Worm Could Break the Web

Mark Bowden, known as Black Hawk Down author, has written a book telling that the Conflicker worm could break the web. Over 12 million PCs appeared to be infected with the self-updating worm, which got into the core of any PC. Mark Bowden’s recent book called “Worm: The First Digital World War” is telling about how the worm Conficker was discovered, how it is working, and the current programming battle trying to bring down the malware. The most interesting part is where the book claims that if the malware was used nefariously, it could actually damage the entire world web and everyone sailing in it. In the newspaper interview, Mark Bowden...

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MySQL Website Infected

According to the report of some Internet security outfit, the Mysql.com website has recently been hacked. They warn everyone that the site is currently serving malware. Security outfit Armorize announced that they have found the intrusion through its site malware monitoring platform known as HackAlert. The latter also sends the Internet users angry emails most days. It seems that the Mysql.com website has been injected with some script generating an iFrame, which redirects the Internet users to a jaw-breaker “http://truruhfhqnviaosdpruejeslsuy.cx.cc/main.php”. Once you get there, your browser will be tinkered by the BlackHole exploit pack,...

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FBI Arrests Suspected LulzSec Member For Sony Hack [UPDATED]

The FBI on Thursday arrested a suspected member of the hacker group LulzSec in connection with a cyber attack earlier this year against the computer systems of Sony Pictures. Cody Kretsinger, 23, of Phoenix, was arrested and charged with helping LulzSec attack Sony's servers between May 27 and June 2. The group's hack compromised the personal data belonging to one million Sony customers, which the group then posted online. Also on Thursday, the FBI arrested two other men with suspected ties to the hacker group Anonymous for allegedly crashing a county-run website in California, authorities said. The arrests were the latest in an ongoing...

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UK VPN Service Will Disclose Users’ Details

British VPN service called Hide my Ass confirmed that it will hand over the details of its subscribers to the FBI if they show up with a court order. This may be something new for those believing that using the VPN service would ensure them certain a degree of anonymity, even if they were carrying out cyber attacks on others. The news emerged after Hide my Ass began receiving letters from the users that said its services were used by large hacker groups like Lulzsec. On its official page, the company told that when Lulzsec IRC chat logs had been released, Hide my Ass turned out to be in the list of the VPN services they used for cyber attacks. However,...

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