Havex, It’s Down With OPC

FireEye recently analyzed the capabilities of a variant of Havex referred to by FireEye as “Fertger” or “PEACEPIPE”, the first publicized malware reported to actively scan OPC servers used for controlling SCADA Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition devices in critical infrastructure e.g., wate...

[BlackArch] Linux Distribution with 600 Security Tools

BlackArch Linux is a lightweight expansion to Arch Linux for penetration testers and security researchers. The repository contains 630 tools. You can install tools individually or in groups. BlackArch is compatible with existing Arch installs. Tool List: Name | Version | Description | Homepage...

Long range RFID hacking tool to be released at Black Hat

Out of necessity come many interesting inventions. Fran Brown, a year ago, was working a penetration test for an electric utility doing an assessment of its SCADA network. His first challenge was to get inside the facility, meaning, in short that he had to break in. To do so, he decided to test t...

Four million hotel locks vulnerable to 'Dry erase marker'

At Black Hat security conference this year Cody Brocious demonstrated that How a simple Dry erase marker allows him to open an Onity hotel room door lock with an Arduino, which is totally James Bond. This is just kind of scary on multiple levels, the least being that dry erase markers are one of...

BackTrack 5 R2 Released, New Kernel, New Tools

BackTrack 5 R2 Released, New Kernel, New Tools Hacker are your Ready ? Backtrack 5 R2 finally released with bug fixes, upgrades, and the addition of 42 new tools. With the best custom-built 3.2.6 kernel, the best wireless support available at maximum speed. This release have included Metasploit...

The Social-Engineer Toolkit v2.0 Released

The Social-Engineer Toolkit v2.0 Released The Social Engineering Toolkit SET is a python-driven suite of custom tools which solely focuses on attacking the human element of penetration testing. It's main purpose is to augment and simulate social-engineering attacks and allow the tester to...