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Saudi Presidency of Meteorology & Environment Protection Hacked

Saudi Presidency of Meteorology & Environment Protection Hacked

Jan 26, 2012
Saudi Presidency of Meteorology & Environment Protection Hacked A hacker with name Yourikan (you-r!-k@n) Deface the Website of Saudi's " Presidency of Meteorology & Environment Protection ".  Yourikan perform this Hack to give message to Saudi Hacker  0xOmar , Who leaks the thousands of Israeli credit cards few weeks back. [ Source ]
Tor Vulnerable to Remote arbitrary code Execution

Tor Vulnerable to Remote arbitrary code Execution

Jan 23, 2012
Tor Vulnerable to Remote arbitrary code Execution According to latest post of Gentoo Linux Security Advisory, There are multiple vulnerabilities have been found in TOR , the most severe ofwhich may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. TOR is an implementation of second generation Onion Routing, a connection-oriented anonymizing communication service. Using this Vulnerability remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service. Furthermore, a remote relay the user is directly connected to may be able to disclose anonymous information about that user or enumerate bridges in the user's connection. Advisory explain that , Affected Vulnerable packages are < 0.2.2.35 . M ultiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Tor are listed below: * When configured as client or bridge, Tor uses the same TLS certificate chain for all outgoing connections ( CVE-2011-2768) . * When configured as a bridge, Tor relays ca...
Android Network Toolkit (ANTI) Review - Pentest at the push of a button

Android Network Toolkit (ANTI) Review - Pentest at the push of a button

Jan 23, 2012
This Post reviews the newly released ANTI3 version. We've received a platinum account of ANTI3, before its official release, and this is our review: Recently White-Hat Hacker, Itzhak "Zuk" Avraham , the founder of zImperium unveiled its new app in Blackhat / Defcon19, introducing a new concept where both home users and local IT can have the same tools to, at the push of a button, check for their security faults. The new zImperium product, named Android Network Toolkit (or in short - ANTI), allows professional penetration testers, ethical hackers, IT and home users to scan for security issues in their network. In a few simple clicks ANTI covers the most advanced attack vectors in order to check for vulnerabilities, even those that up until now could only be performed by top-notch penetration testers. This means that while you might think that you're safe because you have a firewall on, with ANTI you can check and prove it (or add it to your penetration testing repor...
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Phishing Google Users with the Help of Google !

Phishing Google Users with the Help of Google !

Jan 23, 2012
Phishing Google Users with the Help of Google ! How Hackers are phishing Gmail/Google users successfully ?  Christy Philip Mathew, an Information Security Instructor from India shared a perfect trick with us. He just exploit human psychology. Lets see how: He Created a phishing Page of Google and Uploaded to :  https://www.keepbacktrack.net84.net/  . Now How to make this URL legit for Victims ? Simple, Using Google translation Tool. Google translation has got a vulnerability that if an attacker plan out translating a fake gmail login page he would get a perfectly crafted link that can be used for malicious purposes or Phishing. Above Shown Image the example of this Trick. New Phishing  URL is Here  after using Translation tool. This is Art of psychological manipulation using Google to Hack Google Users.
Panasonic China website hacked and Redirected

Panasonic China website hacked and Redirected

Jan 23, 2012
Panasonic China website hacked and Redirected Latest notification by DarkDevilz Crew to THN  , They hack  Panasonic's China websites and Redirect users to a Black color Deface Page as shown. " 3spi0n " named Hacker from team take responsibility to perform this Hack. Hacker compromise the URL :  https://pro2.panasonic.cn/autodoor/ , and add Refresh Meta tag in source code to redirect the page to a new location i.e.  https://www.kutanhosting.com/r3.html  . Mirror of Hack is also available, in case Site fixed before you see this , here : Mirror 1 & Mirror 2
CBS Broadcasting Hacked by Anonymous Hackers for #OpMegaUpload

CBS Broadcasting Hacked by Anonymous Hackers for #OpMegaUpload

Jan 22, 2012
CBS Broadcasting Hacked by Anonymous Hackers for #OpMegaUpload Anonymous Hackers are claiming to Hack the official website of CBS Broadcasting (CBS), major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. Hacker hack the server , entire web directory has been deleted and There is only a Single blank file named " foundry.html " as shown. Even Brazil also Under Anonymous Attack, Today Tangara da Serra city site also defaced by them. Get update about all Anonymous Hacks Here . Stay Tuned to Get More Updates on This Hack !
Brazil Under Anonymous Attack - Tangara da Serra city site defaced !

Brazil Under Anonymous Attack - Tangara da Serra city site defaced !

