[ad] After informing a researcher just a few days ago that “they do not consider this vulnerability to be of high enough priority to break their quarterly patch cycle” they have made a 180 turn on the issue and pushed out an emergency patch to mitigate against the Serious Java Bug That Exposes Users To […]
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Website Auto-complete Leaks Data Even Over Encrypted Link
I’m always fascinated by side-channel attacks where the attack is focused on the underlying architecture of the cryptosystem and the data echos it creates rather than the algorithm or implementation itself. Similar somewhat to the recent breaking of OpenSSL using power fluctuations. This time some researcher type fellas focused on the digital noise autocomplete webforms […]
SAHI – Web Automation & Application Security Testing Tool
[ad] Sahi is an automation tool to test web applications. Sahi injects javascript into web pages using a proxy and the javascript helps automate web applications. Sahi is a tester friendly tool. It abstracts out most difficulties that testers face while automating web applications. Some salient features include excellent recorder, platform and browser independence, no […]
US School Remotely Spying On Kids With Webcams
[ad] The big news that has been blowing up in the past week or so is about a relatively unknown school district in Pennsylvania, US that has been spying on its students using Macbook webcams. It has actually turned into a class action lawsuit and there is a lot of debate surrounding the story, the […]
Chinese Police Shut Down ‘Black Hawk Safety Net’ Hacking School
[ad] There’s been a LOT of news lately about attacks from China, Chinese hackers and sites from China propagating malware. The latest news is that China police have managed to shut down a hacker training operating that was schooling the next generation of Chinese script kiddies. It seems like China is grooming a huge cyberarmy […]