Suspect in "Hackerazzi" Case Says He Will Plead Guilty

A 35 year-old Florida man is facing a lengthy prison term after being arrested in connection with high profile hacks of the Web-based email accounts of more than 50 celebrities, including Hollywood ingenue Scarlett Johansson. According to a copy of the indictment PDF, Christopher Chaney of...

Hcon's Security Testing Framework (Hcon STF) v0.1beta

Hcon's Security Testing Framework Hcon STF v0.1beta After the first demo of Hfox, many people asked about a Chromium based framework for penetration testing/ethical hacking. After 3 months of work and research, and some input from AJ, the following tool has been developed for the arsenal of Hcon'...

ScriptFTP LIST Remote Buffer Overflow

AmmSoft's ScriptFTP client is susceptible to a remote buffer overflow vulnerability that is triggered when processing a sufficiently long filename during a FTP LIST command resulting in overwriting the exception handler. Social engineering of executing a specially crafted ftp file by double click...

Zero Day Flaws Overvalued Says New Microsoft Report

Attention given to previously unknown or “zero day” flaws may be overrated, according to research from Microsoft Corp. In an analysis, “Zeroing in on Malware Propagation Methods,” Microsoft follows the propagation of malware and how certain forms measure up against other vulnerability exploits...

ScriptFTP <= 3.3 Remote Buffer Overflow (LIST)

Exploit for windows platform in category remote exploits $Id: scriptftplist.rb 13841 2011-10-09 05:36:42Z sinn3r $ This file is part of the Metasploit Framework and may be subject to redistribution and commercial restrictions. Please see the Metasploit Framework web site for more information on...

Novell GroupWise WebAccess Directory.Item Parameters XSS

The version of Novell GroupWise installed on the remote Windows host is earlier than 8.0.2 HP3. It is, therefore, reportedly affected by a cross-site scripting vulnerability because the application fails to sanitize user-supplied input to the 'Directory.Item.name' and 'Directory.Item.displayName'...

winwebmail mention the right-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

Another collection below winwebmail default installation path, this is for if in Start—program there is no winwebmail shortcut. c:\winwebmail\web if you cannot browse to change to the d:\winwebmail\web\ In addition, if you can not find the path please use Registry to read the...

Proof of Concept : PuttyHijack – Hijack SSH/PuTTY Sessions

Proof of Concept : PuttyHijack - Hijack SSH/PuTTY Sessions PuttyHijack is a POC tool that injects a dll into the Putty process to hijack an existing, or soon to be created, connection. This can be useful during penetration tests when a windows box that has been compromised is used to SSH/Telnet...

7-Technologies Interactive Graphical SCADA

Overview ICS-CERT originally released Advisory ICSA-11-353-01P on the US-CERT secure portal on December 19, 2011. This web page release was delayed to allow users time to download and install the update. Researcher Kuang-Chun Hung of Security Research and Service Institute--Information and...

SpyEye Trojan stole $3.2 million from US victims,Android users will be next target !

SpyEye Trojan stole $3.2 million from US victims,Android users will be next target ! A Russian cybergang headed by a mysterious ringleader called 'Soldier' were able to steal $3.2 million £2 million from US citizens earlier this year using the SpyEye-Zeus data-stealing Trojan, security company...

iDefense Security Advisory 09.13.11: Adobe Reader and Acrobat JPEG Processing Use After Free Vulnerability

iDefense Security Advisory 09.13.11 http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/ Sep 13, 2011 I. BACKGROUND Adobe Reader and Acrobat are portable document format PDF readers and processors. For more information, please visit the following pages: http://www.adobe.com/products/reader/...

iDefense Security Advisory 09.13.11: Adobe Reader and Acrobat JPEG Processing Use After Free Vulnerability

iDefense Security Advisory 09.13.11 http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/ Sep 13, 2011 I. BACKGROUND Adobe Reader and Acrobat are portable document format PDF readers and processors. For more information, please visit the following pages: http://www.adobe.com/products/reader/...

Colbert: U.S. Should 'Unleash' Kevin Mitnick As A Secret Weapon

We all know that the fake news shows like The Daily Show and Colbert Report are a lot smarter and more informative than the nightly “GlobalCarWreckStrangerAbductionSportsHighlight” montage that passes for the local news. Last night’s interview of famed hacker and security consultant Kevin Mitnick...

Hackers Get Hacked at #Defcon 19 Conference

Hackers Get Hacked at Defcon 19 Conference There are so many ways to get hacked at the world's largest hacker conference. A hacker could bump against your pocket with a card reader that steals your credit card information. Or a hacker might eavesdrop on your Internet traffic through an unsecured...

DEFCON Round Up: The Good, The Bad and The Underage

DEFCON, the cash-only, aliases-welcome hacker conference took place in the moral vacuum of Las Vegas, Nevada this weekend, as it has every Summer since 1993. This year there was no shortage of controversial presentations and panel discussions. If you were short the airfare, the $150 entrance fee,...

Oracle, other companies hacked by Social Engineering attack in #DefCon 19

Oracle, other companies hacked by Social Engineering attack in DefCon 19 A weekend contest from 4th August to 7th August , at the world's largest hacking convention in Las Vegas showed one reason why big corporations seem to be such easy prey for cyber criminals : their workers are poorly trained...

Oracle, other companies hacked by Social Engineering attack in #DefCon 19

Oracle, other companies hacked by Social Engineering attack in DefCon 19 A weekend contest from 4th August to 7th August , at the world's largest hacking convention in Las Vegas showed one reason why big corporations seem to be such easy prey for cyber criminals : their workers are poorly trained...

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...

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...

THN Review : Ghost in the Wires - Kevin Mitnick

THN Review : Ghost in the Wires - Kevin Mitnick First of all Thanks to Mr. Kevin Mitnick for sending Review Copy of his latest book & Auto-Biography "Ghost in the Wires - My Adventures As The World's Most Wanted Hacker". I take about a week to read this amazing book and Finally The Hacker News...