HD Moore “Bounty: 30 Exploits, $5,000.00, in 5 weeks”
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The Metasploit team is excited to announce a new incentive for community exploit contributions: Cash! Running until July 20th, our Exploit Bounty program will pay out $5,000 in cash awards (in the form of American Express gift cards) to any community member that submits an accepted exploit module for an item from our Top 5 or Top 25 exploit lists. This is our way of saying thanks to the open source exploit development community and encouraging folks who may not have written Metasploit modules before to give it a try.
IT Governance, Risk and Compliance Conference
At ISACA’s IT Governance, Risk and Compliance Conference you will discover how to enhance the value that IT provides your enterprise, and learn how to ensure IT-related risks are managed and how to assure outcomes including performance and compliance.
You will also learn from knowledgeable practitioners and benefit from ISACA’s IT governance frameworks and professional guidance.
The Top 10 Reasons Why You Should Attend Hacker Halted USA 2011
With a comprehensive agenda, and an international line up of speakers, Hacker Halted USA 2011 promises to be premier information security conference of the year in the East Coast.
Held in Miami for the 3rd year in a row, we will be expecting a strong turnout of Information Security professionals to attend this event and there will be many exhibitors showcasing the latest technologies and tools in Information Security.
Learn from the likes of Bruce Schneier, Philippe Courtot, George Kurtz, Jeremiah Grossman, Barnaby Jack, Moxie Marlinspike, Charlie Miller, Thomas Roth, Anton Chuvakin and many other best brains in the information security space.
Black Hat USA 2011 Promo Code – use code SEORBHUS to receive a $250 discount
Use code SEORBHUS to receive a $250 discount off Black Hat USA 2011 briefings.
Registration is at https://www.blackhat.com/html/bh-us-11/registration/bh-us-11-registration.html
Black Hat USA 2011
Black Hat USA is the premier security event where members of the security industry gather to learn from elite security researchers in the field. This year’s event will be hosted at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada July 30-Aug 4 and offer over 50 multi-day training sessions, feature 7 Briefings tracks with the latest research, and 2 workshop tracks dedicated to practical application and demonstration of tools.
CNN Interview with Kevin Mitnick (Former Hacker)
I ran across an interesting CNN interview with Kevin Mitnick (Former Hacker) as the guess. In the interview, he discussed the importance of having a personal firewall, being aware when using public wireless access points.
He later recommended the use of VPNs when using public wireless access, using a more secure browser such as Google’s Chorme as well as using the “FREE” tool known as “Personal Software Inspector” to let you know if your software is out of date.
U.S. Government Offers Assistance to Lockheed Martin After Security Breach
News on Twitter buzzed recently as security professionals and hackers alike shared information pertaining to a network breach of top U.S. weapons manufacturer Lockheed Martin. Initially it was not immediately clear if any sensitive information was stolen or compromised, but late Saturday evening,Reuters and MSNBC reported “Lockheed Martin Corp., the U.S. government’s top information technology provider, said on Saturday that it detected and thwarted “a significant and tenacious attack” on its information systems network.”
PBS Website Hacked: States Rapper Tupac Shakur is Alive
A Hacker group known as “The Lulz Boat” hacked the PBS website on Sunday and posted a false story claiming the rapper Tupac Shakur who has been dead for 15 years is actually alive and living in New Zealand.
The Department of Homeland Security to Hire 140 Cybersecurity Experts
The Department of Homeland Security is planning to increase its cyber-security workforce to 400 members by adding an additional 140 members by 2012. Phillip Reitinger, deputy undersecretary of the DHS’s National Protection and Programs Directorate, stated, “we plan to hire 140 additional cybersecurity experts by October 2012 bringing the agency’s total to 400.”
Google’s Gmail Hacked by China Again
Google discovered Chinese hackers tried to steal the passwords of senior U.S. government officials as well as South Korean officials, Chinese activists and journalists this past Wednesday. There are also reports thousand of other email accounts were also targeted.
