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Kernel.org Server Rooted and 448 users credentials compromised The main kernel.org page is currently carrying a notice that the site has suffered a security breach. " Earlier this month, a number of servers in the kernel.org infrastructure were compromised. We discovered this August 28th. While we currently believe that the source code repositories were unaffected, we are in the process of verifying this and taking steps to enhance security across the kernel.org infrastructure. " As the update mentions, there's little to be gained by tampering with the git repositories there anyway. The infection occurred no later than August 12 and wasn't detected for another 17 days. The systems were infected by an off-the-shelf, a self-injecting rootkit known as Phalanx that has attacked sensitive Linux systems before. What happened? Intruders gained root access on the server Hera. We believe they may have gained this access via a compromised user credential; how they man...

WikiLeaks.org under Cyber Attack after releasing U.S. diplomatic cables The WikiLeaks website, which contains thousands of U.S. embassy cables, has crashed in an apparent cyberattack. The anti-secrecy organization said in a Twitter message Tuesday that Wikileaks.org "is presently under attack." Wikileaks.org today released 250,000 U.S. diplomatic cables that have apparently caused grave concern in Western governments. The documents have already revealed that the U.S. has been spying on the United Nations Secretary General. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland would not confirm the authenticity of the latest documents, but said " the United States strongly condemns any illegal disclosure of classified information. "

Bangladesh Police website hacked by RetnOHacK Anonymous Albanian Hacker Some Anonymous Hacker " RetnOHacK " from Albanian claim to hack Bangladesh Police website as shown in Screenshot. Hacker claim to hack this just for Fun and using Sql Injection Vulnerability on website.

Google+ Hacker  Florian Rohrweck Hired By Google for Security Austrian blogger/developer Florian Rohrweck, who discovered unreleased Google+ features by exploring the source code, was hired by Google. Rohrweck's main claim to fame was a period of snooping on the code behind Google's various web apps, during which time he uncovered pre-launch evidence of things like Google+ Games, telling the world of the impending release and somewhat taking the wind of of Google's sails. On his blog Rohrweck now has posted that he “ has gone Google ”: “Or at least I will be have gone soon. Or something like that  I will post new articles again. Not so much about leaks but more about the dark arts of mastering Google products and APIs. Or something else. Time will tell! Thanks to all of you, who supported me on my way and made my work so much fun and enjoyable! You guys are awesome! Rock on!” Few Days ago a big tech company " Apple " has plucked an outsider notorious...

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