Experts warn that any interaction with this fake NACHA link can infect your PC with
Hackers selling cheap BOTNETs and DDOS on forums

Hackers selling cheap BOTNETs and DDOS on forums

Jan 06, 2012
Hackers selling cheap BOTNETs and DDOS on forums The Internet has revolutionized shopping around the world. Security researchers F-Secure reported recently in a post that hackers are Selling Cheap DDOS services on Various Forums. Hackers are offering services like distributed denial of service attacks (DDoS), which can be used to knock website offline in just 1 - 2 hours / 2$ per hour. They Posted a Youtube Video in which a young woman advertises DDoS services. " We are here to provide you a cheap professional ddos service.We can hit most large websites/forums game servers.We will test the website/server before accepting your money.Due to the nature of the business we dont offer refunds. " Offer said . There is another Interesting Hacker's Shop ! Moreover, for their assaults, the hackers chiefly utilize botnets, while ignorant operators of computers remain unaware that they've gotten contaminated with malware as also being controlled remotely. " Do you wan
Navigating the Threat Landscape: Understanding Exposure Management, Pentesting, Red Teaming and RBVM

Navigating the Threat Landscape: Understanding Exposure Management, Pentesting, Red Teaming and RBVM

Apr 29, 2024Exposure Management / Attack Surface
It comes as no surprise that today's cyber threats are orders of magnitude more complex than those of the past. And the ever-evolving tactics that attackers use demand the adoption of better, more holistic and consolidated ways to meet this non-stop challenge. Security teams constantly look for ways to reduce risk while improving security posture, but many approaches offer piecemeal solutions – zeroing in on one particular element of the evolving threat landscape challenge – missing the forest for the trees.  In the last few years, Exposure Management has become known as a comprehensive way of reigning in the chaos, giving organizations a true fighting chance to reduce risk and improve posture. In this article I'll cover what Exposure Management is, how it stacks up against some alternative approaches and why building an Exposure Management program should be on  your 2024 to-do list. What is Exposure Management?  Exposure Management is the systematic identification, evaluation,
Train-switching system can be vulnerable to DDoS attack

Train-switching system can be vulnerable to DDoS attack

Dec 29, 2011
Train-switching system can be vulnerable to DDoS attack Hackers who have shut down websites by overwhelming them with web traffic could use the same approach to shut down the computers that control train switching systems, a security expert said at a hacking conference in Berlin. Prof. Stefan Katzenbeisser, the man behind this shocking claim made the revelation during his speech at the Chaos Communication Congress hosted by the Berlin. Prof. Katzenbeisser explained that all hell will break lose in case the encryption keys are compromised in the system, used for switching trains from one line to another. " Trains could not crash, but service could be disrupted for quite some time ," Katzenbeisser told Reuters on the sidelines of the convention. " Denial of service " campaigns are one of the simplest forms of cyber attack: hackers recruit large numbers of computers to overwhelm the targeted system with Internet traffic. Katzenbeisser said GSM-R, a mobile technolo
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CapitalOne Bank taken down by Anonymous hackers

CapitalOne Bank taken down by Anonymous hackers

Nov 06, 2011
CapitalOne Bank taken down by Anonymous hackers Anonymous Hackers claim to taken down the official website of CapitalOne Bank . Currently Site is showing message on Homepage that " Site under maintenance ". In a pastebin release Anonymous Hacker wrote " ya know.. every guy Fawkes day companies go hire the best white hat hackers to protect them against attackers like us lol.. so dont beat your self's up if nothen was defaced or taken down by ddos.. we still doxed a bunch of people lol! congratulate your self's! Anonymous dident fail we succeeded and we will never fail.. " Hacker also claim to do DDOS attack on CapitalOne website for taken it down. There is another statement by same hacker " Many ddos attacks were taken place today and we all hoped to see at least fox going down ". Its not clear that that either the site is really under  maintenance  after attack by Anonymous Hackers or its any regular  maintenance for backup only. Hackers al
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