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Malware for xbox Kinect created by 15 years old  Indian researchers Indian researchers from MalCon have created a malware that utlizes Microsoft Kinect to secretly capture pictures and upload to a picasa account. A 15year old Indian security researcher ' Shantanu Gawde ' from MalCon Research has created a malware that utilizes the Microsoft xbox kinect controller. Kinect for Xbox 360, or simply Kinect, is a motion sensing input device by Microsoft for the Xbox 360 video game console. With over 10 million devices sold till date, the kinect holds the Guiness book for world record for the fastest selling consumer electronics device - and is exactly the reason why the malware is a concern. In recent months, there have been a number of innovative kinect hacks that make use of the kinect using both Open source drivers and the Kinect SDK. The malware, code-named 'gawde' after its creators name, works on Windows 7 to secretly capture pictures of the victim / surroundin...

Facebook EXE attachment Vulnerability can Compromise with Users Security Nathan Power from SecurityPentest has discovered new Facebook Vulnerability, that can easily attach EXE files in messages,cause possible User Credentials to be Compromised . When using the Facebook 'Messages' tab, there is a feature to attach a file. Using this feature normally, the site won't allow a user to attach an executable file. A bug was discovered to subvert this security mechanisms. Note, you do NOT have to be friends with the user to send them a message with an attachment. But Nathan Power Find the way to upload EXE . When uploading a file attachment to Facebook we captured the web browsers POST request being sent to the web server. Inside this POST request reads the line: Content-Disposition: form-data; name="attachment"; filename="cmd.exe" It was discovered the variable 'filename' was being parsed to determine if the file type is allowed or not. To s...

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US satellites was victim by Chinese Hackers Computer hackers, possibly from the Chinese military, interfered with two U.S. government satellites four times in 2007 and 2008 through a ground station in Norway, according to a congressional commission. According to Bloomberg , the Chinese military is suspected of executing the digital intrusions which targeted satellites used for earth climate and terrain observation. Indeed, a Landsat-7 earth observation satellite system experienced 12 or more minutes of interference in October 2007 and July 2008, while hackers tapped into a Terra AM-1 earth observation satellite twice, for two minutes in June 2008 and nine minutes in October that year. Interestingly enough, the report doesn't actually accuse the Chinese government of sponsoring or executing the four attacks. 

 However, it clearly states that the breaches are "consistent" with Beijing's military doctrine which advocates disabling an enemy's space systems, and ...

Anonymous DDOS Oakland police site after violence Cyber activists associated with Anonymous have targeted the Oakland Police Department (OPD) and other law enforcement agencies that participated in a controversial crackdown against OccupyOakland protestors. A DDOS (distributed denial-of-service) attack against the department's website www.oaklandpolice.com is underway, and the website currently is unreachable. AnonyOps tweet " I'm amazed and proud of #occupyOakland protesters who stood defiant, peaceful in the face of lethal force by Oakland PD. " Police fired a number of tear gas canisters, concussion grenades, rubber bullets and non-lethal rounds at demonstrators on Tuesday night, drawing widespread condemnation for the use of heavy-handed tactics against unarmed civilians. The attack was first announced via Anonymous' AnonOps Twitter feed. " @Anon_Central : Admin/User/Password Dump of oaklandnet.com Problem Oakland authorities? F--- you! >> p...