Will 2014 see a big uptick in the use of biometric technologies, strong encryption, a rash of new key technologies and more? Some say that the era of having unencrypted data traffic flowing freely inside enterprises will likely soon come to a crashing …
US Backdoors in French Satellites Threatens Billion Dollar Deal With the UAE
A deal for two French Falcon Eye spy satellites, where cameras can detect very small objects on the ground, is in jeopardy after the UAE buyers claimed they contain US-made parts that are considered ‘security compromising components.’
Yahoo Has Been Serving Malware To Its Users
On Friday 3 January, Dutch security firm Fox-IT detected malicious activity on some of its clients’ networks – with a common factor: they had all previously visited yahoo.com. Further investigation revealed malvertising on the Yahoo site – and it is po…
Emergency Self Destruction of LUKS in Kali
Kali Linux Full Disk Encryption
As penetration testers, we often need to travel with sensitive data stored on our laptops. Of course, we use full disk encryption wherever possible, including our Kali Linux machines, which tend to contain the most sensi…
The Ubiquitous SD Cards can be Hacked to Deliver a MITM Attack
Two researchers, Andrew ‘bunnie’ Huang, and Sean ‘xobs’ Cross, gave a talk at the Chaos Computer Congress describing how the ubiquitous flash memory card can be used to deliver a MITM attack against its host system. The problem is that SD cards are sim…
AutoIT Surges as Malware Component
AutoIT, a flexible coding language that’s been used since 1999 for scripting in Windows, is now cropping up in next-gen malware like a Zeus variant that efficiently steals information from FTP sites and personal certificates.
Dangerous Trojan Targets World of Warcraft
Blizzard, the company behind the popular online multiplayer World of Warcraft game, has warned its gamers that a “dangerous Trojan” called Disker is being used to compromise player’s accounts, even if they are using an authenticator for protection.
NSA Maintains Its Own Catalog of Advanced Hacking Tools
TAO, Tailored Access Operations, is the elite hacking group operated by the US National Security Agency. Its existence was exposed by the ‘black budget’ for 2013 leaked by Edward Snowden. Now Der Spiegel has published further details on the group that …
NSA Can Turn iPhones into Eavesdropping Equipment
Spook gadgets have come a long way from Maxwell Smart’s shoe phone. Reports have surfaced that the US National Security Agency can now turn iPhones into eavesdropping tools.
Boston Restaurant Group Hit by Data Breach
Customers at eight Boston-area dining establishments owned by the Briar Group may have had their credit and debit card data stolen. The mix of restaurants and Irish-style pubs are popular around the metro area, and include Anthem, City Bar, City Table,…