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India - US sign Cyber Shield deal India and the US on Tuesday inked a pact on cybersecurity to intensify information exchange on threats to computers and networks and initiate joint work on technologies against cyber-attacks. A joint statement on the India-US strategic dialogue has announced the cybersecurity agreement among new initiative by the two countries. These initiatives also include a plan to develop a software platform to make available non-sensitive government data to the public and to award $3 million each year to entrepreneurial projects that commercialise technologies to improve health. A memorandum of understanding between the Indian and the American Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERT) is expected to lead to routine exchange of information on vulnerabilities and co-operation on cybersecurity technologies, Indian CERT officials said. "This comes at a time when cybersecurity-related incidents are increasing in number and becoming more and more sophistic...

WLAN Security Megaprimer DVD Released - 10+ hours of Wi-Fi Hacking and Pwnage ! With over 40+ HD videos containing 12+ hours of Wireless Ownage, this DVD weighs in at around 4.2 Gigabytes! SecurityTube.net just released a 4.2 GB DVD containing over 40+ HD quality videos of their WLAN Security Megaprimer. These videos run over 10+ hours and start from the very basics of wireless hacking, then slowly build momentum and eventually introduces you to the more advanced attacks and hacks. The videos are fully practical and every hack is demonstrated. They have voice over with detailed explanations of every attack thus allowing a genuine learner to understand, learn and practice, rather then providing just a quick guide to using ready made tools. We contacted SecurityTube and this initiative is part of larger program they are planning to provide free security and hacking education to everyone, especially students in developing countries like India. THN has always been an advocate of ...

Sify.com hacked with SQL Injection Vulnerability Sify's website contain SQL injection Vulnerability and Hackers are able to Database Access, Database Dump, Possibility of shell uploading. Sify is one of India’s leading integrated Information Communications Technology companies. Sify was one of the first private sector player to offer internet access, when internet access was opened to private sector. It leased international bandwidth from global vendors, domestic connectivity from telecom players and set up last mile connectivity by multiple methods: wi-fi connections using roof top antennae, copper connections using phone lines or cable TV connections. Sify also started providing internet network connectivity for business enterprises in India. Sify set up a chain of franchised internet cafes (today a network of over 3,300+ cybercafes). No data has been dumped by Hackers. Database has been accessed just to take screenshots so that we can make company believethat the vuln...

2011 Linux Auto Rooter Beta 1.0 Coded by CrosS Source Code : #!/usr/bin/perl #Coded By CrosS ( 2011 Linux Auto r00t3r ) print "###########################################################\n"; print "# (Beta 1.0 ) Auto rooter by CrosS #\n"; print "# Usage : #\n"; print "# perl $0 root => To root #\n"; print "# perl $0 del => Delete Exploit #\n"; print "# #\n"; print "# as R00TW0RM - Private Community is back #\n"; print "# so Releasing 2011 auto rooter =) #\n"; print "# in case of error mailto: mr.0x0day[AT]live.com #\n"; print "# #\n"; print "# Thanks to: r0073r and L0rd CrusAd3r #\n";...

WD TV Live Hub Compromised - Multiple Vulnerabilities Found By Dr. Alberto Fontanella Dr. Alberto Fontanella found on (Western Digital) WD TV Live Hub appliance with the last firmware installed (2.06.10) and 3 exploits to get admin password, deface appliance and get root shell: Author: Dr. Alberto Fontanella E-mail: itsicurezza<0x40>yahoo.it Web: www.fulgursec.com Vendor: Western Digital Vendor Web: www.wdc.com Version: WD TV Live Hub <= 2.06.10 (firmware) ALL VERSIONS Type: Appliance Issues: Storage Anonymous Access, Full Path Disclosure, Bypass Authentication Schema, Appliance Command Execution, DoS, OS , Command Execution, Root Shell ;-) * AF - Owning WD TV Live Hub FILE: AF-Owning_WD_TV_Live_Hub.pdf INFO: Paper that shows all issues found on WD TV Live Hub and how use it to get Root! * AF - PoC/Exploit WD TV Live Hub Get Admin Password FILE: AF-WD_TV_Live_Hub_password.sh INFO: Exploit (Bypass Authentication Schema) to Get Admin Password o...

