First hour of a phishing campaign the most effective 

First hour of a phishing campaign the most effective

In Web/client - By Dan Raywood, 7 December 2010 12:54 PM
Taking down sites after five hours pointless.
Man charged with attacking O'Reilly, Giuliani websites 

Man charged with attacking O'Reilly, Giuliani websites

In Hackers - By Angela Moscaritolo, 20 May 2010 1:31 PM
Targets conservative icons.
Thousands of websites infected with 'backdoor code': Websense 

Thousands of websites infected with 'backdoor code': Websense

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 5 May 2010 11:33 AM
Threats changing hourly.
U.S. Treasury websites infected with malicious script 

U.S. Treasury websites infected with malicious script

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 4 May 2010 10:54 AM
Malicious IFRAME used.
Hackers deface 49 US House of Reps websites  

Hackers deface 49 US House of Reps websites

In Web/client - By Angela Moscaritolo, 29 January 2010 11:35 AM
Anti-Obama message posted.
Tiger Woods malware detected 

Tiger Woods malware detected

In Web/client - By Dan Raywood, 1 December 2009 10:27 AM
Becomes latest news event hijacked by malware writers.
Facebook and MySpace plug security holes 

Facebook and MySpace plug security holes

In Messaging - By Dan Raywood, 9 November 2009 12:12 PM
Solution found that allowed full access and control to user accounts.
One in twelve websites contain 'inappropriate content' 

One in twelve websites contain 'inappropriate content'

In Web/client - By SC Australia Staff, 30 September 2009 11:33 AM
Rise in malware targeting social networking sites.
Mass SQL injection attacks still scaling up 

Mass SQL injection attacks still scaling up

In Web/client - By Chuck Miller, 28 August 2009 10:31 AM
The mass SQL injection attacks that gained attention earlier this week are continuing, with some 210,000 pages infected so far.
"Dirtiest" websites host average of 18,000 threats  

"Dirtiest" websites host average of 18,000 threats

In Web/client - By Angela Moscaritolo, 21 August 2009 12:17 PM
The most dangerous sites on the web are propagating an average of 18,000 different pieces of malware, according to Symantec.
Phishing apps found on Facebook 

Phishing apps found on Facebook

In Messaging - By Chuck Miller, 21 August 2009 11:37 AM
A new round of rogue Facebook applications is sending notifications that lead users to phishing sites, according to researchers at Trend Micro.
Social networks increasingly blocked 

Social networks increasingly blocked

In Risk - By Chuck Miller, 20 August 2009 10:52 AM
Companies are increasingly blocking access to social networking sites, according to a new survey.
July sees spam continuing to dominate emails 

July sees spam continuing to dominate emails

In Messaging - By Dan Raywood, 12 August 2009 11:29 AM
Threat reports for July show that spam continues to be sent at a high level with image spam and phishing still in high figures.
Top websites using Flash cookies to track user behavior 

Top websites using Flash cookies to track user behavior

In Risk - By Angela Moscaritolo, 12 August 2009 11:16 AM
Users often delete HTTP cookies to enhance their privacy, but some of the most popular websites are circumventing these efforts by utilising little-known Flash cookies, ...
North Korea blamed for DDoS attacks on United States and South Korea 

North Korea blamed for DDoS attacks on United States and South Korea

In Hackers - By Dan Raywood, 10 July 2009 10:46 AM
A series of distributed denial-of-service attacks on American and South Korean websites have been blamed on North Korea.
Mass attacks on government and financial sites continue 

Mass attacks on government and financial sites continue

In Hackers - By Chuck Miller, 9 July 2009 11:22 AM
Researchers remain unsure of the source of an ongoing distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that is affecting a number of US and South Korean government websites, along ...
Nine ball attack was 'overstated' 

Nine ball attack was 'overstated'

In Applications - By Phil Muncaster, 22 June 2009 11:14 AM
ScanSafe has poured cold water on claims that the so-called "Nine Ball" attack discovered last week compromised over 40,000 legitimate websites.
Mac trojan targets game sites to infect users 

Mac trojan targets game sites to infect users

In Hackers - By Dan Kaplan, 22 June 2009 11:03 AM
Virus researchers have spotted a new variant of a Mac trojan that attempts to change a victim computer's DNS settings.
"Nine-Ball" mass injection attack compromises 40,000 sites 

"Nine-Ball" mass injection attack compromises 40,000 sites

In Web/client - By Angela Moscaritolo, 18 June 2009 10:46 AM
A new threat dubbed "Nine-Ball" has compromised up to 40,000 legitimate websites that are now infecting users with an information-stealing trojan, according to security vendor ...
Hackers hit US Army websites 

Hackers hit US Army websites

In Hackers - By Chuck Miller, 2 June 2009 12:10 PM
A group of computer hackers based in Turkey breached the sites of two U.S. Army facilities, leveraging SQL injection attacks.
Russian website claims that Conficker is launching DDoS attacks 

Russian website claims that Conficker is launching DDoS attacks

In Hackers - By Dan Raywood, 9 April 2009 11:30 AM
The Conficker worm has been stepping up its activities with reports made of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks on a number of Russian websites.
Easter-related malicious sites appear on search engine results 

Easter-related malicious sites appear on search engine results

In Applications - 30 March 2009 11:12 AM
Cybercriminals have begun using Easter-related websites to intercept search engine optimisation.
Websense: Number of compromised websites at all-time high 

Websense: Number of compromised websites at all-time high

In Web/client - By Angela Moscaritolo, 22 January 2009 10:47 AM
Seventy percent of the most popular sites on the web have either hosted malicious content or contained a masked redirect, a recent study has found.
Compromised Halloween websites passing along rogue software 

