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63 Vulnerabilities on United Nation Website Exposed Online !

63 Vulnerabilities on United Nation Website Exposed Online !

Feb 10, 2012
63 Vulnerabilities on United Nation Website Exposed Online ! Latest Notification in The Hacker News Vault by a Hacker named " Xenu (Casi) " from r00tw0rm Team that There are  63 Blind SQL injection Vulnerabilities exist on United Nation's Website (www.un.org). Blind SQL injection is identical to normal SQL Injection except that when an attacker attempts to exploit an application rather then getting a useful error message they get a generic page specified by the developer instead. This makes exploiting a potential SQL Injection attack more difficult but not impossible. An attacker can still steal data by asking a series of True and False questions through sql statements. Information purported to be stolen from the organization was posted on the site Pastebin on Thursday morning.  Martin Nesirky , a spokesperson for the Secretary General of the United Nations, confirmed the breach." A case of unauthorized access to the UN website is still being investigated ,...
Trixd00r v0.0.1 - An Invisible TCP/IP based backdoor for UNIX systems

Trixd00r v0.0.1 - An Invisible TCP/IP based backdoor for UNIX systems

Feb 10, 2012
Trixd00r v0.0.1 - An Invisible TCP/IP based backdoor for UNIX systems NullSecurity Team Releases " Trixd00r v0.0.1 " an advanced and invisible TCP/IP based userlandbackdoor for UNIX systems. It consists of a server and a client. The server sits and waits for magic packets using a sniffer. If a magic packet arrives, it will bind a shell over TCP or UDP on the given port or connecting back to the client again over TCP or UDP.  The client is used to send magic packets to trigger the server and get a shell. You can  Download and Use trixd00r-0.0.1.tar.gz  from NullSecurity Website. Video Demonstration : 
Hacker hits the Embassy of Indonesia in Hungary

Hacker hits the Embassy of Indonesia in Hungary

Feb 10, 2012
Hacker Hits the Embassy of Indonesia in Hungary Hacker from Team thec7crew today claim to Hack the Official Website  Embassy of Indonesia in Hungary. Hacker Hack the Database of Site also Expose various Server Parameters on Pastebin . As Database name mentioned " indone01_web " - There are 30 tables and Hacker also Extract and Expose the Admin's Emails and Passwords in Note. Reason of Hacking is Unknown, But this Hack will really effect the Security of officials at Embassy.
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Android.Bmaster Exploits root access to connect to Botnet

Android.Bmaster Exploits root access to connect to Botnet

Feb 10, 2012
Android.Bmaster Exploits root access to connect to Botnet A new piece of Android malware named Android.Bmaster , first highlighted by researcher Xuxian Jiang at North Carolina State University, was uncovered on a third-party marketplace and is bundled with a legitimate application for configuring phone settings, Symantec researcher Cathal Mullaney wrote in a blog . This Malware is estimated to affect between 10,000 and 30,000 phones on any given day. The malware, mostly found on Chinese phones, works by using GingerBreak, a tool that gives users root access to Android 2.3 Gingerbread.  RootSmart is designed to escape detection by being named " com.google.android.smart, " which the same name as a settings app included by default with Android operating systems. Mullaney explained that once the malware is installed on the Android phone, an outbound connection from the infected phone to a remote server is generated." The malware posts some user and phone-specific data to t...
Hackers Claims to compromise Intel's Sensitive Data

Hackers Claims to compromise Intel's Sensitive Data

Feb 10, 2012
Hackers Claims to compromise Intel 's Sensitive Data A security researcher under the name of " WeedGrower ", or " X-pOSed " has been on a roll since the start of 2012. He has ambushed huge sites such as AOL, NASA, Hotmail, Myspace, Xbox, USBank, Yahoo, and VISA, he has also leaked sensitive data on most of those websites. Hackers today Claiming that he compromise Intel's Sensitive Data like User Base & Credit Cards. He found a way to expose sensitive data via the subscriber section on Intel.com and he also has access to the INTEL.com database which reveals Credit Card Numbers, Social Security Numbers, Emails, Passwords, and more. "WeedGrower", or "X-pOSed" has threatened that he's going to be leaking this soon if he doesn't get a response from Intel.com carriers. Hacker said ," I've got to give some applause to all these pseudo-security technicians out there. I cut Intel a break, I have access to a database and a...
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