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Pentagon launches "Cyber Fast Track" program to fund hacker innovation

Pentagon launches "Cyber Fast Track" program to fund hacker innovation

Aug 05, 2011
Pentagon launches " Cyber Fast Track " program to fund hacker innovation Peiter Zatko, a hacker known as Mudge who is now at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, said he joined the Pentagon's research arm to try and build bridges between the government's cybersecurity needs and hackers working on innovative projects. DARPA has launched the "Cyber Fast Track" program, intended to cut red tape for hackers to apply for funding for projects that would help the Defense Department secure computer networks. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is an agency of the United States Department of Defense responsible for the development of new technology for use by the military. DARPA has been responsible for funding the development of many technologies which have had a major effect on the world, including computer networking, as well as NLS, which was both the first hypertext system, and an important precursor to the contemporary ubiquitou...
SIG Sauer - Security Intelligence Group Hacked by LulzaMac

SIG Sauer - Security Intelligence Group Hacked by LulzaMac

Aug 05, 2011
SIG Sauer - Security Intelligence Group Hacked by LulzaMac Nothing is Secure on Internet Now.  SIGARMS Academy website Hacked by hacker " LulzaMac ". SIGARMS Academy is committed to providing safe, responsible and accurate firearms training and courses which are nationally and internationally recognized for law enforcement, military, and the private security industry.  Hacker Expose the Usernames, Password and Email of Users and Admin via Pastebin link as shown below. Hacker Promise to leak huge database from  https://www.freeappaday.com/  soon.
Forbes.com Vulnerable to XSS injection

Forbes.com Vulnerable to XSS injection

Aug 05, 2011
Forbes.com Vulnerable to XSS injection One of the Leading News Company Forbes is Vulnerable. Hacker with name " B1uB3rry " expose that Forbes.com is vulnerable to possible SQL injection but confirmed to be vulnerable to Cross Site Script Injection (XSS) & HTML Injection. According to hacker " One can easily deface the website as other vulnerabilities exist. "  Live Example of XSS injection on Forbes  . Hacker is Admin of  B1uB3rry Security Team (San Antonio, TX). Cross-site scripting (XSS) is a type of computer security vulnerability typically found in web applications that enables attackers to inject client-side script into web pages viewed by other users. UPDATE: Another XSS on Subdomain of Forbes . This Vulnerability also exposed by a hacker on Twitter .
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BlackBuntu V0.3 Released

BlackBuntu V0.3 Released

Aug 05, 2011
BlackBuntu V0.3 Released For Blackbuntu 0.3 we are supporting both x86 and x86_64 architectures.Security and Penetration Testing tools available in Blackbuntu : Information Gathering Network Mapping Vulnerability Identification Penetration Privilege Escalation Maintaining Access Radio Network Analysis VoIP Analysis Digital Forensic Reverse Engineering Miscellanious You can download the Blackbuntu Community Edition 0.3 ISO DVD with the following link: ISO Image(Torrent) Blackbuntu Community Edition 0.3 x86 torrent Blackbuntu Community Edition 0.3 x86_64 torrent VMWARE (Torrent) Blackbuntu Community Edition 0.3 x86 torrent Blackbuntu Community Edition 0.3 x86_64 torrent Virtual Box Image(Torrent) Blackbuntu Community Edition 0.3 x86 torrent Blackbuntu Community Edition 0.3 x86_64 torrent
Customs Authority of Yemen hacked for Protest against Government

Customs Authority of Yemen hacked for Protest against Government

Aug 05, 2011
Customs Authority of Yemen hacked for Protest against Government  Today a Yemen Hacker " Alexploiter " Deface the Website of Customs Authority of Yemen , to show his Protest against Government. Hacker claim that" Well this week i hacked .gov.ye (Yemens govs sites) for now i am controlling the DB of the customs authority of Yemen and there is many more .gov.ye going down soon , reason is that the situation in Yemen now getting worse and worse , and we cant keep watching our bad gov killing the the people in theremore .gov.ye site is going down soon ".
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