Judging Facebook's Privacy Shift

Facebook is making a new and stronger commitment to privacy. Last month, the company hired three of its most vociferous critics and installed them in senior technical positions. And on Wednesday, Mark Zuckerberg wrote that the company will pivot to focus on private conversations over the public...

The Privacy Battle to Save Google From Itself

Interviews with over a dozen current and former Google employees highlight a commitment to privacy—and the inherent tensions that creates...

Imperva Joins Global Cybersecurity Tech Accord

Imperva is dedicated to the global fight to keep people's data and applications safe from cybercriminals. What this means for our Imperva Threat Research team is that we spend a lot of time researching new cyber attacks, creating mitigations and writing powerful software. We believe that nothing...

Akamai Welcomes Girls Who Code

Akamai employees in Cambridge have started to see some new faces around the office for the summer - 20+ high school juniors to be specific! For the fourth consecutive year, Akamai is partnering with Girls Who Code to host a seven-week long summer immersion program dedicated to closing the gender...

Working towards a more diverse future in security

Last year I embarked on an exercise to examine diversity in cybersecurity. As one full year has passed, I decided to revisit this topic and the ongoing challenges of recruiting AND retaining diverse talent in the cybersecurity field. This past year saw the MeToo movement in the spotlight, and whi...

Julian Assange is not Dead, but his Internet Connection is Cut by 'State Party'

Don't worry — Julian Assange is alive and kicking! But his Internet connection is dead. Earlier today, Wikileaks tweeted that its co-founder, Julian Assange, had his internet connection intentionally cut by an unidentified "state party." The non-profit organization said it had "activated...

Coalfire goes to Washington!

Our CEO Larry Jones visited The White House Thursday morning to join with First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Biden in the celebration of the Joining Forces initiatives fifth-year anniversary and announce Coalfires pledge to hire and train veterans and military spouses...

No-CMS 0.6.6 rev 1 - Admin Account Hijacking / RCE Exploit via Static Encryption Key

Exploit for php platform in category web applications ?php / Static encryptionkey of No-CMS lead to Session Array Injection in order to hijack administrator account then you will be able for upload php files to server via theme/module upload. This exploit generates cookie for administrator access...

For the LULZ of it, I apologize to Lulzsec

Note : This Article Cross posted from our Magazine's 13th Issue - August 2012 called "BOTNET | The Hacker News Magazine", Written by Ann Smith Executive Editor, The Hacker News Magazine. You can Download full magazine free here. Shame on me. When someone mentioned Lulzsec I would slightly bristle...