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As part of Google’s ongoing commitment to encouraging women to excel in computing and technology, Google is pleased to announce the HITB2011AMS Conference Grant. This grant is set up to enable more female computer scientists to attend and participate in HITB2011AMS. The grant includes a pass to the conference on 19th and 20th of May (accommodation not included) & travel expenses up to EUR500! We encourage all female hackers and computer scientists to apply. To be eligible for a conference grant, candidates must: • Be a female working in or studying Computer Science • Maintain a strong academic background with demonstrated leadership ability • Be able to attend the 2 full days of the main conference News Source :  http://www.hackinthebox.org/

Facebook made some important changes to the way in Facebook Pages, the fan pages set up by brands, bands and even cucumbers could be created. In the past the tabs which could be added to these pages have been set up in two ways; the first used the Facebook FBML app. This allowed page tabs to be created using static Facebook Markup Language (FBML) or HTML, it wasn’t particularly engaging but it was very simple to use. The second method for creating page tabs was by adding a custom Facebook app inside a standard FBML tab. This meant the custom app could request external data from a third party and display it inside the page tab. This content though was subject to many technical limitations, as it was all proxied through Facebook which broke many things including tracking pixels, JavaScript and Flash. So what is the big change? Well Facebook now allow iframes to be included inside Facebook apps on page tabs, meaning that all that Facebook proxying can be avoided. While this is no doub...

Songsmp3.pk  hacked by   Atul and Neo (Indishell) Songsmp3.pk is the famous paki website offerring downloads of indian songs has been hacked by Atul and Neo, member of Indian hacker group - Indishell ! H acked Site :   Songsmp3.pk News Source :  (Indishell)

Republic of Ecuador two Govt sites Hacked by AL3X 0WN5 ! Hacked site : http://nanegal.gov.ec/ http://pastaza.gov.ec/ News Source : Kai farmer

EC-Council News : Advanced Security Training First Look ! Information technology continues to rapidly evolve and as the dependence on Internet technology increases, so are the risks to information systems.  As such, information security professionals are required to stay up-to-date on the latest security technologies, threats and remediation strategies. EC-Council's  Center of Advanced Security Training (CAST)  was created to address the need for highly technical and advanced security training for information security professionals. CAST First Look Training Series As part of the launch of CAST, we are pleased to present a First Look training series that will give an insight into the following programs, where we invite the authors of the respective courses to conduct a "LIVE" online training on a selected module from the program. Advanced Penetration Testing (CAST 611) A highly technical and intensive course that focuses attacking and defending highly secured ...

Event : Bloggers meet at Microsoft TechEd India 2011 ! Calling all bloggers for exclusive session that will give you an insight on the latest technologies from Microsoft including the much talked about Microsoft web browser-Internet Explorer9, a new ICICI Direct portal on Silverlight and Windows Intune. Venue : Lalit Ashok Hotel Kumara Krupa High Grounds Bangalore - 560001, Karnataka, India. Bangalore, India

Play.com compromised and Security breach  Admitted ! Play.com , one of the largest online retailers of consumer goods, has suffered a security breach. In a warning to customers, Play.com has said that customer names and email addresses may have been compromised. Play.com is washing its hands of direct responsibility, claiming that a third party on its marketing communications team is at fault. Play advises customers to do the usual - to remain vigilant online and keep personal information under lock and key. Which is easier to do when trusted services do not suffer security breaches. It reminds its customers that it will not ask for passwords, bank account details or credit card numbers, and to forward suspicious activity to  privacy@play.com .  Specific details of the breach have not yet been revealed but with a wide customer base it's serious enough to have Play worried.  Here's the memo: