[ad] It seems like there is some serious hacking going on, attacks on power stations and industrial control systems. You’d think most of these systems would be offline, or at least behind a solid DMZ. But as we’ve seen before they often get exposed by people plugging into the LAN then accessing the net through […]
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Conficker Finally Awakes & Dumps Payload
[ad] So it seems something big was brewing with Conficker, they just didn’t want to do what everyone expected and unleash it on April 1st when all eyes were on them. Smart move really, they kept quiet and waited a week or so after before dropping some fairly serious and complex payloads (encrypted rootkits). It […]
Israel Hacker ‘The Analyzer’ Steals Over $10 Million USD
[ad] It’s seems like a new hacker is in the sights of the US Government, this time it’s Ehud Tenenbaum AKA ‘The Analyzer’. He seems to have been quite sloppy about covering his tracks and remaining under the radar, he acts as if no-one can get him. Perhaps he knows something we don’t? Anyway he’s […]
Google Native Client Security/Hacking Contest – Win $8,192 USD!
[ad] What is Native Client? Native Client is an open-source research technology for running x86 native code in web applications, with the goal of maintaining the browser neutrality, OS portability, and safety that people expect from web apps. We’ve released this project at an early, research stage to get feedback from the security and broader […]
Fast-Track 4.0 – Automated Penetration Testing Suite
[ad] The latest big buzz is Fast-Track released recently at ShmooCon by Securestate, basically Fast-Track is an automated penetration suite for penetration testers. For those of you new to Fast-Track, Fast-Track is a python based open-source project aimed at helping Penetration Testers in an effort to identify, exploit, and further penetrate a network. Fast-Track was […]