Mass SQL Injection Attack Targets Chinese Web Sites
,----[ Quote ]
| Mass SQL injection attacks have increasingly become a security threat. In
| January, tens of thousands of PCs were infected by an automated SQL injection
| attack. That attack exploited a vulnerability in Microsoft's SQL Server.
`----
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/146048/mass_sql_injection_attack_targets_chinese_web_sites.html
http://tinyurl.com/5tmj3q
38 in US, Romania Charged in Phishing Schemes
,----[ Quote ]
| Thirty-eight people in the U.S. and Romania have been charged in two
| indictments alleging they used complicated Internet phishing schemes to steal
| thousands of credit and debit card numbers, U.S. and Romanian authorities
| announced Monday.
`----
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/146050/38_in_us_romania_charged_in_phishing_schemes.html
http://tinyurl.com/5clbf8
Recent:
Massive Attack: Half A Million Microsoft-Powered Sites Hit With SQL Injection
,----[ Quote ]
| A new SQL injection attack aimed at Microsoft IIS web servers has hit some
| 500,000 websites, including the United Nations, UK Government sites and the
| U.S. Department of Homeland Security. While the attack is not Microsoft's
| fault, it is unique to the company's IIS server.
`----
http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2008/04/microsoft-datab.html
Botnet sics zombie soldiers on gimpy websites
,----[ Quote ]
| Asprox zombies have recently been blessed with a tool that sniffs out
| potentially vulnerable sites running Microsoft's Active Server Pages and then
| tries to commandeer them using SQL injections. When infections are
| successful, the pages then redirect visitors to websites that silently
| install a malware cocktail that includes the Asprox malware. The vicious
| cycle gives the scheme worm-like capabilities.
`----
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/14/asprox_attacks_websites/
SQL injection attack in 'third wave,' says IBM
,----[ Quote ]
| A SQL injection attack that has affected at least a half-million Web sites
| has entered a "third wave" that's more resistant than previous versions to
| traditional security measures, according to IBM security researchers.
`----
http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=297184246&rid=-50
Microsoft offers assistance to combat mass SQL injection
http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/107111/from/rss09
Study Says Linux More Secure
,----[ Quote ]
| More than 70 percent people surveyed said they found Red Hat Linux less
| vulnerable to security issues than Microsoft's operating system.
`----
http://www.techtree.com/India/News/Study_Says_Linux_More_Secure/551-88850-580.html
Study: 70 percent say Red Hat more secure than Windows
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080425-study-70-percent-say-red-hat-more-secure-than-windows.html
|
|
