e-Security

With the defacement of the website of Pagasa on Wednesday, the Information and Communications Technology Office (ICTO) said it is also accelerating its efforts to migrate all DOST websites to secure server facilities.

For the exploit to successfully work, the malicious attachments need to be opened on a computer with a vulnerable version of Adobe Flash Player.

Unlike in the past, mobile phones now have the same importance as a workstation or laptop in the enterprise environment.

The massive Flashfake attack on thousands of Mac computers has formally exposed the vulnerability of Apple’s operating system.

The high-stakes showdown between Filipino and Chinese hacker groups is not slowing down with a group claiming to be the local counterpart of the international hackers group “Anonymous” claimed responsibility of bringing down at least 14 China-based websites.

The website of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) was attacked again on Wednesday night, April 25, resulting in a denial-of-service error that prevented users from accessing the site.

With the escalation of hostilities between Chinese and Filipino hackers in cyberspace, the Philippine government has released a statement on Tuesday saying it is “not condoning nor encouraging” the retaliatory attacks by local hacker groups.

The Philippines and China edged closer to a full-blown war – at least in cyberspace – after China-based hackers launched anew a denial-of-service (DoS) attack on websites maintained by the Philippine government.

The recent Oracle Java SE Remote Java Runtime Environment denial of service vulnerability used to distribute the Flashback Trojan has now also been seen to be distributing another Mac threat: OSX.Sabpab.

About 670,000 computers worldwide, 98% of them running Mac OS X, were infected by Flashfake. It is the largest Mac-based infection to date, with the largest number of victims targeting developed countries.