Giraffe virus hoax spreads on Facebook: The latest virus hoax to spread across Facebook was probably started as a silly joke, but it’s not funny how many people are believing it to be true – and sharing it with their online friends.Here’s an example of the typical warning that is currently being distributed by Facebook […]

Changeable default passwords are not seen as vulnerabilities by ICS: Darius Freamon, a researcher from South Carolina, reported a vulnerability in an ICS (Industrial Control System) used for Solar power generation last April. ICS-CERT, a division of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that focuses on risk across critical infrastructure, told him that the flaw […]

Information Security: Putting the Fax Straight: We want to share a short update regarding the defacement of Rapid7.com and Metasploit.com last week. A malicious 3rd party, claiming to be KDMS, changed the DNS settings with our domain registrar, Register.com. We have heard from Register.com that the attacker did NOT use a spoofed change request fax as […]

Journeyman Pictures short films : A Gift for a Hacker: “Is this your pin? Is this a letter you received from your bank? Do you have a HP e-Print scanner?” The young man answers yes to every question, stunned that all of his information was accessible on the internet for anyone who wanted to see […]

Steve Austin: Recommend NOT using web server app “KSWEB” with “CORRECTED: php file manager” module installed.  This is a one click install, which opens the module on a single port. The app is then accessible with absolutely no authentication. It even has a shell built into it already.

DOJ Formally Opposes Tech Companies’ Requests To Disclose Data: The U.S. Justice Department has told a secret surveillance court that it opposes a request from technology companies to reveal more about the demands they receive for user information, according to court papers released on Wednesday. Negotiations between the federal government and companies such as Google […]

John McAfee wants to sell you a $100 gadget that blocks the NSA: Part-time fugitive and antivirus software founder John McAfee has a new invention he’s working on. After spending some of his time filming a drug-fueled video tutorial to uninstall the antivirus program he helped create, McAfee now believes he can outsmart the NSA. Speaking […]

Go Home, NSA: The Letter Dismissing Our Favorite Feds for the Government Shutdown: When it failed to reach a budget agreement on Monday, the federal government was forced to suspend non-vital functions such as national parks. Yesterday government employees across the nation were instructed to report to work and wait for further instruction. Those employees […]

FTC cracks down on hacked video camera maker: The Federal Trade Commission has cracked down on web-connected video camera company TRENDnet after hackers demonstrated security flaws that called users’ privacy into question. The FTC alleged that the company didn’t bake in proper security measures to protect its users. To demonstrate the flaw, hackers posted live […]

Critical Internet Explorer exploit code released in the wild: Critical Internet Explorer exploit code released in the wild Two weeks after zero-day attacks were disclosed, attack code goes mainstream. Attack code that exploits a critical vulnerability in all supported versions of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser has been publicly released. Monday’s release of a module for […]