Hacker Group “Anonymous”, has Declared Cyber-War on behalf of WikiLeaks
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A hacker group, identified as “Anonymous”, has declared cyber-war on behalf of WikiLeaks and the attempt to censor the organization’s activities by the U.S. government and private companies. They are responsible for the recent distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on PayPal, Visa and MasterCard which has been titled “Operation Payback”.
Browser History Hijacking Flaw
Browser history hijacking is a flaw in a web browser that allows certain websites access to all the sites a user has ever visited. This is a techniques used by sporting, news, movie, financial and porn websites to better place ads and check to see if you have visited any of their competitors.
The WikiLeaks Security Issue – The Un-Political Side
The political aspect is obvious to many of us, but the information assurance side reveals a scary situation. If the government, with all of its resources is having difficulties protecting sensitive documents, what chances do private companies have?
A Review of CEH Certified Ethical Hacker Study Guide by Kimberly Graves
The “Certified Ethical Hacker: Study Guide” by Kimberly Graves have gained considerable attention and popularity in recent years in response to the need for professional information security practitioners to increase their awareness in the techniques, tools and motives used by hackers.
Microsoft Issues “Cyber Monday” Security Shopping Tips for Consumers
Monday, November 29 will be this year’s Cyber Monday, the Monday following the Friday after Thanksgiving Day, and the second busiest online shopping day of the year in the United States. Cyber Monday is also one of the busiest online shopping days in the United Kingdom, Germany, and France.
Apache Tomcat HTTP Server Directory Traversal
Apache Tomcat is the servlet container for JavaServlet and JavaServer Page Web applications.
A vulnerability in Apache Tomcat HTTP server may allow for directory traversal attacks. The vulnerability is cause by a misconfiguration of certain modules. An attacker could craft a special URL to view directories and files on the HTTP server without authorization.
DoD Cyber Crime Conference 2011
SANS is pleased to announce that we've partnered with DoD Cyber Crime Conference 2011 to offer SANS two-day Metasploit Kung Fu for Enterprise Pen Testing course as part of the pre-conference training January 21 - 24, 2011 in Atlanta, GA.
Metasploit Pro Webcast with HD Moore – Recording Now Available for On Demand Viewing
Recently, Metasploit founder and Rapid7 CSO, HD Moore, conducted a live walk through of Metasploit Pro, the new commercial penetration testing tool based on the open source Metasploit Framework.
Black Hat DC 2011
This year's Black Hat DC will address the latest in offensive security techniques and methods affecting the public and private industry space today.
DojoCon 2010 – ReverseSpace
DojoCon 2010 is a Security UnConference by security professionals for security professionals.
DojoCon has no sponsors by design. Registration is free. Attendance requires the ticket holder to bring something to the event. Please check your ticket type to ensure you bring what you are assigned.
