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How DNSChanger Malware Works

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DNSChangerDNSChanger is malicious software (malware) that changes a user’s Domain Name System (DNS) settings, in order to divert traffic to unsolicited and potentially illegal sites.

Beginning in 2007, the cyber ring responsible for DNSChanger operated under the company name “Rove Digital” and used the malware to manipulate users’ Web activity by redirecting unsuspecting users to rogue DNS servers hosted in Estonia, New York, and Chicago. In some cases, the malware had the additional effect of preventing users’ anti-virus software and operating systems from updating, thereby exposing infected machines to even more malicious software.

FBI has since seized the rogue DNS servers and the botnet’s

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Anonymous Hack Hands WikiLeaks 2 Million Syrian Emails

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Anonymous WikiLeaksHacktivist group Anonymous is claiming responsibility for an attack on the computer systems of the Syrian government and its evil overlord Bashar Assad thanks to which over two million emails ended up in the hands of whistle-blowing site WikiLeaks.

As of last Thursday, the site began drip-feeding sections of the ‘Syria Files’ to its selected media partners, and given there are a total of 2.4m emails from 680 separate domains going all the way back to August 2006, it could take some time.

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Hackers Steal Keyless BMW in 3 Minutes

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On the car forum 1Addicts, a one-time poster by the name of “stolen1m” uploaded the video showing how his BMW was stolen in under three minutes. He suspects the thieves used devices that plug into the car’s On-Board Diagnostic (ODB) port to program a new keyfob.

In this particular video, there are a few security flaws that the hackers are exploiting simultaneously: there is no sensor that is triggered when the thieves initially break the window, the internal ultrasonic sensor system has a “blind spot” just in front of the OBD port, the OBD port is constantly powered (even when the car is off), and last but not least, it does not require a password. All of this means the thieves can gain

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Android Clickjacking Rootkit Demonstrated

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ClickJackingA team of security researchers have demonstrated how a security flaw in Android 4.0.4 can be exploited by a clickjacking rootkit.

The research team is lead by North Carolina State University professor Xuxian Jiang, who succeeded in developing a proof-of-concept rootkit that attacks the Android framework as opposed to the underlying operating system kernel. The researchers contend that such a rootkit could potentially be downloaded with an infected app and be used to manipulate the smartphone.

In the video, the demonstrator was able to hide applications on the

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The Zemra Bot – New DDoS Attack Pack

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Zemra BotA new Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) crimeware bot known as “Zemra” and detected by Symantec as Backdoor.Zemra. Lately, this threat has been observed performing denial-of-service attacks against organizations with the purpose of extortion. Zemra first appeared on underground forums in May 2012 at a cost of €100.

This crimeware pack is similar to other crime packs, such as Zeus and SpyEye, in that is has a command-and-control panel hosted on a remote server. This allows it to issue commands to compromised computers and act as the gateway to record the number of infections and bots at the attacker’s

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Crack RSA SecurID 800 Secret Key in 13 Minutes

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RSA SecurID 800RSA’s SecurID 800 is one of at least five commercially available security devices susceptible to a new attack that extracts cryptographic keys used to log in to sensitive corporate and government networks.

Scientists have devised an attack that takes only minutes to steal the sensitive cryptographic keys stored on a raft of hardened security devices that corporations and government organizations use to access networks, encrypt hard drives, and digitally sign e-mails.

The exploit, described in a paper to be presented at the CRYPTO 2012

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Hackers Exploit Windows XML Core Services Vulnerability

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An unpatched Windows vulnerability considered a critical threat by security experts is being exploited by cybercriminals.

Microsoft disclosed the flaw in XML Core Services (MSXML) 3.0, 4.0 and 6.0 June 12 during its monthly release of patches. The security advisory, which was separate from the patch release, offered a workaround for vulnerability CVE-2012-1889, but no fix.

Vulnerability CVE-2012-1889 is simple to exploit in all known versions of Internet Explorer. An attacker can make a CLSID-identification request by calling MSXML library methods and create an object identifier in order to try to access a non-existent object. Proof of Concept code for causing a crash looks like this:

msxml vulnerability

This code

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Nmap 6 Released

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Most popular open source network discovery and security auditing tool Nmap has reached version 6.0.

Nmap 6

The new code hit the Net last Monday, complete with a message from coder Gordon Lyon, aka Fyodor, that the new version represents “almost three years of work, 3,924 code commits, and more than a dozen point releases since the big Nmap 5 release in July 2009.”

Fyodor recommends all users upgrade to the new version, so they can get their hands on 289 new scripts and a host of new features.

Top Improvements:

  • Enhanced Nmap Scripting Engine (NSE)
  • Better Web Scanning
  • Full IPv6 Support
  • New Nping Tool
  • Better Zenmap GUI and Results
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