Dutch government aims to shape ethical hackers' disclosure practices
The Dutch government's cyber security center has published guidelines that it hopes will encourage ethical hackers to disclose security vulnerabilities in a responsible way.
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Researchers find malware targeting Java HTTP servers
Security researchers from antivirus vendor Trend Micro have uncovered a piece of backdoor-type malware that infects Java-based HTTP servers and allows attackers to execute malicious commands on the underlying systems.
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Iranian official disputes report that power station was hit by virus attack
A power station in the south of Iran has been hit by a cyberattack, an Iranian news agency reported Tuesday, citing a local civil defense official. But now agency and official are in dispute over whether he really made the remarks.
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System vulnerability at US university may have exposed student data
Western Connecticut State University said Thursday that a vulnerability in its computer system present for more than three years may have exposed the data of 233,880 students and other people affiliated with the institution.
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Attackers hijack the .ro domains of Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, others
The Romanian domain names of Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Kaspersky Lab and other companies were hijacked on Wednesday and were redirected to a hacked server in the Netherlands.
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Hackers steal experts' email addresses from International Atomic Energy Agency server
A group of hackers leaked email contact information of experts working with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) after breaking into one of the agency's servers.
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Piwik software installer rigged with back door following website compromise
An unknown attacker inserted malicious code into the latest version of the Piwik open-source Web analytics software after compromising the project's website on Monday.
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Symantec spots odd malware designed to corrupt databases
Symantec had spotted another odd piece of malware that appears to be targeting Iran and is designed to meddle with SQL databases.
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Hackers break into two FreeBSD Project servers using stolen SSH keys
Hackers have compromised two servers used by the FreeBSD Project to build third-party software packages. Anyone who has installed such packages since Sept. 19 should completely reinstall their machines, the project's security team warned.
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Adobe confirms breach of Connectusers.com forum database, shuts down website
Adobe has shut down Connectusers.com, a community forum site for users of its Adobe Connect Web conferencing platform, because the site's user database was compromised.
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Researchers identify year-long cyberespionage operation targeting Israelis, Palestinians
The recent cyberattack that infected Israeli police computers with malware was likely part of a year-long cyberespionage operation with targets in Israel and the Palestinian territories, according to security researchers from antivirus vendor Norman.
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Hackers claim attacks against ImageShack, Symantec, other websites
Different hacker groups claim to have breached servers belonging to ImageShack, Symantec, and other organizations.
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One year after DigiNotar breach, Fox-IT details extent of compromise
The 2011 security breach at Dutch certificate authority (CA) DigiNotar resulted in an extensive compromise and was facilitated in part by shortcomings in the company's network segmentation and firewall configuration, according to Fox-IT, the security company contracted by the Dutch government to investigate the incident.
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Lack of abuse detection allows cloud computing instances to be used like botnets, study says
Some cloud providers fail to detect and block malicious traffic originating from their networks, which provides cybercriminals with an opportunity to launch attacks in a botnet-like fashion, according to a report from Australian security consultancy firm Stratsec.
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Critical flaw found in software used by many industrial control systems
CoDeSys, a piece of software running on industrial control systems (ICS) from over 200 vendors contains a vulnerability that allows potential attackers to execute sensitive commands on the vulnerable devices without the need for authentication, according to a report from security consultancy Digital Bond.
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