#attack

They say that the more popular you are, the more attacks you get. The massive code injection and hidden links on WordPress blogs are getting some serious coverage and just tonight I discovered another form of attack -- the WP Trackback Spam flooding. The attack is simple yet effective -- flood wp-trackback.php with HTTP requests. Took me about 6 hours monitoring one of our servers where a blog was attacked. The attack would seem like a Digg-effect or a slashdot effect. ?The most familiar way for your company or business to be targeted for an attack is through the internet –whether through browsing an infected site or through infected files attached to emails.  Unbeknown to most, there is a simpler but lesser-known approach that is often ignored -- compromised USB devices. C) By leveraging on the flaws of the operating system and how it interacts with USB protocols D) USB-based electrical attacks Here are some of the common types of USB attacks. PHUKD/URFUKED (Programmable Human Interface Device (HID) USB Device) - it is adaptive and it is a remote delivery of keystrokes, so an attacker can select the best time to execute the attack, and choose the most appropriate method at the moment of execution. Read more in our articles including "Android malware 'Gooligan' infects more than 1 million accounts" and "WP Trackback Spam Attack".