Looks like CNET has a story of the FBI, and US Marshals Service being hit with an unknown virus. Below is their story. The FBI and the U.S. Marshals Service were forced to shut down parts of their computer networks after a mystery virus struck the law-enforcement agencies Thursday, according to an Associated Press report. [...]
Did you get all excited about the Windows 7 RC, so instead of waiting till Microsoft released it you downloaded it on torrent? Turns out that prerelease version had a nasty botnet built into it. But don’t worry, you were not the only one, it is spreading at roughly 500 machines an hour. Damballa reckons [...]
Microsoft today released a patch for the hole found in PowerPoint. Sadly the patch doesn’t cover Mac or the older Works Suite. CNET has some more: Without the patch, the vulnerability can be exploited by getting a person to open a PowerPoint file rigged for the attack, Microsoft has said. When the file is opened, [...]
Do you remember the story about how someone “accidently” leaked the plans of the new Marine One. Need a refresher? Here you go. What seemed to be such a big deal shrunk just a little bit when Obama axed the program to try to save money. But Don’t worry, in an effort to get a [...]
I have read three stories today about how hackers are going to hack the FAA computers and make all the planes just crash into each other. Personally, I have more fear of Samuel L Jackson showing up, cause then you know some real shit is going to go down. The United States’ air traffic control [...]
We all know that malicious activity comes in many flavors. From the mostly simple DDOS, to DNS records, to a combo web hack. I have to give the guys that took down the Virginia PMP some credit, they are either really smart or really dumb. Here is what the Virginia PMP staff found on their [...]
I have a MacBook that I LOVE. To use it as a penetration testing platform I installed all kinds of software, but mostly just found myself using BackTrack. The only thing I hated was having to reboot to Backtrack to do packet injection, and a few other wireless tools. that is till I found this [...]
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CNET has an article over what appears to be a power struggle on the role of cybersecurity efforts for the US. First created in 2002, and incorporated into the Department of Homeland Security, government auditors have decided that the DHS is not living up to its “responsibilities.” The announcement of the review led to speculation [...]