cybersecurity 13

How hackers are using Google to pwn your site. Includes a very practical example of how to use Google Code Search to hack a MySQL account.

Spammer ploys. From the Scientific American.

Hacking gets more focused.

Really stupid security policies. On three sites (two Indian) that don’t take security seriously. via Ravikiran

andersja talked to a spammer. Some insights into the spamming world.

Hacking and social engineering.

In the meantime, Microsoft XP’s copyright protection has been hacked. Their digital rights management scheme: hacked. Passport: hacked.

After the good worm, we now have the social worm, which searches for child porn and reports it. This is starting a Robin Hood-esque trend.

After seeing how costly it is to detect hacking, and the fact that anything you say can be logged against you, one wonders if being online is worth it. If you’ve got a permanent Internet connection, keep it switched off.

Better be a bit careful about online payments. A Russian hacker stole from 40 companies. Amazon’s subsidiary was hit. And IBM’s Net.Commerce is buggy.

Statistics on websites that have been defaced.

IBM has a virus hype alert site, which lists all kinds of virus hoaxes. Incidentally, some people are worried that their web pages are infected.

An interesting story about a hacked computer network and how they recovered.