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Wi-Fi Challenge by Security Tube ! 1. Objective: This series of challenges is aimed at testing your skills as a Wireless Hacker! We will posting challenges ranging from - Basic, Intermediate, Advanced, Expert and Insane levels! Our first challenge remain uncracked which we categorized as "Basic" :) Challenge 1: http://www.securitytube.net/video/1856 Challenge 1 Solution: http://www.securitytube.net/video/1859 Just posted Challenge 2 : http://www.securitytube.net/video/1862 Which still remains uncracked! 2. Prizes: All Expert and above challenges will have prizes which will be announced in the challenge video. Any level below that qualifies for a prize automatically if unsolved for 24 hours. Challenge 2 is currently unsolved for 21 hours! :) Prize will be an Alfa Networks Wireless card if this remains unsolved for 3 more! So hurry up and participate to win! 3. Joining the Competition: Just go to the Challenge 2 URL above, download the trace file on the p...

PlayStation 3 update 3.61 available Now, PSN begins today ! Today good news for all the PS3 lovers, your PS3 Now will be able to connect to PlayStation Network, today Sony has solved its PSN outage and updated its System to (v3.61) but notes that the update will prompt you to change your PlayStation Network password. This is what the PlayStation blog has updated and you need to read about the new update: We have been working on a new PS3 system software update that requires all PSN users to change their password once PlayStation Network is restored. The update (v3.61) is mandatory and is available now. If using a PS3, your password can only be changed on your own PS3 (or a PS3 on which your PSN account was activated), as an added layer of security. If you have never downloaded any content using your account on the system, an email will be sent to the registered sign-in ID (email address) associated with your account when you first attempt to sign-in to PSN. This e-mail will cont...

Hackers Got Hacked, HackingTips.in Hacked By Shadow008 ! Sites Hacked : http://www.hackingtips.in/ Mirror : http://www.zone-h.com/mirror/id/13877058

417 U.K websites Got hacked by SeeKeR , Server compromised ! Hacked sites List :  http://pastebin.com/J45HhJfs

Crimepack 3.1.3 Exploit kit Leaked, available for Download ! Part 1 : Java Exploit As stated above, I focus on a malware that exploits a recent JRE vulnerability: CVE-2010-0840 to execute malicious files on a victim system. This malware comes inside a jar file, which contains the following two classes: Crimepack.class and KAVS.class. Part 1.1 : Crimepack.class This class is the engine of the malware, it is obfuscated, but you can quickly strip off the obfuscation (my python beta tool is great…), once you get rid of the obfuscation you can see the following code: As always, we have an Applet that access to the data parameter, generates a random name for the exe payload that will be dropped in the system temp directory and then executed. So at this point as you can see we have nothing new, the above is a common Java downloader… but let’s scroll down: Above, we can see that the malware is creating a new instance of the KAVS class (description follows), in order to trigge...