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Drones can be hijacked by terrorist , Researchers says Vulnerability Exist Fox News is reporting that researchers say that terrorists or drug gangs, with the right kind of equipment could turn the drones into “suicide” weapons. A University of Texas researcher illustrated that fact in a series of test flights recently, showing that GPS "spoofing" could cause a drone to veer off its course and even purposely crash. This is particularly worrisome, given that the US is looking to grant US airspace to drones for domestic jobs including police surveillance or even FedEx deliveries In other words, with the right equipment, anyone can take control of a GPS-guided drone and make it do anything they want it to. Spoofers are a much more dangerous type of technology because they actually mimic a command by the GPS system and convince the drone it is receiving new coordinates. With his device what Humphreys calls the most advanced spoofer ever built (at a cost of just $1,000) he was...

PayPal will Pay Security Researchers for finding Vulnerabilities Payment services provider PayPal will reward security researchers who discover vulnerabilities in its website with money, if they report their findings to the company in a responsible manner. If you manage to find a security flaw in any of PayPal’s products, you may be entitled to a cash reward. " I'm pleased to announce that we have updated our original bug reporting process into a paid 'bug bounty' program, " PayPal's Chief Information Security Officer Michael Barrett said in a  blog post  on Thursday. While Barrett disclosed vulnerability categories, he did not say how much cash the firm will be offering. PayPal plans to categorize reported bugs into one of four categories: XSS (Cross Site Scripting), CSRF (Cross Site Request Forgery), SQL Injection or Authentication Bypass  Researchers need to have a verified PayPal account in order to receive the monetary rewards. " I original...

Apple : 0 | Flashback trojan : 1 , Apple admits malware defeat Apple has quietly removed a statement from its website that the Mac operating system isn’t susceptible to viruses. Apple released a patch to a Java vulnerability that lead to the infection of roughly 600,000 Macs with the Flashback Trojan earlier this year, there were claims weeks later from security researchers that hundreds of thousands of Macs were still infected. Apple is one of the single software companies that hasn't really faced the problem of viruses, for years claiming their operating system is the most secure among all. The specific language about the operating system, “ It doesn’t get PC viruses ” was replaced with “ It’s built to be safe. ” But now, Apple may be taking security threats more seriously. Apple is introducing a new app security measure called Gatekeeper in the upcoming release of Mountain Lion, the latest version of Mac OS X. The majority of malware might still be floating around ...

zAnti Pentester’s Worldcup tournament open for Hackers Today is a great day to be a security enthusiastic since Zimperium kicked off the first ever penetration testing tournament. — Welcome to the Pentester’s Worldcup ! Zimperium , a mobile security software start-up was founded by Itzhak “ Zuk ” Avraham, a world-renowned white-hat hacker, in 2011. The Pentester’s World Cup is part of Zimperium’s efforts to increase awareness about mobile security, and simultaneously enhance the security of its range of award-winning products. You may recall Anti, The first comprehensive Penetration Testing software offered on Smartphones, Zimperium created a killer mobile app that is so simple to use, any technical person is able to perform pentest on his network to get status of which devices that are attached to the network are vulnerable, what ports are opened and additional information that is a must have for anyone who cares about the safety on his network. Last year at DEFCON, Avraham, also ...

Anonymous Hackers shut down website of Colombia Justice Ministry Anonymous hackers shut down the websites of Colombia's Justice Ministry website on Friday evening. The website was back online Saturday morning. Also, The website of Cambio Radical, the political party of Interior Minister German Vargas Lleras, was hacked later Friday evening and was still showing a message saying " You have been hacked ". Anonymous said on its facebook page the Ministry's website was shut down to protest "impunity" granted to corrupt politicians by a justice reform that had been approved by Congress but was sent back to the legislative branch by President Juan Manuel Santos on Thursday because of its unconstitutionality and inconsistencies that “ do not favor justice and transparency .” Last Year, Anonymous and Colombian Hackers were behind the shut down of the websites of Colombia's president , the interior and justice ministry, the intelligence service DAS and the g...