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HP computers FTP hacked by HexCoder UPDATE : We have verified that this is just a anonymous FTP user access to ftp.hp.com . There is nothing like hack. Pakistani hacker HexCoder may try this to get attention. Anyway the access is available for all with : Host : ftp.hp.com Username : anonymous Password : anonymous Just Now we ( The Hacker News ) got a mail from Pakistani hacker named " HexCoder " . He Claim to hack FTP of HP computers at ftp.hp.com .  Statement about this Hack by Hacker  HexCoder, " I have done this by getting access to FTP successfully.All this by just mere stupidity!Oh and I will not share their database because its too big (9 GB) ". About a month before , ACER hacked because of their own stupidity , and this time HP computers.

ClubHack: CHMag Issue 17th, June 2011 Download Contents of this Issue:- Tech Gyan - Pentesting your own Wireless Network Tool Gyan - Wi-Fi tools Mom's Guide - Wireless Security - Best Practices Legal Gyan - Copyrights and cyber space Matriux Vibhag - Forensics with Matriux Part - 2 Poster of the month - Can you cage a Wi-Fi signanl ? Direct Download

XSS attack on CIA (Central Itelligence Agency) Website by lionaneesh After Ddos attack on CIA (Central Itelligence Agency) website by Lulzsec, lionaneesh , an Indian hacker have found XSS Vulnerability on same site as shown. The Vulnerabile link is here  . You can join Loinaneesh on Twitter . 

LulzSec Leaks 62,000 Email/Passwords of writerspace.com LulzSec Leaks 62,000 Email/Password Combo Internet Goodie Bag. Lulz hasn't said where they got the data, Even they are not sure that, these logins are from which site. They tweet the download link as shown :  http://www.mediafire.com/?9em5xp7r0rd2yod According to  Mikko H. Hypponen ,CRO of F-secure - " The list of 62,000 emails/passwords just released by @LulzSec is probably the user database of writerspace.com. " He also give Reason that " Why writerspace.com? Well, the most common passwords include these: mystery, bookworm, reader, romance, library, booklover and..writerspace.So basically that's why I believe the latest Lulzsec password leak originates from writerspace.com. I'm guessing it's their user database "

Anonymous Hackers hit 50 Malaysian government websites Malaysia has been hit by a wave of attacks after the " Anonymous " hacker group accused the government of Internet censorship. More than 50 government websites were hit and 41 of them were closed The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) said in a statement the attacks on websites with the .gov.my domain started shortly before midnight Wednesday and lasted several hours. Little damage was caused and these were denial of service attacks. Apparently most of the websites have already recovered. Anonymous warned on a website that it would target the government portal www.Malaysia.gov.my on Wednesday. It was still down this morning. It is interesting that it has just woken up to this problem. Malaysia's media operate under strict censorship laws. Until now websites have remained relatively free, due to an official pledge not to censor the Internet in a bit to get foreign cash into the countr...

PayPal vulnerability : Hack any Paypal account within 30 seconds UPDATE :  This has been debunked, Paypal accounts are safe.  http://thenextweb.com  have spoken in depth to Matt Langley, the person who discovered the supposed issue, and it’s clear why he assumed there was a serious security breach but the issue is far less serious than initially thought. Matt Langley explains: “ It seems that the ‘victim’ had opened an account using an email address of mine, with extra characters thrown in, which Gmail ignores and accepts as the same email address, so it was gmail which uncorrupted the email address and sent the emails to me, not Paypal. I had previously reported an account set-up with fraudulent email address to Paypal many times in the past, but only yesterday noticed that the email address was different to mine, in a way which on any other email system in the world would be a different email address. ” OLD : A security vulnerability in PayPal’s ...