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Free Configuration Check Tool by eEye Digital Security

Free Configuration Check Tool by eEye Digital Security

Mar 22, 2012
Free Configuration Check Tool by eEye Digital Security eEye Digital Security, the industry's leading innovator of threat management solutions, just released new research, " Working Toward Configuration Best Practices " . Findings verify that proper configuration and mitigations remain the most effective way to secure IT infrastructure. The research team at eEye also found that the leading mitigations it recommended in 2011 disabling WebDAV and Microsoft Office document converters - prevented even more vulnerabilities in 2011 than in 2010. In the case of turning off the Office document converters, the percentage increased from eight to 10 percent. Combined, the two tactics mitigate 20 percent of vulnerabilities. To put these relatively simple recommendations into action, IT administrators can download a new, free tool from the eEye researchers. It tests for some of the most highly recommended configuration updates and: • Offers a simple pass/fail and informational status
Mercury v1.0 - Framework for bug hunters to find Android vulnerabilities

Mercury v1.0 - Framework for bug hunters to find Android vulnerabilities

Mar 20, 2012
Mercury v1.0  - Framework for bug hunters to find Android vulnerabilities A free framework for bug hunters to find vulnerabilities, write proof-of-concept exploits and play in Android. Use dynamic analysis on Android applications and devices for quicker security assessments. Share publicly known methods of exploitation on Android and proof-of-concept exploits for applications and devices. The easy extensions interface allows users to write custom modules and exploits for Mercury Replace custom applications and scripts that perform single tasks with a framework that provides many tools. Mercury allows you to: Interact with the 4 IPC endpoints - activities, broadcast receivers, content providers and services Use a proper shell that allows you to play with the underlying Linux OS from the point of view of an unprivileged application (you will be amazed at how much you can still see) Find information on installed packages with optional search filters to allow for better control Buil
AI Copilot: Launching Innovation Rockets, But Beware of the Darkness Ahead

AI Copilot: Launching Innovation Rockets, But Beware of the Darkness Ahead

Apr 15, 2024Secure Coding / Artificial Intelligence
Imagine a world where the software that powers your favorite apps, secures your online transactions, and keeps your digital life could be outsmarted and taken over by a cleverly disguised piece of code. This isn't a plot from the latest cyber-thriller; it's actually been a reality for years now. How this will change – in a positive or negative direction – as artificial intelligence (AI) takes on a larger role in software development is one of the big uncertainties related to this brave new world. In an era where AI promises to revolutionize how we live and work, the conversation about its security implications cannot be sidelined. As we increasingly rely on AI for tasks ranging from mundane to mission-critical, the question is no longer just, "Can AI  boost cybersecurity ?" (sure!), but also "Can AI  be hacked? " (yes!), "Can one use AI  to hack? " (of course!), and "Will AI  produce secure software ?" (well…). This thought leadership article is about the latter. Cydrill  (a
DarkComet-RAT v5.1 Released - Remote Administration Tool

DarkComet-RAT v5.1 Released - Remote Administration Tool

Mar 18, 2012
DarkComet-RAT v5.1 Released - Remote Administration Tool This new version of the famous darkcomet RAT , a remote management tool created by DarkCoderSc . DarkComet is also considered as the most stable RAT around and it is even regarded more stable than some professional ones. Change Log: - [GUI ] Control center GUI change a little bit - [FUNC] New functions added in control center >> Network category, called WIFI Access points, now you can see near wifi networks and hardware wifi card(s) - [GUI ] Now in layout settings you can change the main windows GUI if you don't like the default one. - [FIX ] Fix the ftp upload keylogger problem - [SYS ] Edit server settings system was revised and optimized - [FIX ] DNS/IP backups issue fixed - [SYS ] DNS/IP backups algorythm revised and more reliable - [SYS ] Big problem fixed in client / server system - [SYS ] Loader environement is more lite, unused function / variables been track and clean also few important functions been optim
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Today's Top 4 Identity Threat Exposures: Where To Find Them and How To Stop Them

