Secret Admin Backdoor Accounts Found in Samsung Printers

One would think that printers aren't much of a security risk, but while this was true a decade ago, it is no longer the case. Samsung's printer line is more or less clearly showing it.

There is a lot of software involved in the operation of today's printers, especially in regard to network connectivity.


Whereas once they needed to get every bit of information straight from the PC through a dedicated cable, printers have their own software now and can perform certain things on their own, especially when they have extra functions like scanning and photocopying.

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Google, Yahoo! Romania Hacked by Algerian Cybercriminal (Updated)

An Algerian hacker using the online moniker MCA-CRB has managed to deface the Romanian sites of Google (google.ro) and Yahoo! (yahoo.ro).

Most likely, the attacker hasn’t actually breached Yahoo! or Google severs. Instead, he gained access to DNS servers and altered the records to ensure that all visitors of yahoo.ro or google.ro would be redirected to his defacement page.

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Piwik.org Hacked, Attacker Adds Malicious Code to Installation Files

Piwik.org, the official website of the free software web analytics system for PHP/MySQL webservers, has been hacked. The attacker planted a piece of malicious code inside the .zip file containing Piwik 1.9.2.

According to Piwik representatives, the incident affects only users who updated or installed Piwik 1.9.2 on November 26, between 15:43 UTC and 23:59 UTC.

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Confirmed: 2012 iMacs Available on November 30

Apple is finally letting word out that its new iMacs are indeed shipping this month. The 21-inch model will be available on Friday, November 30, while the 27-inch version will start shipping next month, according to the announcement.

Barely respecting its self-imposed timeframe, Apple today confirmed that its sleek new iMacs are shipping on Friday, the last day of November.

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Official Photos of Prince William Expose Royal Air Force Usernames, Passwords

A number of photographs posted on the official St James’ Palace website – picturing Britain’s Prince William in his daily life – have been found to expose a number of passwords and other sensitive information belonging to the Royal Air Force (RAF).

The 10 pictures, meant for the website of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, were taken by a RAF photographer, but they were not “properly cleared” at RAF Valley before being made public, Daily Mail informs.

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Does Windows 8 Really Need a Start Button?

Windows 8 is alive and kicking, but although the Redmond-based devices and services firm (as Mr. Ballmer calls his company right now) is apparently pretty disappointed with the sales performance of its software.

We’ve heard that Ballmer and the other Microsoft executives are blaming the PC industry for the lack of devices running its Windows 8 OS. While hardware manufacturers could be more or less at fault, this isn’t entirely true.

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Windows 8 Update Causes the Start Screen to Freeze

A dozen of Windows 8 users are complaining that a Windows 8 update causes the Start Screen to freeze, while all the other apps fail to respond.

While Microsoft is yet to confirm the problem, it appears that most consumers affected by the issue have deployed an official Windows 8 update, although some of them are actually claiming that all problems appeared two or three days after the update has been installed.

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Pakistani Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, And More High Profile Domains Defaced!

Today another DNS Hijacking attack happened to high profile domains from Pakistan!

A hacker called "eboz" from Turkey defaced Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, and a couple of more high profile domains of Pakistan. Their DNS was hijacked by the hacker, and redirected to his deface page.

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MSN, Bing, Microsoft, and many high profile websites of Israel defaced by 1337 supporting Gaza

Today a Pakistani hacker called 1337, defaced almost all the Israeli high profile websites including MSN, Bing, Amazon, Microsfot, and many more. and still, the hacker is planning to take down more!
Mirrors to the website can be found Here. Yet, the israeli Government is saying it stopped many of the attacks, including the DDoS attacks on their Government website which were successful as well!

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Critical Security Flaw Can Get Your Skype Account Hacked in Seconds

Russian hackers have found a way to break into any Skype account using only the original email address provided at registration.

TNW reports that Microsoft has already been informed of the glitch and, although the security hole was discovered nearly two months ago, they’re still working on a fix.

Basically, hackers only need the username and the email address of the Skype account in order to reset the password and get access to the targeted account. It all comes down to a total of five different steps which are (fortunately) unavailable for the time being.

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Adobe Confirms Hack, Shuts Down Connectusers Forum

Adobe has confirmed that one of its websites, the Connectusers.com forum, has been compromised. An Egyptian hacker going by the name of ViruS_HimA has taken credit for the attack.

“Adobe is currently investigating reports of a compromise of a Connectusers.com forum database. These reports first started circulating late during the day on Tuesday, November 13, 2012,” Guillaume Privat, the director of Adobe Connect, explained.

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Antivirus Firm Founder John McAfee Accused of Murder, Says He’s Innocent

John McAfee, the founder of the world-renowned security solutions provider, is accused of having murdered his neighbor. McAfee claims that he’s innocent and he even believes that he might have been the killer’s target.

