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Microsoft Security Bulletin with Remote Desktop Flaws Microsoft has released 6 updates in this month's patch Tuesday, including a patch for a critical hole which the software maker warns could be hit within the next 30 days. Microsoft is warning that there’s a remote, pre-authentication, network-accessible code execution vulnerability in its implementation of the RDP protocol. A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the Remote Desktop Protocol accesses an object in memory that has been improperly initialized or has been deleted. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run abitrary code on the target system. An attacker could then install programs; view,change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights, Read More . The vulnerability, which affects all versions of Windows, was privately reported to Microsoft’s via the ZDI vulnerability broker service and the company said it was not yet aware of any attacks in the wild....

BBC Persian TV hacked by  Iranian government According to BBC News, today Iran hacked BBC Persian TV ( http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/ ) . This is not the first time the Iranian government has tampered with the BBC’s Persian service, Zdnet Report. The Reason behind this attack is part of a broader attempt by the government to disrupt the BBC’s Persian service. This  attack follows various tactics by the Iranian government, such as harassment, arrests, and threats against the relatives of BBC Persia correspondents who still live in Iran, in an effort to force the journalists to quit the Persian news service. In Addition to this, The BBC’s London office was inundated with automatic phone calls and the company’s satellite feeds into Iran were also jammed, while this only affected owners of illegal satellite dishes, these are of course the only ones that can receive the BBC signal in Iran. The BBC has previously accused Iran of attempting to j...

Tunisian Islamist Website Hacked by Anonymous The Facebook page of Hizb Ettahrir, an Islamist political party that is legally unrecognized in Tunisia, was hacked last night by a Tunisian group claiming affiliation with the international cyber activist collective Anonymous. " We are fighting you... your emails, your bank accounts and transactions will be probed, your hard discs will be copied ," said a man wearing the Guy Fawkes mask that has become a trade mark of Anonymous members. The YouTube video embedded above, in French, was posted a few days ago warning of the attack. The video warned their e-mails, bank accounts, and hard drives will be probed. Furthermore, it said if the Tunisian government won’t stop them, Anonymous will. The video warned, “ We are fighting you… your emails, your bank accounts and transactions will be probed, your hard discs will be copied. If the Tunisian government won’t stop your activities in the weeks to come, Anonymous will . ”   The a...

10 Lessons learnt from Kim Dotcom Article Cross Post from InternetServices. Kim Dotcom, a hacker that was able to take his knowledge and create a site called Megaupload, was recently arrested due to alleged copyright infringement allegations. Even though he was the top dog in the company, he did not commit these crimes alone, and many other key players were also arrested in the wake of these crimes. Unfortunately, while this guy is obviously intelligent, he should have been using those brains for good instead of evil. However it wasn’t all bad, and some good did come from it. Check out 10 things the Internet learned from Kim Dotcom. Cyberlocker technology: This has also been referred to as a ‘cloud storage infrastructure’. Basically this technology allowed you to store files that were too large to e-mail for free on the Internet. For instance, you could upload a big long wedding video and your family could go there to download it at no charge. If they wanted to watch it or downlo...

ServerPro Web Hosting Defaced by Team L0g!cs Web hosting provider ServerPro has been compromised and completely defaced by hacking group named " Team L0g!cs ". ServerPro boasts to have over 200,000 clients over a 10 year stand. Shown Defacement page that showcases information about the hack and the group behind the attack, along with some nice ambient music. The attackers were even nice enough to leave behind a contact email in case you have any questions. While writing this Post , Google showing " Warning,  found malware on the site " on the homepage, as shown below: If we Proceed by ignoring the warning, Visitors can see Deface Page still on the page.

FBI charge Anonymous for stealing CC worth $700000 in  Stratfor attack The FBI has revealed that there were $700,000 worth of fraudulent credit card charges after hacktivist group Anonymous stole nearly 200 gigabytes of data, including credit card numbers, from security firm Stratfor. Anonymous hacked Stratfor back in December and fed the resulting emails to Wikileaks for publication. Anonymous stole a large amount of user names and passwords, in addition to some 60,000 credit card records, after exploiting vulnerabilities to reach Stratfor’s servers. At the time, Anonymous said it would use the credit cards to make charitable donations money that would obviously never see the hands of the needy. FBI's Milan Patel said that the $700,000 figure " does not reflect any of the charges that may have been incurred on cards associated with the Stratfor Hack for which records have not yet been reviewed ." In addition to the credit card numbers and other personally identifiab...

Vatican Radio hacked by Anonymous Hackers The hacktivist group Anonymous has taken down the Vatican’s website for a second time. The attack is part of the organization’s recent declaration of war against religion. The personal data of journalists at Vatican radio was leaked online and the Vatican's website hacked for the second time in several days both attacks believed to be the work of the amorphous Internet activist group Anonymous. Unlike the first hack , which appeared to be a typical Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack, this one is more than just taking down the website. Vatican officials declined to discuss the breach while the attack was still under way. " We regret having to announce that your systems are less secure than what you would like to believe, because, while the hype was directed toward the darkening of vatican.va, we took the liberty to implement a small incursion into your systems, " the statement reads. Anonymous justified its attack by...