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Explore the first ever threat report 100% focused on the prevalence of identity security gaps you may not be aware of.
SpoofTooph 0.5 : Automate Cloning of Bluetooth devices

SpoofTooph 0.5 : Automate Cloning of Bluetooth devices

Mar 18, 2012
SpoofTooph 0.5 : Automate Cloning of Bluetooth devices SpoofTooph 0.5 has been updated with some major bug fixes and new features. The new version 0.5 runs scans MUCH faster, which also allows for more Device Names to be resolved during scans. Spooftooph is designed to automate spoofing or cloning Bluetooth device Name, Class, and Address. Cloning this information effectively allows Bluetooth device to hide in plain site. Bluetooth scanning software will only list one of the devices if more than one device in range shares the same device information when the devices are in Discoverable Mode (specificaly the same Address). Change Log v0.5: - Fixed segmentation fault in manual assigning of Device Name and Class of Device - Modified flags - Depreciated      -r: Assign random NAME, CLASS, and ADDR      -l : Load SpoofTooph CSV logfile      -d : Dump scan into SpoofTooph CSV logfile - New      -w : Write to CSV file      -r : Read from CSV file      -R: Assign random NAME, CL
Mutillidae 2.1.17 : Born to be Hacked

Mutillidae 2.1.17 : Born to be Hacked

Mar 18, 2012
Mutillidae 2.1.17 : Born to be Hacked A few days ago an update " Mutillidae " version 2.1.17 was released. Mutillidae is a free, open source web application provided to allow security enthusiest to pen-test and hack a web application. Mutillidae can be installed on Linux, Windows XP, and Windows 7 using XAMMP making it easy for users who do not want to install or administrate their own webserver. If you would like to practice pen-testing/hacking a web application by exploiting cross-site scripting, sql injection, response-splitting, html injection, javascript injection, clickjacking, cross frame scripting, forms-caching, authentication bypass, or many other vulnerabilities, then Mutillidae is for you. Mutillidae has been tested/attacked with Cenzic Hailstorm ARC, W3AF, SQLMAP, Samurai WTF, Backtrack, HP Web Inspect, Burp-Suite, NetSparker Community Edition, and others. Features Installs easily by dropping project files into the "htdocs" folder of XAMPP. Switch
[POC] Windows RDP Vulnerability Exploit

[POC] Windows RDP Vulnerability Exploit

Mar 16, 2012
[POC] Windows RDP Vulnerability Exploit The vulnerability described by Microsoft as critical is known as MS12-020 or the RDP flaw. The hackers worked quickly on this particular vulnerability and we've already seen attempts to exploit the flaw which exists in a part of Windows called the Remote Desktop Protocol. Proof of concept (POC) exploit of the deadly RDP vulnerability has been shown to trigger blue screens of death on Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 machines. The exploit attacks a RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) flaw patched by Microsoft on Tuesday. The discovery of proof-of-concept code on a Chinese website less than 72 hours later came as no great surprise. Security firms warned that worse is likely to follow. The vulnerability might easily be exploited to create a worm that spreads automatically between vulnerable computers. Two POC discovered, first POC to emerge was posted briefly on a Chinese website before disappearing. The second, based off the Chinese POC , was
Carbylamine PHP Encoder - Make PHP files Fully Undetectable from Antivirus

Carbylamine PHP Encoder - Make PHP files Fully Undetectable from Antivirus

Mar 15, 2012
Carbylamine PHP Encoder - Make PHP files Fully Undetectable from Antivirus Carbylamine PHP Encoder is a PHP Encoder for obfuscating/encoding PHP files so that antivirus detection signatures can be bypassed. High Security PHP Encoder Stops unauthorized personnel from reading, modifying and reverse engineering your code. Advance PHP obfuscation makes your code extremely hard to understand. Improves security by preventing hackers from analyzing your source code. Encoding is a process where the PHP source code is converted to an intermediate machine readable format. This format is hard for humans to read and convert back to source code. As a result it protects your code from casual browsing. This means that if people obtain access to your site's code they will not be able to use that for unintended purposes. Obfuscation is a process where code intentionally made very hard to read as source code or as reverse engineered code. This obfuscation is designed to manage risks that st
Iran Defense Forum users logins compromised and Leaked

