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Cyberattackers Brewed Special Malware Cocktail for South Korea

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Cybersecurity news had a distinctive international flavor last week. In South Korea, a cyberattack from unknown sources disrupted portions of the nation’s banking and broadcast industries. During the attacks, a North Korean Human Rights website based in Washington, D.C. was also defaced. Because of bellicose actions by North Korea in recent weeks, fingers began pointing…

Island Nation’s Web Domain Now Paradise for Spammers

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Chances are you’ve never heard of the tiny Pacific island nation of Palau, but you may be familiar with its former Internet domain: PW. That’s because the domain, now owned by Directi, has become a favorite of spammers. According to Fort Systems, Directi — which christened PW “Professional Web” — began offering the top-level domain…

Microsoft, FBI Flatten Monster Botnet

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

A coalition comprising Microsoft, the FBI, financial industry companies and technology firms has taken out more than 1,400 botnets that used the Citadel Trojan to steal victims’ online banking information and information about their identities, following an investigation launched in 2012. “This was a lengthy process, and we relied heavily on our financial services and…

Hackers Find WordPress Easy Pickings

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Adobe Reader and Oracle Java aren’t alone in having a bull’s eye painted on their code by hackers. WordPress also is becoming a popular target for Internet outlaws. It’s quite a large target, too. About 18 percent of the sites on the Web — about 60 million of them — use WordPress. One reason WordPress…

Beijing’s ‘Water Army’ Swamps Social Media

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Long known for its out-and-out censorship, Beijing now appears to be filling Chinese social media with pro-government messages. The new tack was on full display after the Thursday indictment of fallen Communist Party member Bo Xilai, who was busted for corruption and abuse of power in 2012. While China’s social media censors were surely working…

Web App Firewalls Blunt Attacks

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Web applications have become attractive targets for hackers because they allow bad actors to maximize the reach of their mischief with a minimum of effort. That’s what originally attracted the Internet underworld to programs like Windows and Adobe Acrobat, and it’s what continues to attract them to Java. A vulnerability in one of those programs…

Symantec Exposes Crackerjack Cybercriminal Group

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Symantec on Tuesday disclosed the existence of a group of 50 to 100 top-rate hackers. Named “Hidden Lynx” after a string of code Symantec found in its command-and-control server communications, the group is an advanced persistent threat that has skills well ahead of similar organizations in the region, such as APT1, Symantec said. “The Hidden…

Symantec Paws at ZeroAccess Botnet

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Symantec has removed more than 500,000 infected PCs from the botnet created by the ZeroAccess Trojan. ZeroAccess uses a peer-to-peer mechanism. It is the latest technique botnet authors have adopted to avoid having their networks taken down by security experts. Symantec used a DNS sinkhole to fight the ZeroAccess botnet. There are two variants of…

Strong Encryption, Natural Language Search Make Potent Cocktail

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Strong encryption and natural language search can be like oil and water. That’s because encrypted data can’t be digested by your typical search engine. However, CipherCloud announced a solution to that knotty problem last week. The latest version of the 3-year-old company’s cloud-based service includes something it’s calling “searchable strong encryption.” It allows data encrypted…

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