Compromised Halloween websites passing along rogue software

In Web/client - By Angela Moscaritolo, 23 October 2008 10:09 AM
Users might end up with rogue anti-virus software on their machines by searching for Halloween costumes online.
Criminal gangs compromise more than 200,000 websites 

Criminal gangs compromise more than 200,000 websites

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 7 October 2008 9:54 AM
Criminal gangs have acquired login details for more than 200,000 websites.
Business logic flaws endanger websites 

Business logic flaws endanger websites

In Web/client - By Dan Kaplan, 13 August 2008 9:50 AM
Forget SSL injection and cross-site scripting, there's a new website vulnerability in town -- and you can't scan for it.
Hackers 'seeding' legitimate websites 

Hackers 'seeding' legitimate websites

In Web/client - 10 June 2008 2:15 PM
SQL injection attacks colonising big name sites.
IFRAME attack impacting 20,000 trusted websites 

IFRAME attack impacting 20,000 trusted websites

In Web/client - By Dan Kaplan, 17 March 2008 10:10 AM
Researchers on Friday continued to monitor a widespred IFRAME attack that exploits visitors to legitimate websites by installing an information-stealing trojan on their machines.
Nine out of ten websites are at risk 

Nine out of ten websites are at risk

In Web/client - By Fiona Raisbeck, 17 October 2007 9:39 AM
As many as 90 percent of websites have serious vulnerabilities that make them a target for online attacks, according to research by WhiteHat Security.
Malicious banner ads hit major websites 

Malicious banner ads hit major websites

In Web/client - By Dan Kaplan, 11 September 2007 2:43 PM
A web security firm has identified a widespread attack in which fake malicious advertisements, able to avoid content scanning, are seeking to infect users of popular websites.
Number of malware hosting websites soars 

Number of malware hosting websites soars

In Web/client - By Fiona Raisbeck, 18 July 2007 11:36 AM
A record number of websites are hosting keylogging malware to steal sensitive personal information, new figures show.
McAfee predictions accurate on phishing websites but not on mobile malware 

McAfee predictions accurate on phishing websites but not on mobile malware

In Web/client - By Frank Washkuch, 20 June 2007 9:43 AM
McAfee's Avert Labs researchers said they were accurate in predicting a 2007 rise in password-stealing websites and public awareness of identity and data theft, but were ...
Image spammers use non-registration websites to their advantage 

Image spammers use non-registration websites to their advantage

In Messaging - By Frank Washkuch, 5 June 2007 9:56 AM
Levels of image spam held steady last month at 15 to 20 per cent of all junk mail, but phishing emails were at their highest levels this year, according to just-released ...
Google: 450,000 websites launching drive-by attacks 

Google: 450,000 websites launching drive-by attacks

In Web/client - By Jim Carr, 17 May 2007 10:10 AM
A Google white paper analysing web-based malware has reported that nearly a half-million URLs contain malicious code.
JavaScript malware infecting various websites 

JavaScript malware infecting various websites

In Web/client - By Dan Kaplan, 6 February 2007 1:32 AM
Dozens of unrelated websites contain malicious scripts that attempt to infect users' machines with malware, security experts said today.
Some websites reporting common error code contain adware 

Some websites reporting common error code contain adware

In Web/client - By Dan Kaplan, 4 December 2006 9:46 PM
Hackers are using 404 error messages to their advantage by creating fake sites containing the message to load spyware and adware, security researchers said today.
Hacker crew that attacked NASA websites arrested in Chile 

Hacker crew that attacked NASA websites arrested in Chile

In Web/client - By Frank Washkuch, 8 November 2006 6:15 PM
Four men - part of what authorities have called one of the world's most successful hacking gangs - have been arrested in Chile.
NASA, military websites hacked in protest over Israeli bombings 

NASA, military websites hacked in protest over Israeli bombings

By René Millman, 1 August 2006 1:08 PM
A number of U.S. government, military and university websites have been defaced in protest over the crisis in the Middle East.
More websites not as innocent as they seem 

More websites not as innocent as they seem

By Ericka Chickowski, 21 July 2006 4:22 AM
Experts warned today that innocent internet users are increasingly at risk of visiting innocuous websites that have been taken over by stealthy bad guys.
Potential trojan redirects users to malicious websites 

Potential trojan redirects users to malicious websites

By Frank Washkuch, 5 July 2006 7:45 PM
Users of online banking and credit card websites were warned this week of a potential trojan that redirects users to fake financial sites – even if users type in the correct ...
Don't trust some 'trusted' websites 

Don't trust some 'trusted' websites

By William Eazel, 12 May 2006 1:21 PM
Although most of web users feel relatively safe when we click on search results or visit the web sites or blogs of trusted businesses or friends, we should not be so carefree, ...
Half of U.K. shopping websites 'open to attack' 

Half of U.K. shopping websites 'open to attack'

By René Millman, 21 March 2006 4:58 PM
Security flaws in half of U.K. retailers' websites leave them open to attack, new research found.
Few trust websites with personal information, report finds 

Few trust websites with personal information, report finds

By René Millman, 21 November 2005 4:19 PM
Less than one in five people are confident that websites will treat personal information properly, according to a new survey by the UK information commissioner.
Personal websites - a hacker's paradise 

Personal websites - a hacker's paradise

By David Quainton, 26 July 2005 2:52 PM
Free personal web hosting is providing a safe-haven for hackers, spammers and wielders of malicious code.
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