Iran Defense Forum users logins compromised and Leaked

Mar 15, 2012
Iran Defense Forum users logins compromised and Leaked Hacker with name " Le0n B3lm0nt " claimed to hack into the Iran Defense Forum website (irandefence.net) and leak user details of all 3,212 members including their usernames, Emails and Passwords.  Iran Defense Forum is an independent forum that is not associated with the Iranian Government, neither it is affiliated with any governmental or regulatory agencies nor related to any political or religious entity. Hacker leak the database on Pastebin Note . Also two days before  Iran hacked BBC Persian TV  The Reason behind this attack is part of a broader attempt by the government to disrupt the BBC's Persian service. This attack follows various tactics by the Iranian government, such as harassment, arrests, and threats against the relatives of BBC Persia correspondents who still live in Iran, in an effort to force the journalists to quit the Persian news service.
Anonymous-OS 0.1 : Anonymous Hackers released their own Operating System

Anonymous-OS 0.1 : Anonymous Hackers released their own Operating System

Mar 14, 2012
Yes! Its true,  Anonymous Hackers released their own Operating System with name " Anonymous-OS" , is Live is an ubuntu-based distribution and created under Ubuntu 11.10 and uses Mate desktop. You can create the LiveUSB with  Unetbootin . Also Read: Top Best Password Managers . Also Read: Deep Web Search Engines . Pre-installed apps on Anonymous-OS: - ParolaPass Password Generator - Find Host IP - Anonymous HOIC - Ddosim - Pyloris - Slowloris - TorsHammer - Sqlmap - Havij - Sql Poison - Admin Finder - John the Ripper - Hash Identifier - Tor - XChat IRC - Pidgin - Vidalia - Polipo - JonDo - i2p - Wireshark - Zenmap …and more Download Anonymous-OS 0.1 Warning : It is not developed by any Genuine Source, can be backdoored OS by any Law enforcement Company or Hacker. Use at your own Risk. Update: Another Live OS for  anonymity available called " Tails ". Which is a live CD or live USB that aims at preserving your privacy and
Microsoft Security Bulletin with Remote Desktop Flaws

Microsoft Security Bulletin with Remote Desktop Flaws

Mar 14, 2012
Microsoft Security Bulletin with Remote Desktop Flaws Microsoft has released 6 updates in this month's patch Tuesday, including a patch for a critical hole which the software maker warns could be hit within the next 30 days. Microsoft is warning that there's a remote, pre-authentication, network-accessible code execution vulnerability in its implementation of the RDP protocol. A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the Remote Desktop Protocol accesses an object in memory that has been improperly initialized or has been deleted. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run abitrary code on the target system. An attacker could then install programs; view,change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights, Read More . The vulnerability, which affects all versions of Windows, was privately reported to Microsoft's via the ZDI vulnerability broker service and the company said it was not yet aware of any attacks in the wild.
Another DDOS tool from Anonymous - HOIC

Another DDOS tool from Anonymous - HOIC

Mar 13, 2012
Another  DDOS tool  from Anonymous  -  HOIC A new DDoS tool from Anonymous called high-orbit ion canon or HOIC come into light. Attackers are constantly changing their tactics and tools in response to defender's actions. HOIC is an Windows executable file. Once started, you will be presented with the following GUI screen. If the attacker clicks on the + sign under TARGETS they get another pop-up box where you can specify target data. The attacker can then specify the following Target data. After the attacker clicks on the Add button, they are taken back to the main screen. The attacker can then adjust the THREADS number if desired to further increase the strength of the attack. When they are ready to lauch the attack, they click on the "FIRE TEH LAZER!" button. LOIC had both TCP and UDP DDoS attacks in addition to HTTP attacks were as HOIC is strictly an HTTP DoS tool. The real difference, or enhancement, that HOIC has over LOIC is its use of what it calls "Boost
Call for Article - THN Magazine "Cyber Warfare" April Issue

