The FBI released an alert this week about malware called CrySiS that attacks public facing servers that have RDP enabled. RDP or Remote Desktop Protocol is an old Microsoft protocol that was designed to allow IT people to remotely control a Windows machine (server or desktop) to perform maintenance. The protocol is old – it […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]In what is an unusual move by the FBI and DHS, CERT released a security bulletin saying that attackers were going after government entities and critical infrastructure and had been doing so at least since May. They said this is a multi-stage attack, going after low security and small networks and then moving inside those […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]According to reports – and denied by the government – The US Department of the Treasury is either creatively stretching the definition of certain laws or outright breaking them. It is likely that we will hear more about this over time. The story goes like this. There is a part of Treasury called FINCEN or […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The Doublelocker malware is a new strain of Android malware. Rather than finding some vulnerability in the Android OS, it ASKS the user politely, may I please install this malware on your computer. It does this by pretending to be, for example, an Adobe Flash update. Since Flash updates are so common, some people don’t […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]John Biggs, a contributing writer for Tech Crunch described the details of a hacker’s attack on his online world. John detailed the entire hack and it is very useful for everyone. WHY he was attacked is not clear. Was it a target of opportunity or was he specifically being attack? It appears that it may […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Sometimes when the Russians don’t want you to know where you are, they seem to be able to do it. Wired is reporting of a number of tanker ships that seem to be miles from where they actually were. In June the 37,000 ton tanker Atria was transiting the Marmara Sea along the Bosphorous strait […]
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