Information Technology Security News
Palestinian Hackers hacked the Israel Defense Magazines subscriber email list. It appears that hackers were able to breech the database of israeldefense.co.il and then used it to send mass cell phone messages and e-mails to the site’s registered users. The website administrator told Ynet: “We want to make it clear that the issue is being investigated […]
Medical assistance numbers, Medicaid status, Names and Social Security numbers of about 9700 Marylanders with disabilities were exposed. According to state health officials, a hacker breached a state contractor’s “Service Coordination Inc.” computer systems between October 20 and October 30. Service Coordination Inc. provides case management for 13900 Marylanders with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Follow […]
Bitcoin Exchange Poloniex website hacked, the unidentified hacker stole approximately $50,000 in Bitcoins. The hacker place multiple withdrawals requests at the same time will result in negative balance but still the request is being processed. Poloniex owner Tristan D’Agosta explained in a forum post : The hacker found a vulnerability in the code that takes withdrawals. Here’s what happens […]
Unvalidated Redirection Vulnerability in Kaspersky website has found by security expert Ebrahim Hegazy, Cyber Security Analyst Consultant at Q-CERT. According to Ebrahim blog post, the “Unvalidated Redirection Vulnerability” in the website of the well known Antivirus and Internet Security software developer Kaspersky could be used by attackers to trick Kaspersky.com users into visitng Malicious web-sites! After the researcher reported the […]
Network Security Auditing Every business encircles the frame of tangible assets of the company activities in order to get a clear picture of the security risks they encounter and how to best deal with these threats. After drawing the necessary and acceptable boundaries one must choose the various tools by means of which network security […]