Five-Year-Old Boy Detained by the TSA

A less extreme example again is that of the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA), the authority charged with protecting US transportation systems, and supposedly those using them, recently detaining a five-year-old boy on the suspicion of being a terrorist. His name was similar to someone on the US "no-fly" list, which contains the names of people suspected of being terrorists.


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Anatomy of a hack attack

With the help of security experts, we reconstruct a typical hack attack on two large organisations and walk through the steps that the head of IT should follow in such a case.

Monday, 9am
Blackjack, a hacker working from an internet cafe in London, is about to launch an attack on a major government agency. His aim is to cause maximum disruption and embarrassment. And, according to security experts, his job is going to be worryingly easy.

"Most organisations have dozens of vulnerabilities they haven't patched, or aren't even aware of," said Toralv Dirro, a security strategist with McAfee. "Even if a penetration-testing service says you're not vulnerable, that only means they haven't found a vulnerability, not that one doesn't exist."

Anatomy of a hack attack - ZDNet UK

New PHP release fixes several vulnerabilities

The PHP development team announced the immediate availability of PHP 4.4.8. It continues to improve the security and the stability of the 4.4 branch and all users are strongly encouraged to upgrade.


New PHP release fixes several vulnerabilities

WordPress Hacked: Anyone Can View Future/Draft Posts

There is a bug in WordPress right now that is rather critical for anyone who uploads posts without immediately publishing. Simply by manipulating the URL any visitor can view all future, draft, or pending posts. Our site was vulnerable to this issue, but we patched it quickly because it could be used to retrieve the CyberNotes posts that we write ahead of time.

WordPress Hacked: Anyone Can View Future/Draft Posts

Australian UFO Sighted and Captured

Well, it certainly looks like one and almost behaves like any real UFO -- except we have identified it.
We are talking about an exciting development at Entecho here in Australia where they are working on the Hoverpod, a manned aerial vehicle that not only can hover but also fly up to 3000 m at speeds up to 120 km an hour.
It is billed as the ultimate recreational vehicle which can negotiate any terrain.


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Top US military research labs infiltrated by hackers

Hackers successfully infiltrated Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), one of the nation's leading military research facilities. The attackers gained access by sending e-mails infected with trojan horses to ORNL employees. The lab claims that no classified information was retrieved, but admits that the perpetrators managed to acquire a database containing personal information about ORNL visitors and employees, including Social Security numbers.

"A hacker illegally gained access to ORNL computers by sending staff e-mails that appeared to be official legitimate communications. When the employees opened the attachment or accessed an embedded link, the hacker planted a program on the employees' computers that enabled the hacker to copy and retrieve information," ORNL revealed in a statement. "No classified information was lost; However, visitor personal information may have been stolen. If you visited ORNL between the years 1990 and 2004 your name and other personal information such as your social security number or date of birth may have been part of the stolen information."


Top US military research labs infiltrated by hackers

Hackers Ram Through Security at Oak Ridge Lab

The Oak Ridge National Laboratory has warned that its computer systems have been infiltrated by one or more hackers who skirted system's security to gain access to personal information on the lab's visitors. The information was then used in a phishing scheme that attempted to convince victims to open a malicious e-mail attachment. The lab has not commented on the attackers' suspected motives


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