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Announcing Contest Winners for  Ghost in the Wires Book We ran a competition for the book " Ghost in the Wires by Kevin Mitnick " last week. We'd like to thank the following people for sending in the best of the best of reviews about Kevin Mitnick's new book, "Ghosts in the Wires." All the reviews we received were great and the editorial staff had a tough time narrowing it down to 3 winners. We felt the winners captured just what we were looking for about a great book and great author. Congratulations winners and enjoy your copy of Kevin's book. drknit3 "Study the past if you would define the future." I think one of the most important things our pioneers can do is pass on knowledge to those who are just getting into the field. Kevin Mitnick has obviously played a huge roll  in defining the industry. This sharing of knowledge and experience plays a huge roll in defining the future. Although Ghost in the Wires highlights just one aspect...

Occupy Wall Street : Anonymous Hackers Publish Law Enforcement Data Anonymous, the Internet "hactivist" group, today, apparently in support of the Occupy Wall Street protest movement, hacked into several different police databases and leaked sensitive personal data, among them passwords, names, addresses, phone numbers and social security numbers from the Boston Police Patrolmens' Association (BPPA) and Birmingham, Alabama Police Department, according to several reports. Additionally, Anonymous claims to have hacked the International Association of Chiefs of Police, and offers the above image as proof. A press release by Anonymous said that the hack was timed to the IACP meeting as part of a "Day of Action Against Police Brutality." Another document appears to be about 1,000 user names and passwords belonging to the Boston Patrolmans' Association. In the video below, you can hear a hacker call the Baldwin country sheriff's office to say " your website has been def...

iPad 2 iOS 5 Lock Screen Bypass Vulnerability Marc Gurman at 9to5Mac has discovered a vulnerability on the iPad that allows for a limited bypass of the device's lockscreen. Anyone with an iPad Smart Cover can gain access to the previously-open app (or the home screen if no app was open). By holding the power button to bring up the 'Power Off' screen, closing the smart cover, re-opening it, and clicking cancel, the attacker will be dropped into the screen that was open before the iPad was locked. If the attacker gets dropped into the home screen, then they'll be able to see the installed apps, but won't be able to open anything. If Safari or Mail (or any other app) was the open when the device was locked, then the attacker would have access to that app. From a locked iPad 2: 1) Lock a password protected iPad 2 2) Hold down power button until iPad 2 reaches turn off slider 3) Close Smart Cover 4) Open Smart Cover 5) Click cancel on the bottom of the screen This isn't the f...

Stuxnet's Son " Duqu " Removal Tool released by Bitdefender Rootkit.Duqu is a new e-threat that combines the technology of the military-grade Stuxnet with an advanced keylogger and backdoor application. Due to its rootkit technology, the piece of malware can stay hidden from the user, the operating system's defense mechanism and even from regular antivirus utilities.Just like its predecessor – the Stuxnet rootkit - Rootkit.Duqu.A is digitally signed with a stolen digital certificate that has been revoked in the meantime. This allows it to install itself on both 32- and 64-bit operating systems on Windows platforms ranging from Windows XP to Windows 7. The Duqu rootkit runs on the computer for 36 days and collects any kind of information entered via the keyboard, including passwords, e-mail or IM conversations. After the "surveillance" period ends, the rootkit gracefully removes itself from the system, along with the keylogger component. Rootkit malware is extremely diff...

Hackers leak Citigroup CEO 's personal data after Occupy Wall Street arrests The mobile phone number and home address of Vikram Pandit, the chief executive of Citigroup, have been placed on the web by hacking group CabinCr3w in retaliation for the cuffing of protesters at an Occupy Wall Street demo. The hackers said in a statement online that they had accessed the data - which also included family information and some financial figures - and uploaded it online in response to events during the recent anti-bank protests on Wall Street. " During Occupy Wall Street [protests], protesters had made way to CitiBank to withdraw their funds and close their accounts. They were met with strong police prescence [sic] and arrested ," CabinCr3w wrote. " We as american citizens MUST have full control over our money and lively hood[sic].When this is taken away from us, what else do we have? So the CEO of CitiBank has blindly jumped into the sights of the CabinCr3w ". PLa...