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BackTrack 5 R2 Released, New Kernel, New Tools Hacker are your Ready ? Backtrack 5 R2 finally released with bug fixes, upgrades, and the addition of 42 new tools. With the best custom-built 3.2.6 kernel, the best wireless support available at maximum speed. This release have included Metasploit 4.2.0 Community Edition, version 3.0 of the Social Engineer Toolkit, BeEF 0.4.3.2, and many other tool upgrades. Backtrack also added the following new tools to R2: arduino bluelog bt-audit dirb dnschef dpscan easy-creds extundelete findmyhash golismero goofile hashcat-gui hash-identifier hexorbase horst hotpatch joomscan killerbee libhijack magictree nipper-ng patator pipal pyrit reaver rebind rec-studio redfang se-toolkit sqlsus sslyze sucrack thc-ssl-dos tlssled uniscan vega watobo wcex wol-e xspy Along with this, Backtrack added Wiki about Building a Pyrit Cluster, Creating a John the Ripper Cluster, Enabling PAE in BT5 R2 and ...

#THN Monthly ( February ) News Archive,If you miss Something ! # Censorship - Global Concern, THN Magazine March Edition :  https://goo.gl/bktRz # Forget terrorists attacks here are 2012's Most Vulnerable Cities At Risk for Cyber Crime (Idiots) : https://goo.gl/4VYGf # Slum Dog India demands Real time monitoring on Indian Gmail & Yahoo Emails. Do they really have nothing better to do?   https://goo.gl/iYO5H # Iran will probably drop nuclear development cause they think they need to Develop their own security Software, No more foreign Solution, they might suggest banning the Burka too! : https://goo.gl/QVheH # Three Greek Anonymous hackers arrested for defacing Government Sites. They couldn't make the street protest! : https://goo.gl/EyMux # Facebook Hacking - Student jailed for eight months. They ought to jail Facebook for having such a stupid site : https://goo.gl/PwkHt # FAQ : DNSChanger Trojan, Impact and Solutions :   https://goo.gl/IE2Qh # How Hackers ...

Siemens and Canon 's Databases exploited by Team INTRA Recently a hacker known as " JoinSe7en " from Team INTRA claims to have hacked into subdomains of Canon and Siemens. Apparently, the hacker has found and exploited a Blind SQL Injection vulnerability in Canon's website and a Error based SQL Injection in Siemens. He published a full disclosure on both of the databases on pastebin: Siemens : https://pastebin.com/HBL966wh Canon : https://pastebin.com/fbL0s9aS These pastebin notes include the vulnerable links of respective sites and extracted database info with usernames and passwords of Siemens Users & Canon forum, sites user credentials.

Censorship - Global Concern : THN Magazine March Edition It is March Madness at The Hacker News as we release the latest edition of our magazine which gives internet security a thorough look and and a fascinating read. Pierluigi Paganini gives a great interview on the woes of internet security and Mourad Ben Lakhousa provides you with a comprehensive guide on what tools are available to keep your web activity private. Check out Lee Ives opinion piece on the plethora of DDOS attacks and stand firm with our Editor, Patti Galle as we tell the world we won't stand for internet piracy. Laugh with us as we take a hilarious look at recent internet security news and we promise you won't be disappointed in all the articles touching on matters important to us all. Enjoy! RAR Format  |  PDF Format

Sandcat Browser 2.0 Released,  Penetration Testing Oriented Browser Sandcat Browser version 2.0 includes several user interface and experience improvements, an improved extension system, RudraScript support and new extensions. What is Sandcat Browser? The fastest web browser combined with the fastest scripting language packed with features for pen-testers. Sandcat Browser is a freeware portable pen-test oriented multi-tabbed web browser with extensions support developed by the Syhunt team, the same creators of the Sandcat web application security scanner. The Sandcat Browser is built on top of Chromium, the same engine that powers the Google Chrome browser, and uses the Lua language to provide extensions and scripting support. This first Sandcat Browser release includes the following pen-test oriented features: Live HTTP Headers Request Editor extension Fuzzer extension with multiple modes and support for filters JavaScript Executor extension -- allows you to load and r...