Malware City/News

Apr
13

'Design Flaw' Led To Wave Of Attacks On Hundreds Of WordPress Blogs

Filed Under: VULNERABILITIES
Database storing user credentials in plain text gets hacked

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Malware City/News

Jan
27

IE Windows vulnerability coughs up local files

Filed Under: VULNERABILITIES
One click bares entire C drive

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Malware City/News

Aug
21

Web 2.0 site attacks on the rise

Filed Under: MISCELLANEOUS
In its bi-annual report the Web Application Security Consortium (WASC) has reported that attacks on Web 2.0 sites have increased significantly compared to last year.

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Malware City/News

Aug
19

More Hackers Targeting Social Networking Sites

Filed Under: MISCELLANEOUS
There has a been a steady increase in attacks targeting social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook during the first half of 2009, according to a new report by the Web Hacking Incidents Database (WHID).

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Malware City/News

Jul
7

Microsoft confirms attacks against IE6, IE7

Filed Under: MISCELLANEOUS
'Browse-and-own' bug lets hackers hijack Windows XP; temp fix available

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Malware City/News

Mar
18

Spam attacks focus on victims' economic gloom

Filed Under: MISCELLANEOUS
Symantec warns about the dangers of spam focusing on users interested in today's economy

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Malware City/News

Jan
21

New OS X research warns of stealthier Mac attacks

Filed Under: SECURITY ALERTS
A computer security researcher has discovered a new way to inject hostile code directly into the memory of machines running Apple's OS X operating system.

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Malware City/News

Nov
12

BBC website hit by Denial of Service attack

Filed Under: MISCELLANEOUS
Even one of the UK's most popular websites can't escape Denial of Service attacks, which are reaching ever higher levels of traffic. The BBC website has been hit by a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack, according to reports.

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