Call for Article - THN Magazine "Cyber Warfare" April Issue

Mar 10, 2012
Call for Article - THN Magazine "Cyber Warfare" April Issue As we move through March Madness and the recent arrests of our cyber soldiers, it is time for all good Anons and our faithful readers to take keyboards to Word and send in your articles on the topic of CYBER WARFARE. What do you know of this unconventional method of taking down governments and corporations and what does this mean for the world at large?   Send your articles to  admin@thehackernews.com
Symantec's Norton anti-virus 2006 source code Leaked by Anonymous

Symantec's Norton anti-virus 2006 source code Leaked by Anonymous

Mar 10, 2012
Symantec's Norton anti-virus 2006 source code Leaked by Anonymous Security firm Symantec confirmed Friday that the hacker group Anonymous has just posted some of its product source code, but strongly downplays any risk, because it's old code from a 2006 version of Norton security software. Anonymous claimed to have the information for a while but they finally published it on The website Pirate Bay . The information is a source code for the Symantec Norton Antivirus 2006 edition,which includes files that serve as a source code for software products like the corporate edition, the consumer version, and files for NetWare, Windows and Unix. The download file is 1.07GB. The file has a note that asks for the liberation of the LulzSec members that were arrested. Symantec the anti-virus and Security Company previously stated that the breach will " not affect any current Norton product ". Then added: " The current version of Norton Utilities has been completely rebuilt and shares
Bugtraq-I : Distribution for Pentesting and forensics

Bugtraq-I : Distribution for Pentesting and forensics

Mar 10, 2012
Bugtraq-I : Distribution for Pentesting and forensics Bugtraq system offers the most comprehensive distribution, optimal, stable and automatic security to date. Bugtraq is a distribution based on the 2.6.38 kernel has a wide range of penetration and forensic tools. Bugtraq can be installed from a Live DVD or USB drive, the distribution is customized to the last package, configured and updated the kernel. The kernel has been patched for better performance to recognize a variety of hardware, including wireless injection patches pentesting that other distributions do not recognize. Some of the special features that you can appreciate are: · Administrative improvements of the system for better management of services. · Expanded the range of recognition for injection wireless drivers. · Patching the kernel 2.6.38 to recognize 4 gigs of RAM in 32-bit. · Tools perfectly configured, automated installation scripts and tools like Nessus, OpenVAS, Greenbone, Nod32, Hashcat, Avira, BitDefender
[Community Edition] Metasploit Framework Expert Certification DVD

[Community Edition] Metasploit Framework Expert Certification DVD

Mar 07, 2012
[Community Edition] Metasploit Framework Expert Certification DVD SecurityTube today launched a FREE community edition of the courseware it uses for the SecurityTube Metasploit Framework Expert (SMFE) course and certification. They already have students from over 40+ countries taking their courses and online labs. This DVD goes to show their long lasting commitment to FREE Infosec Education for one and all. Course Details and DVD Download Direct DVD Downlaod (2 GB) The DVD contains over 10+ solid hours of how to get started using Metasploit, Vulnerability assessment and hacking, and finally basics of Exploit Research with it! The course and online labs in the cloud are still running at the promotional pricing and we highly recommend you have a look.
DarkComet RAT Remover Released

DarkComet RAT Remover Released

Mar 06, 2012
DarkComet RAT Remover  Released The civil war in Syria rages not only on the ground but also on internet. The opposition has made increasing use of platforms such as Facebook to organize and spread their message. In response the regime have tried to disrupt these activities by defacing websites and spamming Facebook pages. The regime is using the DarkComet RAT (called Backdoor:Win32/Fynloski.A by Microsoft) to spy on their own people.The creator of the DarkComet RAT was disgusted by that behaviour and now has retaliated with a specially created tool to detect and remove his own DarkComet RAT to help the oppressed Syrian people, DarkComet RAT Remover. DarkComet RAT Remover will detect any kind of instance of darkcomet running in memory even if an hacker try to obfuscate the loader to be undetected by common Antivirus softwares, also it detects registry threats and keyloggers logs. Features: [+] Detect DarkComet Even if crypted. [+] Detect DarkComet Even if visualized. [+] Detect
THOR : Another P2P Botnet in development with extra stealth features

