Archive for the Category ‘Security’

SQL Injecting Car

SQL Injecting Car

I saw this on Gizmodo today and just had to repost it. The humor of it, even if it doesn’t work, is just too great. I mean what a great idea! In theory the car is using an SQL injection to drop the picture of the car. You have to give it to some people, [...]

Snow Leopard Adds Anti-Malware

Snow Leopard Adds Anti-Malware

This is an interesting addition to the new OS X release.  Although no one really knows what it does exactly, it does add an interesting glimpse on how things are changing for Apple.  Here is a short write up i found: We’ve gotten reports about an interesting feature in Snow Leopard, the new version of [...]

Rootkits in OS X

Rootkits in OS X

Even as a Mac user myself, I find myself thinking there is no need to worry about viruses and malware. Being in the security industry I know it is an absolutely ludicrous thought, but the chances are low enough that I I just push the idea to the side. Most people would say that the [...]

Linux Kernel Attacks Using NULL

Linux Kernel Attacks Using NULL

The Register has a pretty good article on an exploit using the NULL pointer. They were even nice enough to include the code. Here is a pretty good summary: The vulnerability is located in several parts of Linux, including one that implements functions known as net/tun. Although the code correctly checks to make sure the [...]

Nmap Upgrades To 5.0

Nmap Upgrades To 5.0

I can’t believe I didn’t even notice this when it first came out. Credit goes over to SecurityFocus for being the first to alert us on the major upgrade to Nmap. Security researcher Gordon “Fyodor” Lyon announced the release of the latest version of the popular network-exploration and security-auditing tool, Nmap, on Thursday, improving performance [...]

Firefox Plagued By Java

Firefox Plagued By Java

Java has always been the problem child in the family of web browsing. Tons of exploits, and lets not even get into performance issues. Java continues its nuisance in FireFox. Mozillanow has some egg on their face as their two week old Firefox 3.5 has been identified with a remote execute exploit. Mozilla is warning [...]

Securing Your Power, Smart Meter Problems

Securing Your Power, Smart Meter Problems

The ability to track your power usage via Google, is a perk I am looking forward to. Sure I could write down my meter reading everyday, but lets be honest. Unfortunately rushing into the smart meter era has some very negative side affects. There’s just one problem: The newfangled meters needed to make the smart [...]

iTunes Exploit for Win/Mac

iTunes Exploit for Win/Mac

Here is a great write up by the guys over at Offensive Security. They managed to work the iTunes OS X exploit around and got it to work in Windows too. And for all of those wanting to use it, they did post the exploit at the bottom. Here is a little about how they [...]

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