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New Facebook Worm installing Zeus Bot in your Computer Recently We Expose about 25 Facebook phishing websites and also write about biggest Facebook phishing in French  which steal more then 5000 usernames and passwords. Today another new attack on Facebook users with Zeus Bot comes in action. The researchers of Danish security firm CSIS , has spotted a worm spreading within the Facebook platform. A new worm has popped up on Facebook, using apparently stolen user credentials to log in to victims' accounts and then send out malicious links to their friends. The worm also downloads and installs a variety of malware on users' machines, including a variant of the Zeus bot. If followed, the link takes the potential victim to a page where he or she are offered what appears to be a screensaver for download. Unfortunately, it is not a JPG file, but an executable (b.exe). Once run, it drops a cocktail of malicious files onto the system, including ZeuS, a popular Tro...

Assassin DoS 2.0.3 - Created By MaxPainCode MaxPainCode develop a new dos tool is based on a new attack that uses HTTP Flood to get the site down, this will work if you try with big dedicated server. Another Feature of Assassin DoS is that it will not take all your resources as the most DoS do. Also its like only 100 mili seconds delay when hitting the target and its available for windows. Same Issue is Discussed with Microsoft Security Response Center by Developer of This tool. Its available to Download here  (Disclaimer : Use it at your own Risk)

#OpRobinHood : Thousands of United Nation logins leaked by TeaMp0isoN Online 'hactivist' collective Anonymous and hackers Team Poison have joined forces for a new group effort known as 'Operation Robin Hood', that plans to target banks in an effort to give money back to the people. TeaMp0isoN today hack United nation website (www.undp.org) and leak 1000's of Login usernames, Passwords and Emails . Leaked accounts details are posted on pastebin , With a note include " The UN is a fraud! The bureaucratic head of NATO used to legitimise the Barbarism of Capitalist elite! " " How far you have come from the first address by Thomas Jefferson where 'peace, commerce and honestfriendship' were the Modis Operandi to one today where talk of 'eliminating 350,000 people a day'as outlined by Jacques Cousteau is a academic consideration. " They added. Operation Robin Hood Video Message : The music is overly dramatic, the text slamming on...

More than 100 Pakistani Government Sites Under Malware attack Website Malware : A newer form of malware is what can be found attacking websites today. In the old days malware was mostly in the form of computer viruses. In today's age of globalization, malware starts to target websites and mobile devices.  Almost 100's of Pakistan Government sites are under attack by Godzilla Malware, Which is Created and implemented by an Indian Hacker. Hacker named " Godzilla " publish a list of all Freezed sites list here  ,including Peshawar Electric Supply Company website (www.pesco.gov.pk), Ministry of Information and Broadcasting - Government of Pakistan website (www.infopak.gov.pk), Pakistan Navy website (www.paknavy.gov.pk) and Many more. Hacker said," The malware is freezing the sever and if the server is changed then banner of malware hits the live ip.. " Today malware is much more sinister. It is backed up by an industry which some estimate at $...

WikiLeaks wins Aussie Journalism Awards Australia The whistle-blowing website, WikiLeaks, has been honoured at Australia's premier journalism awards for releasing of " an avalanche of inconvenient truths in a global publishing coup " which has had " an undeniable impact ". The Walkley Awards are the Australian equivalent of the Pulitzers: that nation's most prestigious award for excellence in journalism. Last night, the Walkley Foundation awarded its highest distinction — for " Most Outstanding Contribution to Journalism " to WikiLeaks, whose leader, Julian Assange, is an Australian citizen. " WikiLeaks applied new technology to penetrate the inner workings of government to reveal an avalanche of inconvenient truths in a global publishing coup ," the Walkley trustees said in bestowing the award Sunday evening. " Its revelations, from the way the war on terror was being waged, to diplomatic bastardry, high-level horse-trading and the interference in the dome...