1024-bit RSA encryption is used around the world to protect web servers and other devices using OpenSSL.  In the past only the RSA 768-bit version has been crackable using [...] Continue Reading…

Tags: Exploit, ssl, Vulnerability

Author: Christopher

A Russian network of spam and malware affiliates known as “Partnerka” are beginning to aggressively focus on Apple Mac platform offering $.43 for each Mac machine infected.  Dmitry Samosseikko [...] Continue Reading…

Author: Christopher

Another recent large scale breach has been identified as University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill notified around 163,000 women that there is a potential compromise that may result [...] Continue Reading…

Tags: breach, hacker, hacks, Malware, social security, ssn, virus, viruses

Author: Christopher

James Slater found a cross-site-scripting vulnerability on Twitter.com which Twitter claims is now fixed.  According to James, it is not fixed.  The vulnerability allows malicious JavaScript to be embedded [...] Continue Reading…

Author: Christopher

Another update to the open source WordPress blogging platform has been released.  This update is primarily a security update for a password reset flaw that was introduced with version [...] Continue Reading…

Author: Christopher

Twitter has been down since 6am PST.  They changed the IP of their website and it has been confirmed this is an on-going Distributed Denial of Service Attack (DDOS).  [...] Continue Reading…

Tags: ddos, twitter

Author: Christopher