Association Of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) Hacked by  ZHC The Offocial Website of Association Of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) Hacked By ZHC TOSHIRO & ZHC MONGOOSE - ZCompany Hacking Crew - [ZHC] . Hacked Domains are  http://www.aafco.org/ and http://www.petfood.aafco.org/  . The Deface pages contain some message related to Their Protest Regarding PALESTINE. Mirrors of Hack available at  http://www.zone-h.com/mirror/id/14445813 and http://www.zone-h.com/mirror/id/14445892

Anonplus.com (Anonymous Social Networking Site)  Hacked by AKINCILAR After several members of Anonymous were reportedly banned from Google+ , the hacker group has announced they will be building their own social network called Anonplus.com  . Today  Anonplus.com  Got defaced by AKINCILAR with page title " The Seal to Anonymous from AKINCILAR ". Message posted on site: We Are TURKIYE We Are AKINCILAR This logo suits you more..How dare you rise against to the World..Do you really think that you are Ottoman Empire?We thought you before that you cannot challenge with the world and we teach you cannot be socialNow all of you go to your doghouse..

FBI Raids Homes of Suspected Anonymous Hackers at New York The FBI executed search warrants at the New York homes of three suspected members of notorious hacking group Anonymous early Tuesday morning. More than 10 FBI agents arrived at the Baldwin. The agents spent an hour and 40 minutes at Jordan's house, other agents investigated a second Long Island, N.Y., home and one in Brooklyn. The targets of the FBI searches are all in their late teens to early 20s. Search warrants were part of an ongoing investigation into Anonymous, which claimed responsibility for attacks against a variety of websites including Visa and Mastercard. Anonymous is a loose collection of cybersavvy activists inspired by WikiLeaks and its flamboyant head Julian Assange to fight for " Internet freedom " along the way defacing websites, shutting down servers, and scrawling messages across screens web-wide.

LulzSec will release Murdoch email archive LulzSec behind a hack on The Sun's website claim to have extracted an email archive which they plan to release later on Tuesday. The Sun's website were redirected towards a fake story on the supposed death of Rupert Murdoch by infamous hacktivist collective LulzSec. The group also redirected visitors to the main News International website to the LulzSec Twitter account. Sabu leader of LulzSec said via Twitter that the group was sitting on emails of News International staffers that it planned to release. Sabu released email login details for former News International chief exec Rebekah Brooks, a central figure in the News of the World voicemail-hacking scandal. The hackers also posted the mobile phone numbers of three News International execs. This information seems to have come from an old database.

FBI arrests AT&T employee for leaking information to Anonymous The Tech Herald reported on information given to us by Ryan Cleary shortly before his arrest. AT&T insider who handed sensitive information and a bootable USB disk over to Anonymous. On Tuesday, the FBI arrested an AT&T employee connected to the leak, during a nationwide sweep targeting Anonymous. The public first learned of the AT&T files from a Torrent release by LulzSec. The documents were included in the group’s final release before they disappeared from the public eye. The release also marked the second major data leak under the AntiSec movement, which has targeted both government and private sector organizations since its founding. In addition to documents, the insider leak also included a bootable USB drive used by AT&T. while interviewing Cleary for a separate story, he bragged about the AT&T leak, and the fact an insider delivered the information and software to Anonymous. “ …a...

BackTrack 5 Release 1 will be available on 10th of August,2011 BackTrack 5 R1 (Release one) will be available for download on the 10th of August,2011. This will complete our first 3 month cycle since the last release. With over 100 bug fixes, numerous package updates and the addition of over 30 new tools and scripts.  BackTrack Crew  will have a pre-release event of BackTrack 5 R1 at the BlackHat / Defcon Conference a few days earlier.