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VMware on Tuesday announced that a single file from its ESX server hypervisor source code has been posted online, and it held out the possibility that more proprietary files could be leaked in the future.  " The fact that the source code may have been publicly shared does not necessarily mean that there is any increased risk to VMware customers ," VMware said in a statement. " Hardcore Charlie " - who claims to have downloaded some 300 Megabytes of VMWare source code. Anonymous tweeted: @AnonymousIRC: Oops, VMWare source leaked? Not good https://pastebin.com/JGxdK6vw to Anonymous contributors. May the Pirate Bay always sail strong! The leaked documents include what appear to be internal VMWare communications, pasted onto CEIEC letterhead and with official looking stamps. One email exchange, dated June 5, 2003 is from Jeffrey Sheldon to an internal VMWare listserv and has the subject "code review:untruncating segments. Given the large number of service pr...

New Flashback malware variant found in the wild A new Flashback Trojan has been discovered that infects Macs without prompting the user for a password. If you haven't updated Java on your Mac, or disabled it entirely, you could be a victim. The new variant  dubbed Flashback.S  is actively being distributed in the wild, taking advantage of a Java vulnerability that Apple has already patched. Flashback.S drops two files in the user's home folder, then deletes cached Java files to avoid detection. However, the researchers did not indicate what this new variant was specifically designed to do or how many computers might be infected. At its height, the original Flashback, which was designed to grab passwords and other information from users through their web browser and other applications, was estimated to be infecting more than 600,000 Macs . After analyzing 100,000 Macs running the firm's free anti-virus software program, Sophos discovered several Apple computers ...

Plown : Security scanner for Plone CMS Despite the fact that Plone is one of the most secure CMS, even the most secure system can be penetrated due to misconfigurations, use of weak passwords and if the admins never apply the patches released. Plown has been developed during penetration tests on Plone sites and was used to ease the discovery of usernames and passwords, plus expose known Plone vulnerabilities that might exist on a system. What Plown does Username enumeration Multithreading password cracking.You can specify the login url (if different that login_form) and the number of threads (16 default) Known vulnerability enumeration, based on urls/objects exposed. If found vulnerable, the tool informs about the vulnerability and the url of the patch Version enumeration is planned, based on md5 hashes of static content (css, js) We hope that plown can act as an assistant to system administrators to strengthen their Plone sites. Download Code (written on python)  or visi...

Hacker deface T&T Parliament website to warn about security holes The Government's parliamentary website, www.ttparliament.org, was taken offline yesterday after a computer software hacker apparently breached the security codes of the site and left a mischievous message announcing the security break. Under the name "CoD3X", the hacker reassured the parliamentary site administrator that all the files and the system's database remained intact. " Greatz to admin your website hacked due to security vulnerabilities, patch your website, keep it updated. Don't worry all your files and your database are still here. This is a warning, what other hackers can do to your website. Keep it in mind...CoD3X ." Minister of Government Business and Acting Attorney General Dr Roodal Moonilal, though, was not concerned with the breach and in fact denied that the Parliament site was taken offline to deal with that specific issue. Corporate communications manager, Jason Elcock, yester...

Cyber Attack on The Iranian Oil Ministry 's Computer Network The Iranian oil ministry's computer network came under attack from hackers and a computer virus, prompting the Islamic Republic to disconnect the country's main oil export terminal from the internet as a preventative measure, a semiofficial news agency reported on Monday. The Mehr News Agency, which is a semi-official arm of the Iranian government, reported Monday that the country's principal oil terminal on Kharg Island was disconnected from the Internet as part of the response to the attacks. Email systems associated with the targets were also pulled offline. Iranian officials said the virus attack, which began in earnest Sunday afternoon, had not affected oil production or exports, since the industry was still primarily mechanical and does not rely on the Internet. Officials said they were disconnecting the oil terminals and possibly some other installations in an effort to combat the virus. Cyberattac...