THOR : Another P2P Botnet in development with extra stealth features

Mar 06, 2012
THOR : Another P2P Botnet in development with extra stealth features The research community is now focusing on the integration of peer-to-peer (P2P) concepts as incremental improvements to distributed malicious software networks (now generically referred to as botnets). Because "botnets" can be used for illicit financial gain,they have become quite popular in recent Internet attacks. A " botnet " is a network of computers that are compromised and controlled by an attacker. Each computer is infected witha malicious program called a "bot", which actively communicates with other bots in the botnet or with several "botcontrollers" to receive commands from the botnet owner. Attackers maintain complete control of their botnets, andcan conduct Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks,email spamming, keylogging, abusing online advertisements, spreading new malware, etc. However, the first botnets that use peer-to-peer (P2P) networks for remote control of the compromised machines appeare
The Mole v0.3 Released : Automatic SQL Injection Exploitation Tool

The Mole v0.3 Released : Automatic SQL Injection Exploitation Tool

Mar 05, 2012
The Mole v0.3  Released : Automatic SQL Injection Exploitation Tool Nasel has just released the new version of The Mole, an automatic SQL Injection exploitation tool. Only by providing a vulnerable URL and a valid string on the site it can detect the injection and exploit it, either by using the union technique or a boolean query based technique. This release has introduced new features compared with the previous one, among these you can find that The Mole is now able to exploit injections thourgh cookie parameters. A new promising feature is that now you can exploit injections that return binary data, to achieve this the mole uses uses HEAD requests and analyzes the headers received (the size of the binary to download usually differs when the query was successful or not) and does not need to download the full binary data. In this release there has been a major change in the The Mole's architecture, and now allows to easily insert filters in order to bypass IPS/IDS rules or mod
FOCA PRO 3.1 and MetaShield Protector Released

FOCA PRO 3.1 and MetaShield Protector Released

Mar 05, 2012
FOCA PRO 3.1  and MetaShield Protector Released Forensic FOCA New latest version of FOCA announced today, in this case a Forensic FOCA. This tool is specially created for forensic analyst, allowing them to crawl metadata from files and to create a powerful time-line of metadata. This information lets you to reconstruct what happen in a machine just analyzing what documents were created between two dates, or what files where created by one user in a period of time, or what users where working in one single machine at one single day. The tool allows to export all the data, even with the hash of the files, to XML reports, that can be easily integrated in any other reporting system. License of Forensic FOCA is only 20 € per year, and you can buy it on line or test the trial version. More info at: https://www.informatica64.com/ForensicFOCA/ New FOCA PRO with Plugins FOCA got new version of FOCA PRO with plugin support. Right now FOCA PRO comes with a set of plugins to analyze .SVN/Ent
GCC 4.6.3 Released with 70 bug-fixes

GCC 4.6.3 Released with 70 bug-fixes

Mar 05, 2012
GCC 4.6.3 Released with 70 bug-fixes The GNU Compiler Collection version 4.6.3 has been released. Jakub Jelinek of Red Hat announced the release this morning of GCC 4.6.3. Over GCC 4.6.2 there's over 70 bug-fixes and other work. However, all of the exciting work meanwhile is going into what will become GCC 4.7. The GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) is a compiler system produced by the GNU Project supporting various programming languages. GCC is a key component of the GNU toolchain. As well as being the official compiler of the unfinished GNU operating system, GCC has been adopted as the standard compiler by most other modern Unix-like computer operating systems, including Linux, the BSD family and Mac OS X. GCC 4.7 will offer some performance improvements, new CPU support, language enhancements, mature Intel Sandy/Ivy Bridge support, and initial Intel Haswell support. GCC 4.7 should be officially released in March or April. Read More here
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