It’s no secret to anyone that John McAfee doesn’t get along with authorities from Belize. Back in April, the Gang Suppression Unit raided his home, confiscated his weapons and his passport, killed one of his dogs, and arrested him.

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Hacker Releases iOS 6.0.1 Jailbreak for A4 Devices

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Hacker iH8sn0w has released a new version of his sn0wbreeze jailbreak utility. The tool enables rogue users of Apple’s iPhones and iPads to hack their devices using a Windows PC and install third-party apps and themes otherwise unapproved by the Cupertino company.

In a recent blog entry, iH8sn0w confirms that sn0wbreeze v2.9.7 adds support for iOS 6.0 Build 10A403 and iOS 6.0.1 Build 10A523.

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Facebook Chat Can Be Used to Launch DOS Attacks, Expert Finds

Security researcher Chris C. Russo claims to have discovered a way to use Facebook’s chat module to launch denial-of-service (DOS) attack against any user, even if they’re not friends with the attacker.


Russo reveals that the attack is similar to the ones launched back in the day via MSN messenger. A large number of packets are sent to the target, causing his application to crash.

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iPhone Loses the Smartphone Throne to Samsung Galaxy S III

According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, Apple’s iPhone is no longer king of the smartphones. At least not in the third quarter of 2012, when Samsung shipped a total of 18 million Galaxy S III handsets, Strategy Analytics reports.

By comparison, Apple shipped 16.2 million iPhone 4S handsets, falling to the #2 spot in the respective quarter.

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Windows 8 Critical Security Updates Announced

Windows 8 and Windows RT will receive the first batch of updates since their debut next week, as part of Microsoft’s “Patch Tuesday” schedule.

While Microsoft hasn’t yet released specific details about the glitches these updates are supposed to fix, the company will deliver a total of six separate patches, three of which will be aimed at 32- and 64-bit versions of Windows 8. All three are marked as critical.


In addition, Windows RT, the operating system that was designed to be installed on tablets such as Microsoft’s Surface, will get two different updates, one flagged as critical and another one rated “important.”

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Hackers Use Malware to Steal Photos, Blackmail Users

Experts have identified an interesting piece of malware whose main goal is to steal all the picture files from an infected computer and upload them to a remote FTP server.

The picture files we store on our computers often hold valuable information. Whether it’s work-related stuff, documents containing personal information, or those pictures stored in hidden folders we hope no one will ever see, any of them could represent a highly valuable loot for cybercriminals.

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Google Search Exposes over 1 Million Facebook Accounts

A Hacker News member noticed that by performing a Google search for “inurl:bcode=[*]+n_m=[*] site:facebook.com,” links to the accounts of around 1.3 million Facebook users would show up. Some of the links could be utilized to gain access to the accounts in question without the need for a password.

The temporary links generated by Facebook expired as soon as you clicked on them and since many of them were already clicked at the time when the “hack technique” was identified, the accounts could not be accessed without the password.

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NullCrew Hackers Target NSA, MasterCard, BB&T, US Department of Defense Sites

Hackers part of the NullCrew collective continue to take aim at high profile websites as part of their operation against governments from all over the world.

Their latest targets are The Department of Defense Pharmacoeconomic Center (pec.ha.osd.mil), Department of Defense (defense.gov), the US National Security Agency (NSA), MasterCard, and the BB&T bank.

For each one of these websites they have published some information.

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US Government and Military Sites Hacked by NullCrew, Thousands of Credentials Leaked

Last week we learned that the NullCrew collective launched an operation against governments from all over the world.

The first targets of this campaign are the sites of the State of Louisiana (louisiana.gov), the State of Texas (texas.gov), the State of Montana (mt.gov), UNESCO (unesco.org), United Nations (un.org), and the Force Health Protection & Readiness site managed by the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (fhpr.odf.mil).

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Hackers Steal 2.5 Million Records from Russian Government, Other Organizations

Hackers part of the Team GhostShell collective are back in their typical style, leaking 2.5 million records stolen from government, educational, political, law enforcement, telecoms, research, medical, academic, financial and other high-profile Russian organizations. This latest campaign is called Project BlackStar.

“For far too long Russia has been a state of tyranny and regret. The average citizen is forced to live an isolated life from the rest of the world imposed by its politicians and leaders,” DeadMellox, one of the hackers, wrote in a statement.

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Ubuntu 14.04 Will Come to Phones, TVs and Tablets

Another 6 months, another Ubuntu Developer Summit event for Canonical, where Mark Shuttleworth is always present and keeps his audience captivated.

Yes, we’re talking about the Ubuntu Developer Summit (UDS) event for the upcoming Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) operating system, which takes place these days, between October 29th and November 1st, in Copenhagen, Denmark.

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