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#OpBart : BART Police database hacked by Anonymous

#OpBart : BART Police database hacked by Anonymous

Aug 19, 2011
#OpBart : BART Police database hacked by Anonymous A database belonging to the BART Police Officers Association appears to have been hacked by Anonymous Hackers and the names, postal and email addresses of officers posted online HERE . Some say it was Anonymous, some say it was a n00b mademoiselle wielding a +1 SQL injection. This is the second attack was launched on the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) yesterday that led to the personal details of 102 police officers being leaked. Anonymous appeared to remove itself from the blame, saying on one of its Twitter feeds that ‘ no one claimed responsibility for the hack ' and that ‘some random Joe joined a channel and released the data to the press'. It said: “ The leak today of BART officer data could be the work sanctioned by those who truly support Anonymous, or agent provocateurs.   People who are against Anonymous know they can do things under the name ‘Anonymous' and never be questioned. This is Anonym...
Vanguard Defense Industries (VDI) Hacked for #Antisec Operation

Vanguard Defense Industries (VDI) Hacked for #Antisec Operation

Aug 17, 2011
Vanguard Defense Industries (VDI) Hacked for #Antisec Operation AntiSec is targeting defense contractors again. Continuing their beef with law enforcement, and organizations that offer them support, they have targeted Richard Garcia, the Senior Vice President of Vanguard Defense Industries (VDI) . AntiSec plans to release nearly 4,713 emails and thousands of documents taken during the breach. AntiSec targeted VDI’s website due to their relationship with several law enforcement agencies from Texas and other parts of the U.S., as well as their relationship with the FBI, the DHS, and U.S. Marshals Service. Moreover, with this hack Antisec (in)directly targeted FBI since Richard Garcia is the former Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s field office in Los Angeles. To those supporting AntiSec, this alone is reason enough to target VDI and release Garcia’s corporate email to the public. “ Any private corporation supporting US military or law enforcement operations are legitimate...
Samsung hires Android hacker Cyanogen

Samsung hires Android hacker Cyanogen

Aug 17, 2011
Samsung hires Android hacker Cyanogen Steve ‘Cyanogen’ Kondik is best known as the creator of the CyanogenMod for Android, an after market customised firmware bringing new features and functionality to the Android platform. There’s no information yet on whether Samsung is interested in CyanogenMod, or more in Kondik himself, but the programmer and hacker has said the move will allow him to use his talents in “ the real world ,” while development of CyanogenMod continues as usual. The Cyanogen firmware caters to more than 40 different Android devices and brings such functionality as native theming, Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC), an OpenVPN client, USB tethering, and claims increased performance and reliability over official firmware releases. Kondik has on occasion received input from Google on the development of the platform and as of mid-July it had been downloaded and installed on more than half a million devices. [ source ]
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The Validation Gap: What Automated Pentesting Alone Cannot See

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This free guide maps the structural blind spots and gives you 3 diagnostic questions for any vendor conversation.
#OpSPCAwake : Operation SPCAwake leaks large number of users data of Spcala.com

#OpSPCAwake : Operation SPCAwake leaks large number of users data of Spcala.com

Aug 17, 2011
#OpSPCAwake : Operation SPCAwake leaks large number of users data of Spcala.com Anonymous Hackers with name FutureSec hack Spcala.com and mass release of spcala Customer/Supporter/Members Names, Emails, Phone Numbers. Hackers have plan to Mass E-mail/Call as many of supporters as possible. According to FutureSec " They support a sick and twisted agency that only cares about the profit and not true Animal Rights. You are to be as discreet as possible for obvious reasons, use the phone blocking code *67 if calling and use an anonymous e-mail address setup by proxy.So if you've ever had an Animal of ANY kind you truly loved, this mission if for you. ". FutureSec Leak complete database here .
Iframe Vulnerability in Google App Engine (Appspot)

Iframe Vulnerability in Google App Engine (Appspot)

Aug 16, 2011
Iframe Vulnerability in Google App Engine ( Appspot ) An Indian Hacker " Ethical Mohit " have found in Iframe Vulnerability in Contact Desk page of Google App Engine (Appspot). #1 Proof of Concept : Click Here #2 Proof of Concept : Click Here Google App Engine lets you run your web applications on Google's infrastructure. App Engine applications are easy to build, easy to maintain, and easy to scale as your traffic and data storage needs grow. With App Engine, there are no servers to maintain: You just upload your application, and it's ready to serve your users.Google App Engine makes it easy to build an application that runs reliably, even under heavy load and with large amounts of data.
Defence.pk Gets Hacked pr0tect0r A.K.A. mrNRG

Defence.pk Gets Hacked pr0tect0r A.K.A. mrNRG

Aug 16, 2011
Defence.pk Gets Hacked pr0tect0r A.K.A. mrNRG Defence.pk  (An independent defence organization committed to the research and analysis of Pakistan's security and strategic affairs) Hacked by Indian Hacker pr0tect0r A.K.A. mrNRG. Defence.PK, one of the largest and most active Pakistani forum on internet, reportedly got hacked earlier today by an independent Indian hacker.Hacker claims that he has got access to main database of defence.pk and a 2 GB file has been dumped and saved with him. He aims to release the whole dump, that contains user information of some 38,000 members, sometime later. Hacked Link was :  http://www.defence.pk/advanced.html
8 China Website Government Defaced By Bekasi0d0nk (Indonesian Hacker)

8 China Website Government Defaced By Bekasi0d0nk (Indonesian Hacker)

Aug 16, 2011
8 China Website Government Defaced By Bekasi0d0nk (Indonesian Hacker) Bekasi0d0nk an Indonesian Hacker deface and Hack 8 China Government websites. Hacked sites list : http://www.bzcg.gov.cn/66.html http://www.ahgjj.gov.cn/66.html http://sggl.gov.cn/66.html http://www.bzcg.gov.cn/66.html http://www.bzqx.gov.cn/66.html http://qhkj.gov.cn/66.html http://gzdjg.gov.cn/66.html http://www.hbfxb.gov.cn/66.html
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