Researchers have cracked open a botnet that amassed more than 60GB of passwords and other stolen data, even as it cloaked itself using a state-of-the-art technique known as fast flux. When its command-and-control server was infiltrated, the Mumba botnet had snagged more than 55,000 PCs, according to the researchers from anti-virus provider AVG. The data-stealing [...]

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Tool name : MSNRecover version 0.1   Description : MSNRecover searches inside the Microsoft Credential management system for MSN authentication data. If such an entry was found targetname, comments, username and password are printed on the display.   Tested on : Windows XP   Feedback : In case you encounter any problems with the tool, [...]

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In a chat lasting over an hour, we got to talk to a person claiming to be the infamous hacker behind RockYou’s latest data security woes. While he claimed to have no animosity toward users, he had one clear message for websites: Take better care of your customers’ data. RockYou isn’t the only hacked site [...]

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The WPA Cracker is a cloud-based service that accesses a 400-CPU cluster. For $34, it can run a password against all 135 million entries in about 20 minutes. Those willing to wait 40 minutes can pay $17 to access the system at half mode. In addition to operating in the cloud, the service is also [...]

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Hackers have developed a distributed WordPress admin account cracking scheme that poses a severe risk for the security of blogs whose owners select insecure passwords. PHP scripts located on a virtual server run bruteforce (password guessing) attacks on targeted sites. Many sites can be attacked at the same time by the system, with results written [...]

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