Perl.com hacked – Security archive case study
David Dede Security Archive: Remembering security incidents to make sure we don’t commit the same mistakes over and over again. Want to read more stories like this…
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A closer look at the Skipfish
Skipfish was just released last week by Michal Zalewski and it seems that in just those few days out there, everyone is talking about it.…
Removing malware from a web site – Case Study
We deal with web-based malware every day here at Sucuri. Some are encrypted and very hard to detect and remove, but most of them are…
Screenshot of the apache.org defacement (10 years ago)
We recently published a case study of the apache.org defacement that happened 10 years ago. You can read it here: Apache.org defaced – Security archive…
Venezuela Government site hacked and spreading malware
Since we have been noticing that full-disclosure works, we will continue with that. We have detected in our honeypots that since January the site www.miranda.gov.ve…
Colombia Government sites hacked (and spreading malware)
Daniel Cid You would expect that a security-related web site would be secure, no? What about an official web site from a Government? Should that be safe?…
Georgia government sites hacked (and spreading malware)
*UPDATE: A few hours after this post, they removed the malware from justice.gov.ge and other sites. I am glad we had some effect. You know,…
Removing Malware From a WordPress Blog – Case Study
This post is very specific to one type of infection. There are many different types of WordPress infections and symptoms, do not be discouraged if…
VMware insecure file creation
If you are using the free VMware server on Linux, beware that the installer is creating files with insecure permissions, allowing any user to modify…
Twitter defacement
It is all over the news today that Twitter was defaced yesterday. Lots of speculation regarding what happened, but that’s the alert I received yesterday…
New FSF web site
The web site for the Free Software Foundation has been completely redesigned. It is looking great now with a Jquery carousel and a web 2.0…