Tag: VERISIGN

With easier access and cheaper automated software, anybody with a few bucks and a computer can become a hacker these days. According to Information Week, a study by security intelligence service iDefense found that botnets can be rented for less than $70 a day, or less than $10 an hour. In a study of 25 illegal botnet offerings, the firm found that not only is this malicious software relatively ...

Even though Facebook is loaded with spam and scams, the service has maintained a reputation as being the trustworthy social network, largely thanks to its requirement that users post their real names. The public's trust makes hacked Facebook profiles a valuable commodity for those who make their livings in the Internet black market. Researchers at VeriSign are tracking one hacker's efforts to ...

The domain name system, or DNS, is an essential part of keeping the Internet running. Without it, URLs can't be translated to IP addresses, and browsers become useless. But DNS has a serious flaw: a lack of basic security features. It's because of this that hackers are able to easily perpetrate attacks, like the one the Iranian Cyber Army recently launched against Twitter. To address this ...

Remember that ugly flaw in Internet addressing, or DNS, which was detected and fixed, but not by everyone and not in time? The man behind many of those warnings, security expert Dean Kaminsky, recently gave a presentation at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas, elaborating on how the flaw not only affects Web pages, which has been most commonly reported on, but also could allow hackers to take ...

Long known for protecting online purchases and corporate intranets from the thieving keystrokes of hackers, VeriSign has announced plans to bring its brand of super security to credit and ATM cards. VeriSign has partnered with Innovative Card Technologies to develop a special card embedded with an extra one-time-use password. By pressing a button on the back of the card, a tiny built-in display ...