CHENNAI: Four years after the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras Growth Fund was set up to raise contributions from the alumni for implementing a host of infrastructure projects on the campus, the IIT Madras […]
Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities in Wireshark Network Protocol Analyzer
Original Issue Date: November 12, 2009 Severity Rating: Medium Systems Affected Wireshark versions 0.10.10 through 1.2.2 Overview Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Wireshark network Protocol Analyzer which could be exploited by attackers to cause […]
Welsh Assembly detects 25,000 e-crime attacks in one week
The Welsh Assembly co-hosted a study that saw 15 laptops hit with 25,000 ” potentially catastrophic” e-crime attacks in just one week. The study involved 15 laptops placed in various businesses around Wales and in […]
ISF advises firms on cloud computing security
Not-for-profit body the Information Security Forum (ISF) today released a new report detailing ways in which firms can minimise data security risks when moving to cloud computing environments. Working with its member organisations, the ISF […]
UK Government’s Cyber Security Squad to Launch in March
UK’s Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC) will become operational on March 10 next year, according to the government. The centre, which has the role of fending off cyber attacks against the country’s computer infrastructure, will […]
Deny IP due to Land Attack
Here is the discussion about the Land attack and its related troubleshooting info. What is Land attack? A land attack is a remote denial-of-service (DOS) attack caused by sending a packet to a machine with […]
Former CEO charged with cyber attack on firm
Khalid Shaikh, former CEO of YouSendIt, has been indicted by a grand jury on four counts of mail fraud after allegedly launching four denial-of-service (DOS) attacks against the company’s servers, the U.S. Department of Justice […]
Virus Alert – Trojan
TrojanDownloader :Win32/Bredolab Original issue date: October 29, 2009 It has been observed TrojanDownloader:Win32/Bredolab is circulating widely. These are a family of Trojan-downloaders known to download and install rogue antivirus programs and password stealers onto the […]
Bangalore techie convicted in hacking case
Chennai: After Infosys techie was arrested for raising bomb scare on Sunday, techie community got another shocking news yesterday. An engineer from Bangalore was arrested in a hacking case by the additional metropolitan magistrate, Egmore, […]
China using elite hacker community to build cyber warfare capability
LONDON: The Communist regime in China with the help of a elite hacker community is building its cyber warfare capabilities and appears to be using a long-term computer attack campaign to collect US intelligence. An […]
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