Emissary Panda APT Group Gets Selective About Data it Steals

LAS VEGAS – The Emissary Panda APT group has a long history of invading Western organizations—be they enterprises, government or political outfits—hungry for reams of intellectual property. Lately the group, however, has become a little more selective about what it steals. Researchers at Dell...

BackBox Linux 4.3 - Ubuntu-based Linux Distribution Penetration Test and Security Assessment

BackBox is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu. It has been developed to perform penetration tests and security assessments. Designed to be fast, easy to use and provide a minimal yet complete desktop environment, thanks to its own software repositories, always being updated to the latest stable...

Malware And Hacking Forum Seized, Dozens Arrested

The FBI and other law enforcement agencies have arrested more than 70 people suspected of carrying out cyber criminal activities associated with one of the most active underground web forums known as Darkode. Darkode, also used by notorious Lizard Squad, was an online bazaar for cyber criminals...

BackBox Linux 4.2 - Ubuntu-based Linux Distribution Penetration Test and Security Assessment

BackBox is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu. It has been developed to perform penetration tests and security assessments. Designed to be fast, easy to use and provide a minimal yet complete desktop environment, thanks to its own software repositories, always being updated to the latest stable...

Miniduke APT Campaigh Returns with New Targets, Hacking Tools

The Miniduke advanced persistent threat APT campaign uncovered by researchers at Kaspersky Lab and CrySys Lab in February 2013 is back after a year-long hiatus in which attacks abated almost entirely. While the initial Miniduke operations primarily targeted government organizations in Europe, thi...

Grams - First Search Engine for Underground Black Markets

We often talk about Underground communities, illegal websites or black markets, but as they are ‘Underground’ in nature i.e. Hidden websites running under Onion Network, many of us don't know how to reach the one we are searching for and if hopefully found, then its difficult to figure out a...

Underground Marketplace 'Utopia' Seized by Dutch Police, 5 suspects arrested

After Silk Road, another underground online marketplace 'Utopia' has been seized by Dutch National Police, where users could buy illegal drugs and guns for home delivery. The police started their investigation under Codename 'Operation Commodore' in 2013, and finally seized Utopia's Germany-based...

KALI Linux 1.0.6 released; officially added Emergency Self Destruct feature

A few days back the developers of one of the most advance open source operating system for penetration testing called 'KALI Linux' announced that they were planning to include "emergency self-destruction of LUKS".They patched a utility called cryptsetup, which introduces a self destruction featur...

Chinese APT Espionage campaign, dubbed 'Icefog' targeted Military contractors and Governments

Kaspersky Lab has identified another Chinese APT campaign, dubbed 'Icefog', who targeted Governmental institutions, Military contractors, maritime / shipbuilding groups, telecom operators, industrial and high technology companies and mass media. The Hacking group behind the attack who carry out...

[BackBox Linux] Version 3.0

BackBox is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu Desktop, and designed for performing penetration testing, incident response, computer forensics, and intelligence gathering. It uses the Xfce desktop environment, and is developed by Raffaele Forte and a small but dedicated team. This release includ...

'The Hacker News' Celebrating 2nd Birthday

One of the most awaited occasions in a year is your birthday, same way we are today celebrating 'The Hacker News' 2nd Birthday week from on 28th October-3rd November 2012. Originally founded on 1st November 2010 by Mohit Kumar, 'The Hacker News' was the very First dedicated Hacking and Security...

Penetration Testers Get Ready - BackBox Linux 2.05 released !

The BackBox team has announce the release 2.05 of BackBox Linux. The new release include features such as Ubuntu 11.04, Linux Kernel 2.6.38 and Xfce 4.8.0. BackBox is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu. It has been developed to perform penetration tests and security assessments. Designed to be...

BackBox Linux 2.01 released

BackBox Linux 2.01 released The BackBox team is proud to announce the release 2.01 of BackBox Linux.The new release include features such as Ubuntu 11.04, Linux Kernel 2.6.38 and Xfce 4.8.0. The ISO images 32bit & 64bit can be downloaded from the following location: What's new System upgrade...

Malcon 2011 - Call for Papers

Malcon 2011 - Call for Papers Malcon is the worlds first platform bringing together Malware and Information Security Researchers from across the globe to share key research insights into building and containment of the next generation malwares . Call for Papers: Malcon 2011 are looking for new...

Malcon 2011 - Call for Papers

Malcon 2011 - Call for Papers Malcon is the worlds first platform bringing together Malware and Information Security Researchers from across the globe to share key research insights into building and containment of the next generation malwares . Call for Papers: Malcon 2011 are looking for new...

BackBox Linux 2 released

BackBox Linux 2 released The BackBox team is proud to announce the release of BackBox. Linux 2.BackBox 2 features the following upstream components: Ubuntu 11.04, Linux Kernel 2.6.38 and Xfce 4.8. BackBox is an Ubuntu-based distribution developed to perform penetration tests and security...

BackBox Linux 2 released

BackBox Linux 2 released The BackBox team is proud to announce the release of BackBox. Linux 2.BackBox 2 features the following upstream components: Ubuntu 11.04, Linux Kernel 2.6.38 and Xfce 4.8. BackBox is an Ubuntu-based distribution developed to perform penetration tests and security...

Online Crime Easier, More Budget Friendly

Mainstream attention to Operation Aurora and the Kneber Zeus botnet are welcome. It underscores how the Internet underground has advanced to the point where a plethora of powerful hacking tools and services is readily available to novice hackers and elite crime gangs alike – with prices to fit...

FaScript FaUpload - SQL Injection

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