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DKFBootKit - First Android BootKit Malware NQ Mobile Security Research Center has recently uncovered a new malware DKFBootKit. This malware is identified when monitoring and analyzing the evolution of earlier DroidKungFu variants. What sets DKFBootKit apart from malware like DroidDream, is that DKFBootKit replaces certain boot processes and can begin running even before the system is completely booted up. DKFBootKit repackages legitimate apps by enclosing its own malicious payloads in them. However, the victim apps it chooses to infect are utility apps which require the root privilege to work properly. NQ says the malicious code has already infected 1,657 Android devices in the past two weeks and has appeared on at least 50 different mobile apps. These apps seem to have legitimate reasons to request root privilege for their own functionality. It is also reasonable to believe that users will likely grant the root privilege to these apps. DKFBootKit makes use of the grant...

Twitter Takes Tweetdeck Offline due to Vulnerability Twitter has taken its Tweetdeck app offline after an apparent bug has possibly given some Tweetdeck users access to others' accounts. The web version of Tweetdeck is currently down , although older desktop editions of the software appear to continue to receive and send Tweets at the moment, and can still log out and back in. A Sydney, Australia-based Tweetdeck user named Geoff Evason says he discovered today he was somehow able to access hundreds of other accounts through Tweetdeck . " I'm a tweetdeck user. A bug has given me access to hundreds of twitter and facebooks account through tweetdeck. I didn't do anything special to make this happen. I just logged in one day, the account was was slower than normal, and I could post from many more accounts. " And demonstrated that he could access another account by sending Tweet . Other accounts may well be affected, as Twitter quickly shut off access to Tweetdeck entirel...

Your Xbox 360 credit card details Vulnerable to Hack It has been discovered by researchers at Philadelphia's Drexel University, that credit card data on older Xbox 360 systems that have been traded in or sold on. Hackers can now retrieve personal information from refurbished Xbox consoles, suggesting consumers exercise more caution with their electronic devices. " Anyone can freely download a lot of this software, essentially pick up a discarded game console, and have someone's identity ," said researcher Ashley Podhradsky. The team has discovered that even restoring your console to factory settings won't remove some of the data stored on the Xbox 360. " Xbox is not designed to store credit card data locally on the console, and as such seems unlikely credit card data was recovered by the method described. Additionally, when Microsoft refurbishes used consoles we have processes in place to wipe the local hard drives of any other user data. We can assure Xbox own...

Chinese Government sites defaced by Anonymous China @AnonymousChina Hackers taking down and defacing various Chinese government web sites. Hack is the part of operation #GlobalRevolution by Anonymous. The page is like other defacements with ASCII text, a message to the government in question and other Anonymous trademarks. This defacement is far more entertaining than past hacks, however, because they autoplay The Who's classic song Baba O'Riley. Also it have one Chinese phrase, "患难见真情." According to Google Translate, it means " A friend in need is a friend indeed ." Deface sites include :  https://www.qnwqdj.gov.cn/ https://www.dzwqb.gov.cn/ https://www.bbdj.gov.cn/ https://tygtzy.gov.cn/index.php And with this, Hackers also leak the database info of https://www.wnpop.gov.cn/ and https://www.meda.gov.cn. Leaks are posted on Pastebin 1 and 2 .

50K Cards Compromised using Credit Card Processor Some 50,000 credit and debit cardholders may have their information exposed following a security breach at Global Payments. The breach occurred sometime between between Jan. 21, 2012 and Feb. 25, 2012. Both Visa and MasterCard have confirmed they have warned U.S. banks that a credit card processor was reportedly breached. Both firms say their own security systems were not compromised. MasterCard said law enforcement has been notified of the matter and an "independent data security organization" is conducting a forensic review of the matter. " MasterCard's own systems have not been compromised in any manner, " a company spokesman said in a statement. The company will " continue to both monitor this event and take steps to safeguard account information ." Because it sits in this middle ground directing where payment information goes, an attack on its system would leave a lot of private financial data...

Why Hackers Can't take down DNS root servers ? Interpol Chief Ronald Noble on Friday warned that a group of hackers might try to shut down internet service tomorrow. The hacking group, Anonymous, is protesting against several reasons including the crash of Wall Street and irresponsible leaders. There are 13 DNS servers that host the core databases for translating IP addresses. Anonymous hackers have announced " Operation Global Blackout ", promising to cause an Internet-wide blackout by disabling the core DNS servers. Anonymous  Hackers wants to bombard those 13 servers with traffic using a distributed denial of service attack. If the servers get too overloaded, they'll crash and therefore be unable to fulfil DNS lookups rendering all domain names useless. But there are lots of Limitations in this type of attack : There are 13 Root Servers out there, It it not possible to shut down every of them. Even every root server is under control of various companies and they h...

CIA Chief : We will Spy on You Through Your TV According to the Central Intelligence Agency, the organization says spies won't have to plant bugs in homes, businesses or other places where they want to spy because of coming advances in computer and Internet technology. The CIA claims that when you download a Netflix film or listen to web radio, they will know exactly what you are doing. Spies will no longer have to plant bugs in your home, the rise of 'connected' gadgets controlled by apps will mean that people 'bug' their own homes, says CIA director David Petraeus. The CIA says it is very possible the agency and others will be able to "read" these and other gadgets from outside the places they want to monitor via the Internet and perhaps even with radio waves outside your home. Once upon a time, spies had to place a bug in your chandelier to hear your conversation. With the rise of the smart home, you'd be sending tagged, geolocated data that a spy...