Hackers Attack using Adobe Applications

A security company has warned about the bugs found on the Adobe Flash Player that can be exploited to inject and infect a computer security system. Effects there are bugs in the Adobe Flash Player version 10.0.45.2, which runs on all operating systems including including Windows, Macintosh and Linux. Rather broadly, this bug is also found in the latest version of Acrobat Reader software.

"There are reports that this vulnerability is being actively exploited in the virtual world for free on the Adobe Flash Player, and Adobe Reader and Acrobat," said a spokesman for Adobe. Recognized also by Adobe, when exploited, these bugs can cause crashes Adobe software, so it can give an attacker the opportunity to control the computer, and steal data in it.

Nevertheless, the attack was not yet widespread. However, Adobe has so far received two reports of attacks online. Researchers from Trend Micro, Paul Ferguson agreed that the attack is a new type, and does not appear to be used widely. "It's probably just a side." He saw the attack will be exploited further, although he was advised to alert the user.

But unlike the previously version, "Version 8 of Adobe Reader and Acrobat is not vulnerable to attacks, Adobe said. As it is known that Adobe Reader is free software, has become a favorite target of hackers in recent years. Malicious attacks involving PDF files, according to Symantec, now make up about nearly 50 percent of all Web-based attacks.

The Spread of the Virus Facebook Password Thieves

The spread of the virus in an attempt to steal important information on social networks is that hackers have long done. It is estimated that they could fool the approximately 40 million users Facebook. "Hackers have long made a target Facebook users, by deceiving them through a fake email from the Facebook. The attack is quite easy for them, because only require regular Internet networks to spread malicious software," said Director of Malware Research and Communication McAfee Dave Marcus .

Dave predicted, hackers spread the virus creator has spread to almost all the world Facebook users. Even the number reached tens of millions of targeted accounts, which spread in Europe, the United States (U.S.) and Asia. It is estimated that McAfee, the virus has spread since the beginning of this week. According to Dave, millions of computers already infected ascertained.

Even 400 million users of Facebook, if taken just 10 percent of the hackers have managed to infect approximately 40 million Facebook users, including the U.S. and Asia, where most Facebook users come from these countries. Therefore, Dave recommend that Facebook users who happened to find this email, do not be tempted to click on attachments that are included in the fake email. "If the attachment is opened the virus contained in it will directly download some software that endanger your computer automatically, including programs that can steal passwords of any kind," Dave said.

Strengthen Security Wordpress Blog from Hacker Attacks

Security system is necessary to protect us and it is important to consider that our data be safe from acts that could harm our blog. This incident has been experienced by those who have been using WordPress, this happens because there is rift system that can be used by hackers to breach security systems and they have successfully penetrate the security system and the database system data so that we become distracted blog.

All the hard work we do every day will be useless if the security system we easily penetrated by hackers and blogs we become damaged due to a change made by the hacker. Security problem is important for us to implement quickly, so that we can use the website to function optimally so that all databases that do not become garbled or lost due to have been hacked.

One of the rift that security can be penetrated by hackers is a password, the password that we use is not made from a unique character, so it easily readable by software used by hackers. To avoid the password that can not be easily hacked, we can make mixing the characters will be used so that characters such as a unique example RqWsY * $ ^ (qe * #. By using the unique characters will strengthen the security system your WordPress blog.

If you often perform the replacement of the template your blog should be careful because of the possibility that the template will have used the code is entered without you realize. For those of you who are concerned with the security system your WordPress blog, you can now perform system security configuration "Lock Down" to protect your wordpress blog from hacker attacks.