Researchers Warn of Prison Hacks, Opening Cell Doors

In news that seems like it could be lifted from an old 24 or Prison Break plotline, authorities are concerned by new research that claims hackers could remotely open the cell doors of federal prisons. In addition to staging a jailbreak, hackers could sabotage a prison’s intercom system and...

The George Washington Institue for Sustainability hacked by Cocain TeaM

The George Washington Institue for Sustainability hacked by Cocain TeaM The George Washington Institue for Sustainability website got hacked and defaced by Cocain TeaM hackers. Mirror of hack available on Zone-H. The George Washington University is located four blocks from the White House and was...

The George Washington Institue for Sustainability hacked by Cocain TeaM

The George Washington Institue for Sustainability hacked by Cocain TeaM The George Washington Institue for Sustainability website got hacked and defaced by Cocain TeaM hackers. Mirror of hack available on Zone-H. The George Washington University is located four blocks from the White House and was...

Unfixed XSS vulnerability at beta.washington.org

Security researcher NOPO TEAM, has submitted on 26/07/2011 a cross-site-scripting XSS vulnerability affecting beta.washington.org, which at the time of submission ranked 133562 on the web according to Alexa. We manually validated and published a mirror of this vulnerability on 21/11/2011. It is...

Washington Post Hacked, 1.27M IDs and E-mail Addresses Stolen

Over a million user IDs and e-mail addresses of job applicants were taken from the Washington Post’s Web site after being hacked late last week, according to a statement posted on the Post’s Web site. The jobs section of the newspaper’s site was hit by two separate “brief” attacks by “an...

Report: U.S. Is Hyping Threat Of Cyber War

A new report suggests that lawmakers, policy wonks and corporations are sensationalizing the risk of cyber attacks far beyond the actual threat. The inflation of cyber security threat, like the inflation of the threat of Communism during the Cold War, or terrorist acts in the wake of the 9/11...

Microsoft Builds Legal Weapon to Take Apart Botnets

The take-down of the Rustock botnet in March gave Microsoft another head for its mantle: two in just the last year. That’s an impressive take for any private firm, and one of a string of actions against bot networks in recent years. But security experts say that the company’s success in building ...

Still Smarting, Anonymous Releases 20,000 More HBGary Emails

More e-mail messages believed to belong to HBGary Federal Chief Operating Officer Greg Hoglund were posted online Sunday, fulfilling a promise by online mischief making group Anonymous to further embarrass the Washington D.C. security firm, whose CEO aroused the ire of the hacktivists last week. ...

Yahoo! Announces Hack U™ Spring 2011 Series !

Yahoo! is proud to announce the Hack U™ Spring 2011 calendar of events. Join Yahoo! web experts for a week of learning, hacking and fun! You'll hear interesting tech talks, hacking tips and lessons, and get hands-on coding workshops where you'll work with cutting-edge technology. The week's event...

Students will analysis cyber security skills vs. peers !

Flour Bluff Aerial Academy inferior Alex Blanke never accepted the accoutrement to abolish bacilli from his computer. But he capital to learn. Now he is on a mission to chase and abort computer bacilli and added aegis threats. He and green Sierra Alves represent Flour Bluff in a civic aerial...

Sign of the Times: Shmoocon Tickets Scalped on eBay

How do you know when your alt.hacking conference has arrived? Maybe when scalpers are offering tickets for the event on eBay for almost three times the face value. That’s the situation the organizers of hacking conference Shmoocon have found themselves in, as illicit auctions for tickets to next...

U.S. Adopts Military Tactics for Rising Cyberwar Threats

The increasing threats of cyberwar are keeping U.S. officials busy alongside ongoing wars on terror and drugs. Recent incidents highlight the rising cyberwarfare concerns: Google reported espionage attacks originating from China, mysterious Internet traffic activities related to China, the Stuxne...

WU-FTPD - Site EXEC/INDEX Format String (Metasploit)

$Id: wuftpdsiteexecformat.rb 11166 2010-11-30 00:16:53Z jduck $ 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 licensing and terms of use...

ShmooCon

Washington D.C., U.S. Go to Shmoo. Enjoy yourself at Shmoo. But for God’s sake, just don’t ask anyone at Shmoo who they work for. This D.C. based hacking con, now in its seventh year, is lousy with spooks and other assorted hackers in the employ of Uncle Sam. The show was started and took its nam...

Washington Courts website vulnerable to SQL injection and cross-site scripting

Overview The Washington Courts website http://www.courts.wa.gov/ is vulnerable to SQL injection and cross-site scripting. An attacker could gain access to information stored on the site or manipulate how the site appears to victims who browse to an attacker-supplied URL. Description The Washingto...

Wustl.edu Cross Site Scripting

============================= Washington University in St.Louis XSS Vulnerability ============================= + Discovered By: XroGuE @Title: Advisory www.wustl.edu XSS Vulnerability @Author: Ashiyane Digital Security Team @Mail: [email protected] @Site XSSed:...

UoW IMAPd Server - LSUB Buffer Overflow (Metasploit)

$Id: imapuwlsub.rb 8932 2010-03-26 19:00:23Z jduck $ 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 licensing and terms of use. http://metasploit.com/framework/...

Is the U.S. Unprepared for a Real Cyber Attack?

During the simulated cyber attack that took place yesterday in Washington and was recorded by the CNN, one thing became clear: the US are still not ready to deflect or mitigate such an attack to an extent that would not affect considerably the everyday life of its citizens. Read the full article...

Google Attack Was Tip of the Iceberg

The recent disclosure by Google, Adobe and other companies that their networks had been thoroughly compromised by attackers who may have been after their source code has prompted a tremendous amount of discourse both in the security community and in the general public about the political and...

Wu-ftpd SITE EXEC/INDEX Format String Vulnerability

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 licensing and terms of use. http://metasploit.com/framework/ require 'msf/core' class Metasploit3 'wu-ftpd SITE...