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Black and Berg Cybersecurity Consulting Hacked in support of Operation Antisec

Black and Berg Cybersecurity Consulting Hacked in support of Operation Antisec

Jun 24, 2011
Black and Berg Cybersecurity Consulting Hacked in support of Operation Antisec Black and Berg Cybersecurity Consulting  ( http://www.blackbergsecurity.us/ )  website got hacked by some " handbanana " with email " antisec@gmx.com " . He make a Lots of Details public via a pastebin post. Black and Berg website is on Wordpress 3.1.3 and hacker use some Remote exploit to get into this.  Server Kernel Info :   Linux monkian 2.6.32.8-grsec-2.1.14-modsign-xeon-64 #2 SMP Sat Mar 13 00:42:43 PST 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux  Directory List : Database Configuration : Username , Password Message by Hacker " Done in the name of #AntiSecGreetz to LulzSec, zf0, Topiary, and jericho ".
Th3J35t3r (The Jester) claim to expose identities of LulzSec Leader "Sabu"

Th3J35t3r (The Jester) claim to expose identities of LulzSec Leader "Sabu"

Jun 24, 2011
Th3J35t3r (The Jester) claim to expose identities of LulzSec Leader "Sabu" Th3J35t3r (The Jester) Just now Tweet " www.lulzsecurity.com - TANGO DOWN - 'this is General Hummel, from Alcatraz, Out' - http://t.co/oNm29Pv for the lulz. ". He doing ddos attack on Lulzsec website " www.lulzsecurity.com". and also he release a pastebin post, that includes some exposure about the Lulzsec leader "sabu". Some of the exposed info is: Name(s): Xavier Kaotico, Xavier de Leon Email: sabu@pure-elite.org, xavier@pure-elite.org, xavier@sentinix.org, xavier@tigerteam.se Age: 30 as of 2011-06-21 Location: Possibly New York City, NY (has lived there) Websites: sabu.net, pure-elite.org, confinement.org Profession: Independent IT consultant Interests: Python programming, Linux, network security, exploit development There are lots of Dox Information he posted in the pastebin :  http://pastebin.com/76TsPHeU  . There is Server Info ...
150 United Kingdom (.co.uk) Domains Defaced by Bl@ckZero

150 United Kingdom (.co.uk) Domains Defaced by Bl@ckZero

Jun 24, 2011
150 United Kingdom (.co.uk) Domains Defaced by Bl@ckZero Hacked Sites List :  http://pastebin.com/tVVzXMbf Mirrors: Posted on Zone-h, Mirror.sec-t and Legend-h http://zone-h.org/archive/notifier=BL@CKZERO
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The Validation Gap: What Automated Pentesting Alone Cannot See

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JustHost Hosting Server Compromised, More than 1000's of websites at Risk !

JustHost Hosting Server Compromised, More than 1000's of websites at Risk !

Jun 23, 2011
JustHost Hosting Server Compromised, More than 1000's of websites at Risk ! JustHost.com Server Breached ! " Just host is one of the fast growing hosting industries with the good uptime reliability with the best support and it’s new to the world wide in the year 2008.Just host .com is one of the uppermost web hosting suppliers and are identified for their uptime reliability with the most superb support. "  Millions of websites Hosted on various JustHost Servers. One of them got Hacked by some hacker. Breached data become public from twitter account of " ContraHax " . This Hack is seems to be Dedicated to " Antisec operation " Started by Anonymous and Lulzsec. The exposed data includes : 1.) DNS file :  http://pastebin.com/bXLEw0TL 2.) Directories of Websites  3.) /etc/passwd Backup :  http://pastebin.com/M637rkJz We Have Inform JustHost admins, Stay Tuned for their Comments on This Security Breach.
LulzSec shuts down Brazilian government Websites

LulzSec shuts down Brazilian government Websites

Jun 23, 2011
LulzSec shuts down Brazilian government Websites LulzSec has targeted another major government site & to bring down several major targets in Brazil, including the Websites of the Brazilian government and the President's office. " Tango down ," LulzSec trumpeted on its Twitter feed – a phrase used to describe the obliteration of an enemy. Later, LulzSec followed that tweet up with a second: " Our Brazilian unit is making progress. Well done @LulzSecBrazil, brothers! " As of this morning, both Brazilian sites remain offline.
The Social-Engineer Toolkit v1.5 Released

The Social-Engineer Toolkit v1.5 Released

Jun 22, 2011
The Social-Engineer Toolkit v1.5 Released The Social Engineering Toolkit (SET) is a python-driven suite of custom tools which solely focuses on attacking the human element of penetration testing. It’s main purpose is to augment and simulate social-engineering attacks and allow the tester to effectively test how a targeted attack may succeed. Official change log: Added shell.py to support both Linux and OSX for the SET Interactive Shell, uses same code repository Added shell to support Linux/OSX for SET Interactive Shell Added download to support Linux/OSX for SET Interactive Shell Added upload to support Linux/OSX for SET Interactive Shell Added ps to support Linux/OSX for SET Interactive Shell Added kill to support Linux/OSX for SET Interative Shell Fixed a bug in mass mailer where TLS would execute after ehlo not before. Thanks pr1me Changed download path to replace forward and back slashes with a _ so it would not cause strange nix issues with back slashes and forward ...
101 Sites hacked By Swats the Toxified Crew

101 Sites hacked By Swats the Toxified Crew

Jun 22, 2011
101 Sites hacked By Swats the Toxified Crew 101 websites Hacked by  Swats The TOxified Crew members: Bluff Master Hacker Shashank Gupta the D3c0mpil3r Sonam The Grey Hat Hacker Steve Antony D4rkShell Maroof   Hacked Sites List :  http://pastebin.com/6GHhzuY1
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