Large-Scale Water Holing Attack Campaigns Hitting Key Targets

A new APT-style espionage campaign launched this summer targeting organizations tied to financial services, government agencies and the defense industry used a technique dubbed water holing to entice victims and silently redirect them to sites hosting zero-day exploits. Researchers at RSA Securit...

Twitter releases data to Law Enforcements for criminal inquiry

Twitter releases data to Law Enforcements for criminal inquiry Twitter handed over subscriber information yesterday for one Twitter account indirectly tied to the Occupy Boston protest, ending a court battle fought behind closed doors as Boston law enforcement investigated hacking attacks on the...

Mandriva Update for libarchive MDVSA-2011:191 (libarchive)

Check for the Version of libarchive OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Mandriva Update for libarchive MDVSA-2011:191 libarchive Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2011 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modif...

Dino Dai Zovi: Attacker Math

In his keynote address at the SOURCE Boston conference this year, independent security researcher Dino Dai Zovi discussed the attacker mentality and they way that defenders can adopt it to better protect their networks...

Viruses and Vendors Can Put Healthcare Data At Risk

A recent article in Healthcare Security Info highlights that computer viruses can cause security breaches, that can then in turn compromise health care data and potentially violate the HIPAA and HITECH Act regulations. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston had to notify more than 2,000...

Coalfire Systems Speaking at Shared Assessments Summit 2011

Do you know how to ensure reliability and resiliency in cloud and SaaS environments? Join leaders from within the IT outsourcing risk management industry at the Shared Assessments Summit 2011 in Boston on March 29 and 30. Coalfire is participating in this summit because the value of managing risk...

Fedora Update for glibc FEDORA-2010-16308

Check for the Version of glibc OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Fedora Update for glibc FEDORA-2010-16308 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2010 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms...

Source Conferences

Boston, Massachusetts and Barcelona, Spain Somewhere between DEFCON and RSA, you find the Source Conferences. A relative newcomer to the security scene, these multi-track annual shows in Boston and Barcelona blend industry focused sessions from venture capitalists and executives with presentation...

Chris Hoff: Cloud Computing

In this session from the SOURCE conference in Boston, Chris Hoff of Cisco Systems discusses the current state of cloud computing and what it can tell us about the future of cloud computing...

Jon Oberheide on Linux Kernel Exploitation

At the SOURCE conference in Boston, security researcher Jon Oberheide discusses the intricacies of Linux kernel exploitation...

Making Penetration Testing Mainstream

HD Moore, the founder of the Metasploit Project and now the CSO of Rapid7, talks at the SOURCE conference in Boston about the mainstream acceptance and importance of penetration testing...

Protecting Customers From Online Threats

Allison Miller of PayPal’s Global Risk Management group discusses the challenges of keeping the service’s customers safe online in a session at the SOURCE conference in Boston...

Solaris Update for JDS 3 125332-08

Check for the Version of JDS 3 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Solaris Update for JDS 3 125332-08 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2010 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the...

Fedora Core 10 FEDORA-2009-12652 (cups)

The remote host is missing an update to cups announced via advisory FEDORA-2009-12652. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: fcore200912652.nasl 6624 2017-07-10 06:11:55Z cfischer $ Description: Auto-generated from advisory FEDORA-2009-12652 cups Authors: Thomas Reinke Copyright: Copyright c 2009 E-Sof...

Guilt by Association: Modem Hacker Arrested for Others' Crimes

Hardware hacker and author, Ryan Harris, aka “DerEngel,” has been arrested in Boston for aiding and abetting intrusion and wire fraud. Harris oversees TCNiSO, a group who hacks cable modems and other hardware. Harris thinks he is being busted for the plights of those who took performance-boosting...

Solaris Update for sshd 140119-11

Check for the Version of sshd OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Solaris Update for sshd 140119-11 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2009 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the G...

Disruptive Innovation and the Future of Security

In this video from the Source Boston 2008 conference, Rich Mogull of Securosis and Chris Hoff discuss the phenomenon of disruptive innovation and what it means for the future of security...

Openswan Detection (Linux/Unix SSH Login)

SSH login-based detection of Openswan. Copyright C 2009 Greenbone Networks GmbH Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later This program is free software; you can redistribute i...

Solaris Update for logindmux/llc1/ptsl/bufmod/ptem 113686-06

Check for the Version of logindmux/llc1/ptsl/bufmod/ptem OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Solaris Update for logindmux/llc1/ptsl/bufmod/ptem 113686-06 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2009 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can...

Solaris Update for libdbm.so.1 114569-02

Check for the Version of libdbm.so.1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Solaris Update for libdbm.so.1 114569-02 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2009 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the...