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Joomscan Security Scanner updated to 611 Joomla vulnerabilities Database Another huge update coming from Security Team Web-Center that Joomscan Security Scanner is now updated to 611 Joomla vulnerabilities Database. Last update for this tool was in November, 2011 with 550 vulnerabilities in Database. In joomscan you can check for new updates with command: ./joomscan.pl check or ./joomscan.pl update Download for Windows  (141 KB) Download for Linux  (150 KB )

Mobile Based Wireless Network MiTM Attack Illustration Bilal Bokhari from zer0byte.com Illustrated perfect example of Mobile Based Wireless Network MiTM Attack on his blog. Bilal want to share this article with our Readers at THN, Have a look : If we look at the history of computer development, the computer developers/engineers just 10 years back did not have any clue as to how this industry is going to be, the way this industry we have today. The Computers and its applications nowadays are more powerful and much smarter than ever before. Computer applications are used in every industry like engineering, designing, music programming, web development etc which enables their users to come up with amazing products every day. So far so good the story of the computer development sounds amazing but there is a problem with its development. When computer applications are developed, they are not particularly a complete perfect solution. They contain some flaws or bugs which can be ex...

Sun Microsystems (Print) - Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities Today Ucha Gobejishvili ( longrifle0x ) a Pentester from Georgia reported 3 More important Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities in Sun Microsystem's and Java Printer Webpages. Java's Vulnerable Link   : Click Here Sun's Vulnerable Link 1 :  Click Here Sun's Vulnerable Link 2 :  Click Here Cross-Site Scripting occurs when an attacker can send a malicious script to a different user by relaying the script from an otherwise trusted or innocuous server. These flaws are extensive on the Web and allow an attacker to place malicious code that can execute attacks against other users in the security context of the web servers of the trusted host. Previous vulnerabilities  reported by longrifle0x : Click here to Read or Mirrors .

ProCredit Bank Georgia hacked by RetnOHacK #AntiSerbs Group of Hackers named - B!JemBeX, RetnOHacK, Weedh0aX, mR.Thg hack into ProCredit Bank of Georgia (procreditbank.ge) . They Deface the Administrator panel page located at  https://www.procreditbank.ge/admin/login.php  as shown in image attached. On Deface page Hacker said " This day have received that much time..when will you accept that you lose the fight ?in this game you do not have no chance to win..you always were and always will be losers remain losersMitrovica do not sell , Mitrovica is ours as alwaysWe do not want peace with you , because I hate slaves.Date of " 28 November " is approaching to unite all Albanians... ". Till now its unclear that Hacker damage anything else rather than site pages.

Anonymous Hacks FBI and Records Conference Call Earlier today, Anonymous released a confidential conference call between the FBI and law enforcement officers in the UK. The 16-minute call discusses ongoing investigations into hackers associated with Anonymous, AntiSec, and LulzSec. From all appearances, Anonymous retrieved the sensitive access code information and a list of attendees from an FBI email account. The group released a roughly 15-minute-long recording of what appears to be a Jan. 17 conference call devoted to tracking and prosecuting members of the loose-knit hacking group. The email, titled " Anon-Lulz International Coordination Call ", was published on pastebin earlier today: https://pastebin.com/8G4jLha8  . The email with details for accessing the call was sent to law enforcement officials in Britain, France, the Netherlands and others but the only people who identify themselves on the call are from the FBI and Scotland Yard.In a message on Twitter, An...

Call of Duty , Spider-Man and other 7 Largest Video Game Sites Hacked Today Turkish Hackers from group " GrayHatz " hack and Deface Call of Duty, Spider-Man and other 7 Largest Video Game Sites. Hacked Sites Include: - Call of Duty® Official Video Game Site : Link and Mirror - X-Men Origins: Wolverine Official Video Game Site :  Link  and  Mirror - Spider-Man: Edge of Time Official Game Website - Transformers: Fall of Cybertron Official Video Game Site : Link and Mirror - Prototype 2 Official Video Game Site : Link and Mirror - Infinity Ward Developer of Call of Duty : Link and Mirror - The Quantum Of Solace Game Official Video Game : Link and Mirror - DJ Hero 2 | Available Now Official Site : Link and Mirror - Guitar Hero Official Site : Link and Mirror

Wifi Protector - Protect Your Android From Wi-Fi Sniffing Attacks The only app that is able to countermeasure " Man In The Middle " attacks on Android platform - Wifi Protector . No other app provides this type of high network security. Protects your phone from tools like FaceNiff, Cain & Abel, ANTI, ettercap, DroidSheep, NetCut, and all others that try to hijack your session via "Man In The Middle" through ARP spoofing / ARP poisoning. WifiKill can't take you offline with this app installed. The "Immunity" feature is the only one that requires root, all other features work without root access. Features - Uses very few resources - Uses no resources if Wi-Fi is disabled - Nearly zero battery consumption - Requires very few permissions. Requests only absolutely necessary permissions - Undetectable by the bad guy - 100% silent and passive inside the network. Generates no noise - Highly customizable notifications - Plays ringtone on atta...

DEF-CON Chennai Group DEF-CON Chennai Group 4th meet successfully was held this past weekend on 29th Jan at Le Waterina Resort, Chennai. Team THN also join this Event, It was a nice setup.  " We like to thank each and everyone who attended this meet and made it a success story. We like to thank all the speakers for giving wonderful presentations and speech . Blog post by DCG. List of people who made a difference at DCG Chennai (DC602028) 1) Mr. Hari Krishnan (Organizer) 2) Mr.Viknesvaran (Organizer) 3) Mr. Prateek Dwivedi 4) Mr. Adithya Gupta 5) Mr. Ravi 6) Mr. Kaushal Sharma 7) Mr.Amrinder Singh 8) Mr. Abhinab 9) Mr. Pranav Sharma 10) Mr.Karthick 11) Arush sal For DEF-CON Chennai (DC602028) Official photos: