So another hack has been exposed, this time on ICANN – which is pretty bad. They are the database of the Internet basically, including the root zone system which is the highest authority for DNS requests. “The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is a non-profit organization that is responsible for the coordination […]
Phishing
Hackers Break Into White House Military Network
It’s been a while, but hey I’m back! So here’s a news story that caught my eye today – it’s been a while since we’ve reported on a Spear Phishing attack, and guess what? Yes, last time it was also perpetrated by Chinese, but it was targeting Google’s Gmail. Targeted Phishing Attacks Carried Out On […]
spt v0.6.0 – Simple Phishing Toolkit Available For Download
spt is a simple concept with powerful possibilities. It is what it’s name implies: a simple phishing toolkit. The basic idea the spt project had was “Wouldn’t it be cool if there were a simple, effective, easy to use and free (most importantly!) tool that information security professionals could use to evaluate and train what […]
Russian Cyber-Crime Market Doubled In 2011
It’s been quite a while since we’ve posted any news about Russia, so here’s an article which in some ways is quite scary. The global cybercrime market is being dominated by Russian-speaking nations and their activity doubled in 2011. It’s certainly a disproportionate amount of crime when you look at their population size. Cybercrime is […]
Targeted Phishing Attacks Carried Out On Gmail – Likely From China
It was just about a week ago when we wrote about the technical flaw in Hotmail and the fact that the Hotmail Exploit Has Been Silently Stealing E-mail for some time. The latest news is some hackers have been targeting users of the Gmail service, specifically US government officials. This comes shortly after the news […]