LulzSec duo pleads guilty to hacking charges

LulzSec duo pleads guilty to hacking charges


LulzSec duo pleads guilty to hacking charges

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 11:19 AM PDT

UK nationals Jake Davis (aka "Topiary") and Ryan Cleary have officially admitted to being members of the infamous LulzSec hacking collective as they pleaded guilty to mounting attacks against a number...

Massive botnet shut down after botmaster's arrest

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 10:12 AM PDT

Following an investigation that lasted 10 months, Russian police authorities have managed to arrest the 22-year-old operator of one of the largest botnets known to date. According to a press rele...

Investigating Android permissions

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 09:21 AM PDT

Georgia Weidman is the founder of Bulb Security. She's also a penetration tester, security researcher, and trainer. In this video recorded at Hack in The Box 2012 Amsterdam, Georgia talks about And...

Spammers bait users with "stolen nude photos", deliver malware

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 08:49 AM PDT

If you get an email saying that nude pictures of you and/or of your girlfriend have been leaked on the Internet, don't open the attachment. The same goes for attachments in emails claiming that ...

Fake Flash update leads to malicious add-ons

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 08:20 AM PDT

Fake Flash update notifications are old news, but users still fall for the trick. In the latest example unearthed by Zscaler's Julien Sobrier, one such notification delivers bogus browser extensio...

70% of teens hide their online behavior

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 07:14 AM PDT

When it comes to using the Internet, teens are not only engaging in risky behaviors, but how they are hiding it from their parents, many of whom don't realize they are being fooled, according to McAfe...

Online compliance and vulnerability scanning tool

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 07:09 AM PDT

First Data Corporation announced its PCI Rapid Comply solution, an online Self-Assessment Questionnaire (SAQ) and vulnerability scanning tool that can help small to mid-sized merchants achieve and mai...

App retrieving contactless credit card details pulled from Google Play

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 04:56 AM PDT

The Near Field Communication (NFC) protocol - supported and present on the latest smartphones - can be misused to steal data, say Symantec researchers. They tested a proof-of-concept app offered fo...

Most senior managers don't know where their data is

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 03:07 AM PDT

67% of respondents say that senior management in their organizations either don't know where all company data resides or are not sure, according to Varonis. In addition, 74% of organizations report...

Computer forensics training in Prague

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 01:00 AM PDT

In this interview, Gareth Dance, Conference Director, EMEA, SANS Institute, talks about SANS Forensics Prague 2012. SANS Forensics Prague 2012 is a technically intense event. What can attendees exp...

VMware Cookbook, 2nd Edition

Posted: 24 Jun 2012 09:36 PM PDT

With scores of step-by-step solutions, VMware Cookbook, 2nd Edition helps you work with VMware ESXi in a wide range of network environments. You'll not only learn the basics—how to pool resources...

Week in review: Origins of Flame revealed, Windows 8 security, and active exploitation of state-sponsored 0-day

Posted: 24 Jun 2012 09:00 PM PDT

Here's an overview of some of last week's most interesting news, podcasts, interviews and articles: Real life examples on hackers bypassing CAPTCHA Computer-assisted tools and crowd sourcing can...

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