Posts Tagged ‘cibercrime’

When the Navy got sunk

Posted by spaquet on November 9, 2010  |   Comments Off

IT security is not a piece of cake and even those, who think they’re ready to fight back, seem to be unaware of basic attacks. And this is what happened when, few days ago, the Royal Navy web site (www.royalnavy.mod.uk) was hacked…

Hacker TinKode used a basic SQL injection mechanism to penetrate the Royal web site. This even gave him the opportunity to grab some interesting credentials such as the administrator login and password.

Even though this attack was not to place a malware on targeted web site, it illustrates how complex IT security is.

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Source: theregister.co.uk

There is always a worm inside the pie

Posted by spaquet on November 8, 2010  |   Comments Off

Remember the $70 million washed out of various bank accounts across the world using ZeuS ?

Well, it turns out, as we all might have though that there were insiders!
It has been reported that 6 people working for banks, now under arrest in Moldova. And, according to theregister some local politicians have been involved in the crook.

This illustrates why IT security is not only a matter or tools but also of process and HT screening. UP4B llc is here to help you set up the right processes and the right tools to assess

Source: theregister.co.uk