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Oracle Releasing 78 Security Patches

Oracle Releasing 78 Security Patches

At moments like this I am so VERY glad that I’m not a database administrator. From Oracle: This Critical Patch Update Pre-Release Announcement provides advance information about the…

January 13, 2012No CommentRead More

Saudi Hacker Posts 14K Credit Cards

Saudi Hacker Posts 14K Credit Cards

An alleged Saudi hacker posted credit card information for approxiamanetly 400,000 Israeli users this week. The catch was that only 14,000 were valid. From Reuters: Computer hackers published…

January 5, 2012No CommentRead More

Headlines

#FreeByron is no more, long live #ByronIsFree (UPDATED) (UPDATED AGAIN)

#FreeByron is no more, long live #ByronIsFree (UPDATED) (UPDATED AGAIN)

In a decision which will be scrutinized and used as case law for years, Byron…

May 15, 2012No CommentRead More

Stupid Human Tricks: Security Job Interviews

Stupid Human Tricks: Security Job Interviews

One of my frustrations over the years has been around interviewing candidates for security jobs.…

April 30, 20121 CommentRead More

You Lose America. CISPA Passes 248-168

You Lose America. CISPA Passes 248-168

In a rather bizarre twist today the vote on the CIPSA bill was moved forward…

April 26, 2012No CommentRead More

Onion Browser For iOS Private Browsing

Onion Browser For iOS Private Browsing

OK, this is rather interesting. An app that provides private browsing on your iOS device.…

April 26, 2012No CommentRead More

Cyberdouchery

FUD It’s What’s For Breakfast

FUD It’s What’s For Breakfast

I have screamed at vendors in the past for resorting to using fear uncertainty and doubt (FUD) to promote their wares. This does little more than a blistering…

February 25, 2012No CommentRead More

Toews Blasts Opponents Of Internet Surveillance Bill

Toews Blasts Opponents Of Internet Surveillance Bill

I suppose they were hoping that fifth time would be the charm. Sadly, this time the Conservative government may actually get away with it this time. They have…

February 14, 2012No CommentRead More

WordPress Speaks Out Against SOPA

WordPress Speaks Out Against SOPA

First off, watch this following video. Fire bad. WordPress is speaking out on SOPA as should every US citizen. The entertainment industry has Congress under it’s spell and…

January 11, 2012No CommentRead More

Malware

Flashback Trojan Compromises Macs

Flashback Trojan Compromises Macs

You know, that’s gotta suck. From ZDNet: Two months ago, a new variant of the Flashback Trojan started exploiting a security…

April 5, 2012No CommentRead More

US Military: “We will Cyber YOU!”

US Military: “We will Cyber YOU!”

From The Register: US general: ‘We’re cleared to cyber-bomb…

Anonymous Releases Italian Critical Infrastructure Docs

Anonymous Releases Italian Critical Infrastructure Docs

The critical infrastructure folks in Italy suffered a security…

Cyberdouchery of Kasperskian Proportions

Cyberdouchery of Kasperskian Proportions

So… I’m minding my own business this morning, reading…

Just In: US Airways Computer Systems Crash

Just In: US Airways Computer Systems Crash

Apparently the all of the computer systems for US…

IBM Scientist Says Biometrics Will Replace Passwords In Next Five Years

IBM Scientist Says Biometrics Will Replace Passwords In Next Five Years

Another person (this time it is a “scientist” *GASP*)…

Microsoft Denies Built-in ‘Backdoor’ In Windows 7

Microsoft Denies Built-in ‘Backdoor’ In Windows 7

Ah, that old chestnut. Apparently there is concern that…

Pentagon Audit Finds Flaws In Clearances

Pentagon Audit Finds Flaws In Clearances

Um, whoops. It turns out that there are flaws…

Researchers Take Control Of Windows 7

Researchers Take Control Of Windows 7

Security researchers have apparently devised a way to take…

Iran Says It’s Building A Drone Aircraft Copy

Iran Says It’s Building A Drone Aircraft Copy

The saga of the downed US drone aircraft in…

The cat got out

The cat got out

  The biggest problem with nuclear weapons isn’t the…

Anonymous Declares War on .mil

Anonymous Declares War on .mil

Well, not exactly. More of a declaration of war…

NATO Server Hacked, Files Published

NATO Server Hacked, Files Published

You know, that just has to suck. I was…

Onion Browser For iOS Private Browsing

Onion Browser For iOS Private Browsing

OK, this is rather interesting. An app that provides…

More Android Holes Discovered

More Android Holes Discovered

More fun and games with Android. It turns out…

NIST Tests Ways To Secure iPhones, iPads

NIST Tests Ways To Secure iPhones, iPads

Hmm. An interesting problem to tackle. It might actually…

Wireless Hacking On The Go

Wireless Hacking On The Go

This is kind of cool and somewhat alarming for…

EU Parliament To Turn Over Passenger Data To US

EU Parliament To Turn Over Passenger Data To US

So, it appears that the EU Parliament is going…

Is TSA Attempting to Silence Critics?

Is TSA Attempting to Silence Critics?

I’m a little surprised to be reading that there…

Hackers Hit El Al And Tel Aviv Stock Exchange

Hackers Hit El Al And Tel Aviv Stock Exchange

Back in July our very own James Arlen warned…

Security Screener Layoffs at Pearson Airport

Security Screener Layoffs at Pearson Airport

Who are the geniuses that are responsible for this…

Social Media

#FreeByron is no more, long live #ByronIsFree (UPDATED) (UPDATED AGAIN)

In a decision which will be scrutinized and used as case law for years, Byron Sonne was found not guilty on all charges today. There’s a long…

May 15, 2012No Comment

App Security

Knowing The Path And Walking The Path

Breaches. We read about them daily. There is really no escaping them. With groups out there like Anonymous and others there are no shortage of folks playing…

February 9, 2012No Comment

Hacker

#FreeByron is no more, long live #ByronIsFree (UPDATED) (UPDATED AGAIN)

In a decision which will be scrutinized and used as case law for years, Byron Sonne was found not guilty on all charges today. There’s a long…

May 15, 2012No Comment

Hacktivism

#FreeByron is no more, long live #ByronIsFree (UPDATED) (UPDATED AGAIN)

In a decision which will be scrutinized and used as case law for years, Byron Sonne was found not guilty on all charges today. There’s a long…

May 15, 2012No Comment

Pentesting

SAP HTTP Resource Links

Here is a rather helpful list of URLs to tinker with if you’re doing a security assessment with SAP. Reference: pastebin.com /rep/build_info.html /rep/build_info.jsp /run/build_info.html /run/build_info.jsp /rwb/version.html /sap/bc/bsp/esh_os_service/favicon.gif…

November 24, 2011No Comment

Tools

WordPress Plugins For SOPA Blackout

With the forthcoming vote on the Stop Online Piracy Act on January 24th, and for the matter the US Senate’s version called PIPA, there is a great…

January 14, 2012No Comment

Crime

#FreeByron is no more, long live #ByronIsFree (UPDATED) (UPDATED AGAIN)

In a decision which will be scrutinized and used as case law for years, Byron Sonne was found not guilty on all charges today. There’s a long…

May 15, 2012No Comment

Disclosure

Knowing The Path And Walking The Path

Breaches. We read about them daily. There is really no escaping them. With groups out there like Anonymous and others there are no shortage of folks playing…

February 9, 2012No Comment

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