These are the lastest entries added by SpiderLabs to the Web Application Security Consortium (WASC) Web Hacking Incident Database (WHID) Project.
WHID 2011-67: Hackers attack iTunes
- Entry Title: WHID 2011-67: Hackers attack iTunes
- WHID ID: 2011-67
- Date Occurred: April 4, 2011
- Attack Method: Brute Force
- Application Weakness: Insufficient Anti-automation
- Outcome: Fraud
- Attacked Entity Field: Retail
- Attacked Entity Geography:
- Incident Description: Hackers have taken control of the iTunes accounts of many users, using them to make fraudulent purchases.
Cyber criminals are able to crack the accounts by using brute force attacks, where an automated system tries thousands of popular passwords with each account name.
- Mass Attack: No
- Reference: http://www.computing.co.uk/ctg/news/2039945/hackers-attack-itunes
WHID 2011-66: Epsilon Data Breach
- Entry Title: WHID 2011-66: Epsilon Data Breach
- WHID ID: 2011-66
- Date Occurred: April 4, 2011
- Attack Method: SQL Injection
- Application Weakness: Improper Input Handling
- Outcome: Leakage of Information
- Attacked Entity Field: Marketing
- Attacked Entity Geography:
- Incident Description: Epsilon--the largest distributor of permission-based email in the world--revealed that millions of individual email addresses were exposed in an attack on its servers. While no other information was apparently compromised, security experts are warning users to brace for a tidal wave of more precise spear phishing attacks.
- Mass Attack: No
- Reference: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/224192/epsilon_data_breach_expect_a_surge_in_spear_phishing_attacks.html
- Attack Source Geography:
WHID 2011-65: Sony sites offline after Anonymous attack threats
- Entry Title: WHID 2011-65: Sony sites offline after Anonymous attack threats
- WHID ID: 2011-65
- Date Occurred: April 6, 2011
- Attack Method: Denial of Service
- Application Weakness: Insufficient Anti-automation
- Outcome: Downtime
- Attacked Entity Field: Entertainment
- Attacked Entity Geography:
- Incident Description: Several Sony Web sites were offline today only days after the Anonymous hacker group threatened to target the company over its lawsuit against PlayStation 3 hacker George Hotz.
- Mass Attack: No
- Reference: http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20051482-245.html
WHID 2011-64: Facebook Bully Video Actually a XSS Exploit
- Entry Title: WHID 2011-64: Facebook Bully Video Actually a XSS Exploit
- WHID ID: 2011-64
- Date Occurred: April 7, 2011
- Attack Method: Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
- Application Weakness: Insufficient Process Validation
- Outcome: Worm
- Attacked Entity Field: Web 2.0
- Attacked Entity Geography: USA
- Incident Description: A security researcher has identified a bully video as a malicious app exploiting yet another
cross-site-scripting vulnerability on Facebook with a very sophisticated payload.
- Mass Attack: No
- Reference: http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Facebook-Bully-Video-Actually-a-XSS-Exploit-121829/
- Attack Source Geography:
- Attacked System Technology: Facebook
WHID 2011-63: LiveJournal under DDoS attack right now
- Entry Title: WHID 2011-63: LiveJournal under DDoS attack right now
- WHID ID: 2011-63
- Date Occurred: April 6, 2011
- Attack Method: Denial of Service
- Application Weakness: Insufficient Anti-automation
- Outcome: Downtime
- Attacked Entity Field: Blogs
- Attacked Entity Geography:
- Incident Description: LiveJournal Russian blog platform again stopped working some 35-40 minutes ago. This is already the 3rd hack attack over the past two weeks.
Popular Russian blogger and SUP expert Roustem Adagamov tweeted that LiveJournal is under DDoS attack right now.
- Mass Attack: No
- Reference: http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/it_telecom/news/66359/LiveJournal_under_DDoS_attack_right_now
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WHID 2011-62: Another Xbox Live director hacked!
- Entry Title: WHID 2011-62: Another Xbox Live director hacked!
- WHID ID: 2011-62
- Date Occurred: April 6, 2011
- Attack Method: Social Engineering
- Application Weakness: Insufficient Process Validation
- Outcome: Account Takeover
- Attacked Entity Field: Entertainment
- Attacked Entity Geography:
- Incident Description: A hacker known as "Predator" has been able to phish information from Xbox Live's Director of Policy and Enforcement, Stephen Toulouse (aka "Stepto"), gaining email and address information via his personal website server and was then able to alter the Chief's details online.
- Mass Attack: No
- Reference: http://blog.gadgethelpline.com/xbox-live-director-hacked/
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