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Oracle, other companies hacked by Social Engineering attack in #DefCon 19 A weekend contest from 4th August to 7th August , at the world's largest hacking convention in Las Vegas showed one reason why big corporations seem to be such easy prey for cyber criminals : their workers are poorly trained in security. Reuters post the news about Hacking of Oracle and some more big Companies just by using Social Engineering in DefCon 19. Hackers taking part in the competition on Friday and Saturday found it ridiculously easy in some cases to trick employees at some of the largest U.S. companies to reveal information that can be used in planning cyber attacks against them. A contestant pretended to work for a company's IT department and persuaded an employee to give him information on the configuration of her PC, data that could help a hacker decide what type of malware would work best in an attack. " For me it was a scary call because she was so willing to comply ," said...

Youth Peer Education Network Of Syria Defaced by Cocain TeaM Hacker from Cocain Underground Team today deface the website of   Youth Peer Education Network Of Syria . The Youth Peer Education Network (YPEER), is a groundbreaking and comprehensive youth-to-youth initiative pioneered by UNFPA.Y-PEER Network is already in 48 countries Including (SYRIA) and still counting. Mirror of Hack is available  here . Yesterday Official site of NDRRMC was hacked by Cocain TeaM  . and just few hours before  Syrian Ministry of Defense is hacked by Anonymous Hackers.

Sulekha.com Got hacked by Mr52 An Indian Hacker " Mr52 " Hack and deface the webpage of  Sulekha.com - A leading shopping store of India. Hacker said " Sulekha.com Got hacked because they take money but never give any support ".  Defaced Page and Mirror of Hack is Available. Some days before  Songs.pk was also hacked by Mr52 Against Mumbai blasts. Update : One more Link hacked on Sulekha.com By Mr52 .

Syrian Ministry of Defense hacked by Anonymous Hackers The official website of  Syrian Ministry of Defense has been hacked by Anonymous Hackers and defaced. The Anonymous Logo and a note can be seen on homepage. The Original words of Note is : To the Syrian people: The world stands with you against the brutal regime of Bashar Al-Assad. Know that time and history are on your side - tyrants use violence because they have nothing else, and the more violent they are, the more fragile they become. We salute your determination to be non-violent in the face of the regime's brutality, and admire your willingness to pursue justice, not mere revenge. All tyrants will fall, and thanks to your bravery Bashar Al-Assad is next. To the Syrian military: You are responsible for protecting the Syrian people, and anyone who orders you to kill women, children, and the elderly deserves to be tried for treason. No outside enemy could do as much damage to Syria as Bashar Al-Assad has done. Defend yo...

Moshi Moshi : VoIP bot written in Python Moshi Moshi is a VoIP Bot written in Python that uses SIP as VoIP Protocol, Text-to-speech engines for Output, and DTMF Tones for Input. It is part of a talk (" Sounds Like Botnet ") given at DEF CON 19 and BSidesLV 2011 on VoIP Botnets by Itzik Kotler and Iftach (Ian) Amit. Download Moshi Moshi Extras: - Python 2.7+ - SIP SIMPLE Client - catdoc - Text-to-speech engine such as , Mac OS X 'say' and etc. More Instructions and Details can be found here .

10 year old girl hacker CyFi reveal her first zero-day in Game at #DefCon 19 Another awesome day at DefCon 19 . Today a 10 year old Girl hacker - pseudonym CyFi revealed her zero-day exploit in games on iOS and Android devices that independent researchers have confirmed as a new class of vulnerability. The 10-year-old girl from California first discovered the flaw around January 2011 because she " started to get bored " with the pace of farm-style games. About CyFi : She is cofounder of DEFCON Kids. CyFi is a ten-year-old hacker, artist and athlete living in California. She has spoken publicly numerous times, usually at art galleries as a member of “The American Show,” an underground art collective based in San Francisco. CyFi’s first gallery showing was when she was four. Last year she performed at the SF MOMA Museum in San Francisco. DEFCON Kids will be her first public vulnerability disclosure. CyFi’s has had her identity stolen twice. She really likes coffee, but h...

Official site of NDRRMC hacked by Cocain TeaM The official website of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) was hacked and defaced on Sunday morning By Cocain TeaM . Visitors of the website were greeted with a black page with what appeared to be a map of the Persian Gulf and a message that read " P E R S I A N G U L F 4 E V E R. " According to NDRRMC Executive Director Benito Ramos, this is the third time that their website was hacked in the middle of disseminating information to local governments.

LulzSec's Leader Sabu can be at DefCon Security conference LulzSec's Leader Sabu can be at DefCon Security conference in Las Vegas these days. According to a Article on PCMag , Author note some Tweet chat Between "Sabu" and "th3j35t3r". The LulzSec leader Sabu claimed to have been available in DefCon via a tweet . " #DEFCON Come find me in the middle of the vendor room, directly opposite No Starch Press. Mention ANTISEC and get a free sticker. #fuckfeds ". On this  thejester (th3j35t3r) , claimed to be at DefCon as well and challenged Sabu to meet with him in public. Sabu Replied via tweeting : " @th3j35t3r Again, you're still trying to set me up with #feds. How about you MAN UP and meet me privately. I'm not going to jail for you. ". It's unconfirmed as yet whether Sabu was truly in attendance at DefCon. In one tweet , Sabu does refer to " two feds that came to the booth, " presumably the No Starch Press bo...

Lulzsec  Brazil  Leaks the Federal Police 8 GB of Data Lulzsec Hackers from Brazil Today leaks the huge 8Gb of Documents data of Federal Police on their website . The Data includes the various Documents and photographs related to Federal Office. This is another mass leak after ,  10GB data of law enforcement agencies leaked by #AntiSec Hackers yesterday.

Pakistani Matrimonial Website ' PakRishta ' defaced by Cyb3r R3b3li@nZ Pakistani Matrimonial Website ' PakRishta.com ' defaced by Hacker name " Cyb3r R3b3li@nZ " . Hacker said " This site is just hacked to inform the admin to remove the file uploading vulnerabilities in the profile picture uploading. This vulnerability allow the attacker to upload any malicious file on the server. " Mirror of hack :  http://zone-h.org/mirror/id/14581926 Submitted By: F@si Wolf