Apple Taps Security Experts Ahead Of Lion OS Release

Apple is distributing copies of its yet unreleased OS X 10.7 Lion operating system to a handful of security experts, including former Pwn2Own winner, Charlie Miller, who claims this is the first time Apple has taken such actions, according to a report from PC World. The move, believed to be a fir...

DHS Needs to Change Rules to Recruit Hackers into U.S. Security Agencies !

Members of the hacker community are leery of working with the government and sharing their skills, if it means navigating through outdated regulations and being viewed as potential security risks. Hackers and other computer experts willing to collaborate with the Department of Homeland Security t...

Social networks to be monitored by Mumbai police to keep a check on hate pages !

After observing an increase in the number of phishing attacks and several other cyber crimes, the cyber police have intensified patrolling of the social networking sites. Police, with the help of IT experts, will keep a check on any hate posts or groups created in cyberspace. The action reportedl...

Spam Volume Recovers After Holiday Break

The amount of spam hitting users’ inboxes fell off a cliff in late December, with many security experts attributing the decline to the sudden disappearance of the Rustock botnet and other networks from the spam business. But the level of spam has begun to gain back some of the ground it lost toda...

Estonia institutes volunteer cyber army !

In 2007, when Estonia's government, financial and media computer networks were attacked by unknown Russian hackers following the government's decision of relocating a Soviet war memorial, it must have been hard to believe that something good would come from it at the end. With that attack, Estoni...

2011 will be Stuxnet-like viruses year !

Known to successfully slow down the Iranian nuclear program, the Stuxnet cyber worm is now expected to spawn variations that are predicted to disrupt non-traditional IT targets, from power grids to electronic voting stations. The Stuxnet cyber worm is a very complex, efficient and stealthy string...

India's Gov't Websites Still under Cyber Attacks !

Cyber crime experts in India are warning about the security flaws of many government websites, claiming the recent cyber attacks by Pakistani hackers have spurred little action in terms of enhanced cyber security. "Websites like that of Income Tax of India has loopholes and it can be hacked...

Kryptos Logic Advisory: IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) Local Root

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After A Decade, Time To Rethink Microsoft's Vulnerability Ratings?

Security Experts will tell you that one year is a lifetime in the world of online threats and attacks. But eight years after Microsoft introduced its innovative severity rating system for software vulnerability, the company says its original definitions of what makes a software hole important sti...

Kryptos Logic Advisory: Winamp 5.6 Arbitrary Code Execution in MIDI Parser

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Cyber Fraud: Tactics, Techniques and Procedures

Gone are the days when those BlackHat Hackers would tickle you for fun, Now they will poke you & take your diamonds without you even knowing anything about it until it's too late. Landscape in the Cyber underground has completely changed since then, making it more like well organized business...

New Rules Enable Military Assistance During Domestic Cyber-Attacks

The Obama administration has revised federal policy, enabling the military to assist during a domestic cyber-attack, reported the New York Times on Oct. 21. Typically, the military cannot deploy units within the country's borders, except for natural disasters, and even then, a presidential order ...

Nations Struggle to Define Cyberwar Amidst Legal Research Findings

The likelihood of an unprovoked cyberattack is low, according to extensive new legal research featured in an upcoming issue of the British journal INFO. This research explores a 150-year-old series of Geneva Conventions related to cyberwar. However, defining "cyberwar" remains elusive, and reachi...

Day-Con

Dayton, Ohio When I say “Dayton,Ohio,” what image comes to mind? Hacking, right? If not, then you’ve never been to Day-Con, the annual Ohio-based hacker con now in its fourth year. This year’s Day-Con is scheduled for October 22nd and 23rd, with three days of training preceding the main conferenc...

Joomla! Component Elite Experts - SQL Injection

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Password Timing Attacks Expected to Grow

A well-known cryptographic attack could be used by hackers to log into Web applications used by millions of users, according to two security experts who plan to discuss the issue at Black Hat. Read the full article. Computerworld...

White House Cybersecurity Meeting Produces Cautious Optimism

The meeting convened Wednesday at the White House by the country’s top cybersecurity official, Howard Schmidt, which included more than 100 security experts from the private sector and various government agencies, didn’t end with Schmidt revealing any new programs or initiatives, but some of the...

The Coming Wave of Mobile Attacks

The pace of innovation on mobile phones and other smart wireless devices has accelerated greatly in the last few years, adding features, speed and computing power. But now the attackers are beginning to outstrip the good guys on mobile platforms, developing innovative new attacks and methods for...

PDF JBIG2 multiple input validation flaws

Multiple "input validation flaws" in the JBIG2 decoder in Xpdf 3.02pl2 and earlier, CUPS 1.3.9 and earlier, Poppler before 0.10.6, and other products allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file...

Koobface: Hit Down in HK, Gets Up in China

Security experts in Hong Kong last week succeeded in taking down a key component of the Koobface bonnet, only to witness the system popping up in China. Read the full article. The Register...