Google raises Hackers bounties to $20,000 Google on Monday raised to $20,000 its bounty on software bugs that hackers could exploit for cyber attacks on the Internet giant's online services. The maximum reward for exposing a vulnerability that would let an intruder's code get up to mischief in a Google data centre was ramped up from the $US3,133 ($A3,030) payout set when the bounty program was launched in November of 2010. Remote code flaws found in Google's Web apps will also be rewarded $20,000.The term "remote code execution" refers to the most serious category of vulnerabilities, those which when exploited allow an attacker to hijack a system and/or plant malware on a machine. A $10,000 bounty will be paid for SQL injection bugs or significant authentication bypass or data leak vulnerabilities, Google said in the revised rules for the program. At Google's Pwnium contest in March, Google paid out $60,000 prizes to anyone that could exploit the Chrome b...

Iran Replicating Captured U.S. Drone RQ-170 Sentinel Iranian military aerospace chief General Amir Ali Hajizadeh was quoted having said:" The Americans should be aware to what extent we have infiltrated the plane. " Iran has broke the encryption codes and begun construction of a replica of the United States surveillance drone captured last year, according to Iranian officials. American spy drone that went down in Iran last year, including information that the aircraft was used to spy on Osama bin Laden weeks before he was killed. Iran also said it was building a copy of the drone. US Senator Joe Lieberman dismissed the claim that a copy was being made as " Iranian bluster " saying, "they're on the defensive because of our economic sanctions against them". The U.S. says the drone malfunctioned and downplayed any suggestion that Iran could mine the aircraft for sensitive information because of measures taken to limit the intelligence value of drones operating...

Fuck CISPA - Stop censoring Internet ! -  By:    Patti Galle, Executive Editor The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) H.R. 3532 is a new bill being introduced in Congress that is gunning to blast the ongoing cyber attacks that have occurred since internet users figured out the keyboard could be an effective weapon. If passed through Congress, the bill would allow the government access to personal correspondence of any person of their choosing. Once again, we are being fucked by those nosey neighbors in our government. You should be very mad and very afraid because CISPA is far worse than SOPA and PIPA in its effects on the internet. The wording of this bill is mumbo jumbo, vague and broad. Reading through the nonsense, basically the act would allow Congress to circumvent existing exemptions to online privacy laws, and would allow the monitoring and censorship of any user of the internet. Peeping Toms will be wetting their pants. The real kicker (in ...

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TapLogger Android Trojan cab Determine Tapped Keys Today's smartphones are shipp ed with various embedded motion sensors, such as the accelerometer, gyroscope, and orientation sensors. These motion sensors are useful in supporting the mobile UI innovation and motion-based commands. However, they also bring potential risks of leaking user's private information as they allow third party applications to monitor the motion changes of smart phones. A team of researchers from Pennsylvania State University (PSU) and IBM have devised an Android-based Trojan that can use a handset's onboard movement sensors to crack passwords. The team created an experimental app called TapLogger , which is based on the premise that when you tap on your touch screen, you're not just interacting with the screen, but moving the entire device. So if you hit a button in the upper right corner, your phone will actually move in that direction slightly, and that subtle movement is then read by...

US-based website covering China's Bo Xilai scandal hacked A US-based website that has reported extensively on the Bo Xilai scandal in Chongqing says it has been crippled by a concerted hacker attack. The site was rendered inaccessible for much of Thursday, depriving readers of coverage of the latest developments in the downfall of Chinese Communist Party official Bo Xilai, said Watson Meng, 47, who runs the Chinese-language site from Durham, North Carolina. Watson Meng, the manager of the Boxun.com website, said it was out of action for several hours after a denial of service attack, in which several hackers overload a website with enquiries.The site was set up in 2000 to report on the pro-democracy movement and has been attacked before. The scandal has deeply embarrassed party leaders. Six years ago, when Shanghai powerful party chief Chen Liangyu was sacked in a corruption purge, Chinese social media was in its infancy and months went by with no word on the case against hi...

Hackers Launch DDoS Attack on D.C. Government Websites Hackers launched a DoS denial of service attack on D.C. government websites today, clogging the system with a flurry of requests so that it operates extremely slow or is impossible to load. " The District government has detected an attempted intrusion into it's technology infrastructure system, " the D.C. Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management said in an email to specified recipients around noon. " Customers may experience intermittent difficulties in accessing the District's web site as we attempt to address the issue. We are aggressively working to resolve this matter. " In January the group launched a similar attack against the UFC for its support of the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act that was debated by Congress earlier this year. DDoS attacks have been launched by a variety of groups such as Anonymous and LulzSec against federal government websites and servers, including the FBI and CIA.