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August 29, 2011
San Francisco Transit Police Targeted
The San Francisco Transit Police (BART) Officers Association website was recently breached by hackers who stole 100 names, passwords and addresses of police union members. Later, the group posted this sensitive information on Pastebin. This is evidence that hacker groups are targeting larger, more risky groups to acquire critical information and post it on the Internet.Categories: Security Issues |
July 25, 2011
1GB of NATO Information Stolen by Hackers
Large hacker group, Anonymous, recently announced it accessed and stole approximately one gigabyte of data from NATO databases. This news was released only one day following the arrest by U.S. authorities of 14 individuals involved with the Anonymous attack on PayPal in 2010. This move by the hacker group seems to be risky given the investigation and arrest of fellow group members.Categories: Security Issues |
July 22, 2011
Major Problems Associated with the ICANN Domain Name Move
Since the launch of .com’s in 1984, the Internet has not seen a shake-up at the same magnitude that could occur if ICANN frees up specific domain names. The floodgates of online fraud and cybersquatting could be disastrous.Categories: Domain Names |
July 05, 2011
Preventing Phishing Attacks
According to a recent Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) survey, over one-third of the respondents reported being a victim of repeated phishing attacks or website spoofing attempts on their company’s web servers. Surprisingly, almost 37% of the respondents found that it took multiple phishing attempts before finally being notified of the malicious attack.Categories: Security Issues |
May 23, 2011
Security Simulation Conducted by Trustwave
Trustwave recently announced that the Senior Vice President of SpiderLabs contributed to a real-time simulated data exploitation of an online payment system at the Visa Global Security Summit. Trustwave is a large information data and compliance solutions organization and one of the largest overall sponsors of this event.Categories: Security Issues |
April 26, 2011
What Are DNS Lookups and How Are They Used?
Every web server can be utilized as a DNS server, provided that the plan holder has the permission to access the server root, where the server software can be installed that facilitates communication with the DNS system. The following paragraphs explain DNS lookups and how they are used on a regular basis.Categories: Domain Names |
January 21, 2010
Web Applications: Are They a Security Risk?
Did you know that most web applications leave your website and operating system vulnerable to attacks and intrusions? This may come as a shock to you considering the popularity of web applications in the age of ever expanding open source software, such as control panels.
Categories: Scripting |
June 25, 2009
Seven Vital Tools and Policies for Better Website Security
Despite all the high profile security breaches that have made the news as of late, a large number of website owners are still leaving their sites vulnerable to attack. In fact, Web Hat, a web application scanning vendor, recently reported that 63% of all
Categories: Security Issues |
February 23, 2009
Practicing Password Security
Many novice webmasters do not think much about security as it relates to usernames and passwords. Some may believe that it is of little importance - that is until they find themselves the victim of a website attack. When you don't take the time to create strong passwords, you
Categories: Security Issues |
October 31, 2008
The Dreaded SQL Injection
These days, hackers are employing various attacks to compromise the sensitive data stored on a website. One of the most common exploits is an SQL injection. This attack takes of advantage of poorly scripted web applications, thus allowing an intruder to inject commands to gain
Categories: Security Issues |
