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Researcher details nasty XSS flaw in popular web editor

First denial, then anger, then DDoS , then patching. A tool that’s popular with Microsoft’s in-house developers, the RadEditor HTML editor, contains a dangerous cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability, researcher GS McNamara says.…

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Shellshock: ‘LARGER SCALE ATTACK’ on its way, warn securo-bods

Not just web servers under threat – though TENS of THOUSANDS have been hit The Shellshock vulnerability has already become the focus for malicious scanning and at least one botnet but crooks are still testing the waters with the vulnerability and much worse could follow, security watchers warn.…

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Bad boy builds beastly Bash bug botnet – boxen battered

DDoS zombie army found in the wild hours after flaw surfaces Mere hours after its discovery, the Shell Shock Bash vulnerability was exploited by an attacker to build a botnet.…

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BLAM, BLAM, BLAM… nooooo! Hacker crew Lizard Squad spits DDoS venom on Call of Duty

JUST before you blasted 2 ‘copters with 1 rocket launcher Hackers from the group Lizard Squad have reneged on their promise to quit earlier this month, apparently launching distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on major gaming industry websites.…

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BLAM, BLAM, BLAM… nooooo! Hacker crew Lizard Squad spits DDoS venom on Call of Duty

Webmin hole allows attackers to wipe servers clean

No RCE, but lots of Unix DDoS fun Holes in the Webmin Unix management tool – thankfully since patched – could allow attackers to delete data on servers, says security researcher John Gordon of the University of Texas.…

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Webmin hole allows attackers to wipe servers clean

Nude celeb pics wrongly blamed for DDOS at New Zealand’s largest ISP

Actual culprit appears to be silly router configurations and Euro-nasties New Zealand’s largest ISP, Spark, has spent the weekend fighting off a DDOS incorrectly assumed to have a connection with last week’s nude celebrity picture scandal.…

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Nude celeb pics wrongly blamed for DDOS at New Zealand’s largest ISP

Week in review: Linux systems ensnared in DDoS botnet and Home Depot breach

Here's an overview of some of last week's most interesting news, podcasts, and articles: IT security is a matter of accountability The CEO has always had responsibility for the overall growth an…

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Week in review: Linux systems ensnared in DDoS botnet and Home Depot breach