[MIDAS] Mac Intrusion Detection Analysis System

MIDAS is a framework for developing a Mac Intrusion Detection Analysis System, based on work and collaborative discussions between the Etsy and Facebook security teams. This repository provides a modular framework and a number of helper utilities, as well as an example module for detecting...

NSA Director to Retain Cyber Command Role

Since its inception in 2009, the U.S. Cyber Command has been run by the director of the National Security Agency. The two organizations are intertwined and even share the same space in Maryland. The continuous leaks of NSA documents this year has led some politicians and critics to argue that the...

Katie Moussouris on the Microsoft Blue Hat Prize

Dennis Fisher talks with Katie Moussouris of Microsoft about the company’s new Blue Hat Prize for innovative defensive security technology, why Microsoft didn’t start a bug bounty program and whether this will become an annual contest. Podcast audio courtesy of sykboy65 Subscribe to the Digital...

Microsoft BlueHat Security contest - Mega Prize $250,000

Microsoft BlueHat Security contest - Mega Prize $250,000 Microsoft today launched a $250,000 contest for researchers who develop defensive security technologies that deal with entire classes of exploits. The total cash awards for Microsoft's "BlueHat Prize" contest easily dwarfs any bug bounty...

VUPEN Security Research - 7T Interactive Graphical SCADA System (IGSS) Remote Memory Corruption

VUPEN Security Research - 7T Interactive Graphical SCADA System ODBC Remote Memory Corruption http://www.vupen.com/english/research.php I. BACKGROUND --------------------- 7T Interactive Graphical SCADA System IGSS is a state-of-the art SCADA system used for monitoring and controlling industrial...

Mantra: A Browser based Security Framework !

Mantra is a dream that came true for the author. It is a collection of free and open source tools integrated into a web browser – Firefox, which can become handy for students, penetration testers, web application developers, security professionals etc. It is portable, ready-to-run, compact and...