CarolinaCon 9 Conference Overview
I had the pleasure of attending CarolinaCon 9 this past weekend (March 15 – 17, 2013). The event took place in Raleigh, NC at the Hilton North Raleigh/Midtown on 3415 Wake Forest Road and it was a great experience.
U.S. National Vulnerability Database Hacked
An article form DarkReading about a database being hack: The U.S. National Vulnerability Database (NVD) was taken down by its administrators at the National Institute of Standards and Technology last Friday, March 8. As of this morning, the site shows this message: Site/Page Not Available The NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD) has experienced an issue […]
DoD creating cyber "offensive" teams to strike back against foreign attackers
An article fro SCmagazine about new cyber team:The Department of Defense (DoD) is creating 13 teams, consisting of programmers and computer experts, whose sole mission will be to carry out offensive attacks against foreign adversaries should a critical attack on the U.S. occur. On Tuesday, National Security Agency Director Gen. Keith Alexander, who is also […]
Denial-of-service attack takes down JP Morgan Chase sites
An posting from New Cnet about Chase web site being take down by DOS: The Web sites for banking giant JP Morgan Chase are offline this afternoon as the result of a distributed-denial-of-service attack, a representative told CNET. The site's usual banking tools and content were replaced this afternoon with a message that said: Our […]
Google rolls out initiative to help hacked sites
An posting about how google going to find away to help hack site from New sCnet: It's not pretty when a Web site gets a "this site may be compromised" or "this site may harm your computer" status note. Many webmasters and Web site owners can be at a loss of what to do in […]
'Kali Linux' or 'BackTrack 6' has been released with more than 300 penetration testing tools, completely free
Great news 'Kali Linux' or 'Backrack 6'' has been released with more than 300 penetration testing tools, completely free It has been 7 years since the release of the first version of BackTrack Linux, with a fresh start from the earlier versions, the developers have decided to use new technologies and processes as well as […]
Hackers claim to expose info of first lady, including other officials and celebs
The FBI is investigating a hacking incident that may have exposed the financial information and other private data of several high-sitting government officials, politicians and celebrities. On Monday, hackers claimed to have posted the personal information of first lady Michelle Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, FBI Director Robert Mueller, and […]
Pentagon forming cyber teams to prevent attacks
An article from Yahoow new about the pentagon forming a cyber team: WASHINGTON (AP) — The Defense Department is establishing a series of cyber teams charged with carrying out offensive operations to combat the threat of an electronic assault on the United States that could cause major damage and disruption to the country's vital infrastructure, […]
Researchers highlight potential security risk to iOS users
An article from Cnet about Apple OS malware: Though Apple's mobile OS is often thought of as impervious to malware, hackers could potentially control a device using a malicious iOS profile, says Skycure Security. Android usually gets smacked around for playing host to mobile malware, but iOS isn't totally immune, according to researchers at Skycure […]