'Hacker-proof' system? You be the judge
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Euro defense company develops "hacker-proof" encryption.
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Handling of images could allow an attacker to take over your PC.
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Determined hackers can outwit the supposedly tamper-proof bank cards that use both a chip and a PIN.
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Bad guys use sophisticated testing to create malware that can evade even the best security programs.
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It only takes 20 minutes on the Internet for an unprotected computer running Microsoft Windows to be taken over by a hacker. Any personal or financial information stored
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Cyber criminals are cashing in on their expertise by offering tool kits that let anyone craft attacks.
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Science & environment: Creators of malware are no longer script kiddies after kudos - they're criminals after your cash. Wendy M Grossman asks if protection can keep pace with them.
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By Peter Healy, The Stamford Advocate, Conn.  Dec. 17--Imagine that you just told a friend via e-mail about your idea for a new product that might outsell the iPod. But if a computer hacker finds it and steals your secrets, a lifetime of work and billions in revenues could be lost.
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Within days of the release of the security bulletin, there was proof of concept code available on the web. As the exploit was analyzed by various security groups, it was found that it was similar
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(InfoWorld) - A new hacking method is causing concern for the lengths it goes to avoid detection by security software and researchers. The attack involves a Web site that has been hacked to host malicious code, an increasingly common trap on the Internet. If a user visits one of the sites with an unpatched machine, it's possible that the computer can become automatically infected with code that can record keystrokes and steal financial data typed into forms. The new method, which uses special JavaScript coding, ensures that malicious code is only served up once to a computer that visits the rigged site, said security vendor Finjan. "These attacks represent a quantum leap for hackers in terms of their technological sophistication," according to the report. "Equally important, this minimizes the exposure of the malicious code to forensic analysis or security research, as there is just one opportunity for a visitor to actually see the code." After a user visits the malicious Web site, the hackers record the victim's IP (Internet protocol) address in a database. If the user goes to the site again, the malicious code will not be served, and a benign page will be served in its place, Finjan's report said. It's also possible for hackers to block exposure of malicious code for users in a particular country. Also, the hackers can identify IP addresses of crawlers used by search engines and reputation services, which evaluate the risk in visiting certain Web sites, and serve them legitimate content. These methods are used to avoid alerting security researchers. Hackers generally want their malware to be effective for as long as possible, but that window has increasingly been closed by faster reaction times from antivirus companies. For example, a huge spam run with a Trojan horse program -- one that looks harmless but isn't -- is usually quickly detected by antivirus companies, which issue updates for their software to detect the malware. However, the quantity of malicious code has moved security vendors to add other defenses to their software, such as the ability to detect when a new program is doing something suspicious, such as suddenly communicating with a remote server. It wasn't immediately clear how many Web sites may be using this style of attack. However, Finjan said it's an example of how hackers are raising the bar to mask their attacks on computers and steal data, such as bank details. "Large numbers of infected users means higher revenues for the attackers," Finjan said. Â
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Weakness in open-source GnuPG cryptography technology could let miscreants tamper with digitally signed, "secure" messages.
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The annual hacker hit parade of the most popular loopholes in computer software has been published.
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Be afraid: There's no such thing as a secure network.
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Digital Armaments seeks zero-day Windows flaws in 'Hacker's Challenge.'
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Microsoft may be the biggest target out there for hackers. Here's what the company does to protect itself from the continuous onslaught of probes and intrusion attempts.
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How do you protect a home network against a hackerÂs attack?