Jan 22, 2012
Brazil Under Anonymous Attack - Tangara da Serra city site defaced ! Anonymous Hackers attacked websites of Brazil's federal district and Tangara da Serra city on Sunday as well as one belonging to a Brazilian singer to protest the forced closure of Megaupload.com. The attacks this week, which they call " #opmegaupload " shut down the websites of the FBI and US Justice Department for several hours to protest the closure of Megaupload.com. Hackers succeed in shutting down the website of popular Brazilian singer Paula Fernandes . They posted the image of a grim-faced joker with a message saying, " If Megaupload is down, you are down too ." It was signed " GhostofThreads ". Anonymous use DDoS attacks tools like so-called Low Orbit Ion Cannon  which is a piece of software that volunteer hacktivists download to their PCs and choose to run, whereby it then starts blasting the target website with traffic. Stats says that , in last 7 days LOIC downlo...
For Protest Against #SOPA 68 Website hacked By Dinelson

For Protest Against #SOPA 68 Website hacked By Dinelson

Jan 22, 2012
For Protest Against #SOPA 68 Website hacked By Dinelson Dinelson deface 68 Websites for Protest Against SOPA and PIPA. List of all Hacked site is posted here . A protest to a Congressional bill called SOPA caused quite a stir on Wednesday as thousands of websites protested SOPA with blacked-out pages. Megaupload, a hugely popular website for sharing files, was a major SOPA target, because it allegedly disobeys copyright laws and legislation. After the SOPA protest, the Department of Justice issued a release stating that federal officials had taken the site down. Following this announcement, a hacking collective called Anonymous launched several attacks on government and entertainment industry websites, including those for the Justice Department, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Universal Music. 2 days back SOPA and PIPA were dropped by Congress . Both the House and the Senate on Friday backed away from a pair of controversial anti-piracy bills, tossing...
Third Security breach at Core Security Technologies

Third Security breach at Core Security Technologies

Jan 22, 2012
Third Security breach at Core Security Technologies Possible Security Breach in Website of Core Security Technologies by sncope Hacker. This is 3rd time when sncope hack and Leak the Passwords of Core Security Technologies. The details of Pentest done by  sncope is available on Pastebin . It include the Login details with hashed passwords and IP address of Users as shown below. Last Time Core Security was Hacked in September 2011 by sncope. That time Hacker defaced the Homepage of Site. Update : According to Core Security Technologies Hacker breached an old Server which is not in use from last 8 Years and there is no sensitive or confidential Information stored on it.  Core Security 's Response about above Attack " There is nothing of importance posted here. Core's active servers, websites or networks were not compromised nor did the information recently posted contain information residing on those systems. In fact, the information is from a third-party serve...
Saudi Arabia's King Saud University Database Hacked

Saudi Arabia's King Saud University Database Hacked

Jan 22, 2012
Saudi Arabia's King Saud University Database Hacked The Official Website of  King Saud University (KSU) Got hacked by some unknown Hacker.is a public university located in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Database of 812 Users hacked from  https://printpress.ksu.edu.sa/  and dumped on Internet by Hacker on a file sharing site  including Mail address list, mobile phones and passwords. Passwords are not encrypted in any hashes. Most of the Students using same Email ID and Password for Facebook and Other Sites. Its not clear weather its Part of Cyberwar b/w of Israel and Saudi Arabia.
DreamHost Hacked - Change Your Passwords Now !

DreamHost Hacked - Change Your Passwords Now !

Jan 21, 2012
DreamHost Hacked - Change Your Passwords Now ! All Dreamhost customers should read this post immediately and change all related passwords (including WordPress ones). Dreamhost said " Last night we detected some unauthorized activity within one of our databases. " They say there's " no evidence that customer passwords were taken ", but they''re pushing out password changes to everyone just to be safe. In addition, you should change any of your other passwords just to be safe that is, if they're at all similar to your DreamHost password.  To edit your password in the panel, please log into the web panel and go to Manage Users . Click edit next to the FTP/shell user on the right and you can change your password there.  This is the second time within week, when hackers targeted to these big websites, Dreamhost don't give any clue of the hack.
Book Review : Defense against the Black Arts

Book Review : Defense against the Black Arts

Jan 20, 2012
Book Review : Defense against the Black Arts How Hackers Do What They Do and How to Protect against It Ben Rothke  write a review of a   new book on hacking " Defense against the Black Arts: How Hackers Do What They Do and How to Protect against It ". Authors are Jesse Varsalone, Matthew Mcfadden, Michael Schearer and Sean Morrissey. " If there ever was a book that should not be judged by its title, Defense against the Black Arts: How Hackers Do What They Do and How to Protect against It, is that book. Even if one uses the definition in The New Hackers Dictionary of 'a collection of arcane, unpublished, and (by implication) mostly ad-hoc techniques developed for a particular application or systems area', that really does not describe this book. The truth is that hacking is none of the above. If anything, it is a process that is far from mysterious, but rather aether to describe. With that, the book does a good job of providing the reader with the information ne...
Woohooo! After #SopaBlackout, Congress Postpones Action on #SOPA, #PIPA

Woohooo! After #SopaBlackout, Congress Postpones Action on #SOPA, #PIPA

Jan 20, 2012
Woohooo! After #SopaBlackout , Congress Postpones Action on #SOPA, #PIPA A big hurrah to you!!!!! We've won for now SOPA and PIPA were dropped by Congress today. The votes we've been scrambling to mobilize against have been cancelled. When the entire Internet gets angry, Congress takes notice. Both the House and the Senate on Friday backed away from a pair of controversial anti-piracy bills, tossing them into limbo and throwing doubt on their future viability. Google Inc. said today it collected more than 7 million signatures from the U.S. for its online petition to Congress during an Internet protest against anti- piracy legislation backed by Hollywood. Visitors to Google, the world's most popular search engine, were greeted yesterday by a black box covering the company's familiar icon, and a message that read " Tell Congress: Please don't censor the Web! " The message linked to a page outlining Google's opposition and an option to join a petition urging Congress to reject the l...
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