Blog Posts Tagged with "Hacking"
Security BSides is Coming to Cape Town South Africa
November 17, 2011 Added by:Security BSides
B-Sides Cape Town will attempt to offer a healthy environment where some of South Africa's security professionals, system administrators, network administrators, and anyone with a healthy interest in infosec can come together for one day to listen to some interesting presentations...
Comments (0)
Researcher Ups Ante on Hacking Medical Devices
October 31, 2011 Added by:Headlines
"You're not meant to be able to grab serial numbers out of the air. This tool I developed should be able to scan the frequency for these pumps, retrieve the pump ID, and with that pump I can then dispense insulin, suspend the pump, resume it and that type of thing..."
Comments (0)
"Buying In" to the Information Security Industry
October 23, 2011 Added by:Jackie Singh
You're growing of age at a time when "security" is a fairly new concept. Governments and companies are throwing money at these problems in the hopes they will go away, and will be doing so at an increasing pace for quite the foreseeable future. That's where you come in...
Comments (9)
Cyber Crime Explodes - But Few Take Action
October 20, 2011 Added by:Joel Harding
An attention grabbing report recently by Norton reveals that cybercrime nets more than marijuana, heroin and cocaine combined. Even worse, over 1 million people per day are victimized by online crime. In spite of this, 41% of us do not have adequate up to date virus or malware protection...
Comments (0)
Security BSides Atlanta is Back!
October 18, 2011 Added by:Security BSides
The goal is to expand the conversation beyond the traditional confines. BSides creates opportunities to both present and participate in an atmosphere that encourages collaboration. It is where conversations for the next-big-thing are happening. You don’t want to miss it...
Comments (0)
Mobile Malware and How to Defend Against It
October 05, 2011 Added by:Dan Dieterle
A lot was covered, including how hackers are creating apps that pass verification and are published in the app store, but when installed, pull down malicious updates. Bluetooth vulnerabilities and a “Truly Evil Hack” were also discussed...
Comments (0)
Who's Logged In? A Quick Way to Pick Your Targets
October 04, 2011 Added by:Rob Fuller
Say you need to get your bearings quickly on an internal test and going into each shell and doing a PS, then looking through the list for all the users logged in is a definitely not ideal. I wrote a quick script that you can throw in the Meterpreter scripts folder to aide you a bit with this...
Comments (0)
Notes on the GrrCON Information Security Conference
September 22, 2011 Added by:Jim Palazzolo
The goal of the conference was dissemination of information and giving individuals the ability to network with others in the field. What impressed me was the diverse pool of individuals at the conference. It was not uncommon to see someone sporting a purple mohawk, or pin stripe suit...
Comments (0)
A Primer on Situational Awareness
September 19, 2011 Added by:Scot Terban
Situational Awareness is a part of OPSEC, in fact, I would dare to say that it is the basic core of OPSEC. If you don’t know the variables of danger in your environment and you are not paying attention, then, well you get hacked in IT and in real life situations, you get dead potentially...
Comments (0)
Full Frontal: Is it OK to Expose Weaknesses?
September 18, 2011 Added by:David Martinez
While it might be interesting and a bit exciting finding vulnerabilities in systems, keep in mind that reporting them to the appropriate people might be more hassle then it’s worth, especially when your doing it pro bono, as I discovered...
Comments (0)
Don't Miss the Security BSides Missouri Event
September 13, 2011 Added by:Security BSides
The goal is to expand the spectrum of conversation beyond the traditional confines of space and time. It creates opportunities for individuals to participate in an intimate atmosphere that encourages collaboration. It is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from participants...
Comments (0)
On Car Hacking Attacks
September 04, 2011 Added by:Theresa Payton
There is nothing like a nice sunny day driving around town in your car, listening to your favorite music. But did you know that depending upon how you get your music, you might make your home computer vulnerable to hackers and also your car?
Comments (2)
Don't Miss the Security BSides Portland Event
August 31, 2011 Added by:Security BSides
The goal is to expand the spectrum of conversation beyond the traditional confines of space and time. It creates opportunities for individuals to participate in an intimate atmosphere that encourages collaboration. It is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from participants...
Comments (0)
I Know Who You Hacked Last Summer - Attribution 101
August 18, 2011 Added by:J. Oquendo
The media, security companies, and the “Cybersecurity Industrial Complex” labels almost all attacks as Advanced Persistent Threats almost always originating from China. The mechanism for identifying the attackers is always the same: "The attacker came from the following IP address..."
Comments (7)
Operation Shady Rat: Or As I like To Call It...
August 15, 2011 Added by:Scot Terban
It is readily apparent from this POS that McAfee has put out that they are just fishing for some press here for their flagging AV sales. This paper gives nothing relevant to the story around APT and as such, it should be just relegated to the dustbin of the internet and forgotten...
Comments (2)
Congress Wants McAfee Briefing on Operation Shady Rat
August 11, 2011 Added by:Headlines
"If these intrusions can be classified as more 'unsophisticated' and 'opportunistic,' what is the threat of the more 'insidious' intrusions on which McAfee has focused in recent years? How can we effectively prevent or mitigate these more insidious intrusions?"
Comments (0)
- Five Things Your InfoSec Team Should Do in the Next 30 Days
- The Disclosure Debate Continues….. (part 1,453, 769) to be Continued
- The Danger of Mixing Cyber Espionage with Cyber Warfare
- Improving Security by Failing Faster
- BYOD: Should It Be the Wave of the Future?
- Trend Micro Discovers "SafeNet" - a New Targeted Espionage Operation Online
- Managing My Company’s Security is a Nightmare
- Bridging the Cybersecurity Divide, Why Security Innovation Must Lead the Way
- The Evolution of Industrial Control System Information Sharing
- ATM Security (And Really Learning from the Past)