Article: AT&T suffers insider data breach - published over 10 years ago. Content: AT&T has become the latest multinational company to suffer a data breach after one of its own employees gained access to customer data. The US mobile telecoms giant has started informing around 1,600 customers in Vermont that their personal data was breached in August. In a letter posted on the Vermont government’s website, AT&T confirmed that a form... https://penturalabs.wordpress.com/2014/10/09/att-suffers-insider-data-breach/ Published: 2014 10 09 14:32:02 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:46 Feed: Pentura Labs's Blog Source: Pentura Labs's Blog Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
Article: Kmart hit by card hack attack - published over 10 years ago. Content: It’s been revealed that a data breach at US retail chain Kmart that compromised card details lasted over a month. The discount department store said that the malware was discovered last week but had been operating since early September. Based on its investigation so far, the company said that it believes credit and debit cards were exposed but that no person... https://penturalabs.wordpress.com/2014/10/22/kmart-hit-by-card-hack-attack/ Published: 2014 10 22 15:20:17 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:46 Feed: Pentura Labs's Blog Source: Pentura Labs's Blog Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
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Article: Research Reveals Cost of Online Fraud to UK - published over 10 years ago. Content: This week has been Get Safe Online Week and to coincide with the event, the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau researched cyber-crime in the UK. The research found that over the last year, the ten biggest online scams cost victims over £670m – although the actual figure is thought to be significantly higher than that due to unreported crimes. A separate poll... https://penturalabs.wordpress.com/2014/10/30/research-reveals-cost-of-online-fraud-to-uk/ Published: 2014 10 30 10:21:43 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:46 Feed: Pentura Labs's Blog Source: Pentura Labs's Blog Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
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Article: Most businesses do not understand data breach risks - published over 10 years ago. Content: Research by HP has uncovered a lack of understanding among businesses of the risks associated with data breaches. More than 70% of US and UK executives surveyed by the Ponemon Institute said that their organisation does not understand fully the dangers of breaches, while less than half of top executives and board members are kept informed about the response ... https://penturalabs.wordpress.com/2014/11/07/most-businesses-do-not-understand-data-breach-risks/ Published: 2014 11 07 16:19:54 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:46 Feed: Pentura Labs's Blog Source: Pentura Labs's Blog Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
Article: [IRCCloud] Inadequate input validation on API endpoint leading to self denial of service and increased system load - published over 9 years ago. Content: So as you do, I was just looking around, manually fuzzing some Web Sockets requests, seeing if I could get any sort of XSS, Remote IRC Command Injection or SQLi mainly – ended up that I didn’t find much there that worse worth noting. So I started seeing if their logic was all alright, so one of their requests looked similar to: {“_reqid”:1234, “cid”:5678, “t... https://penturalabs.wordpress.com/2015/10/13/fuzzing-for-fun-and-profit/ Published: 2015 10 13 12:04:47 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:46 Feed: Pentura Labs's Blog Source: Pentura Labs's Blog Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
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Article: [IRCCloud] History and Another XSS Bug Bounty - published over 9 years ago. Content: Personally, I have been a user of IRC since 2004 on some private networks and some other well-known ones such as Freenode. However, it was always inconvenient to have to set up an IRC Bouncer, so when IRCCloud came around, I was excited to try it and see if it provided me with a method of staying connected to all the required networks without having to downl... https://penturalabs.wordpress.com/2015/10/14/irccloud-history-and-another-xss-bug-bounty/ Published: 2015 10 14 10:50:15 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:46 Feed: Pentura Labs's Blog Source: Pentura Labs's Blog Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
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Article: Finding and Exploiting Same Origin Method Execution vulnerabilities - published about 9 years ago. Content: Recently it came to my attention that it was possible to abuse JSONP callbacks using a vulnerability known as SOME – Same Origin Method Execution which can be used by an attacker to widely abuse a user’s trust between the web application and the intended flow of execution. For example, using the SOME attack it is possible for an attacker to trick a user to v... https://penturalabs.wordpress.com/2015/12/30/finding-and-exploiting-same-origin-method-execution-vulnerabilities/ Published: 2015 12 30 23:37:46 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:46 Feed: Pentura Labs's Blog Source: Pentura Labs's Blog Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
Article: SNMPPLUX - published almost 9 years ago. Content: Pentura continually develop new tools and scripts to improve the effectiveness of the team. One such tool called SNMPPLUX is an offshoot of a larger development project (ORR). SNMPPLUX is a USM compliant SNMPv1, SNMPv2c and SNMPv3 authentication scanner powered by pysnmp, re, sys, getopt, array, time and multiprocessing python modules. As well as providin... https://penturalabs.wordpress.com/2016/04/01/snmpplux/ Published: 2016 04 01 08:21:28 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:46 Feed: Pentura Labs's Blog Source: Pentura Labs's Blog Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
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Article: Regulator fines COVID-19 tracker for turning contact data into sales leads - published almost 4 years ago. Content: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2021/05/19/regulator-fines-covid-19-tracker-for-turning-contact-data-into-sales-leads/ Published: 2021 05 19 18:53:54 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:45 Feed: Naked Security - Sophos Source: Naked Security - Sophos Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
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Article: S3 Ep33: Eufy camera leak, Afterburner crisis, and AirTags (again) [Podcast] - published almost 4 years ago. Content: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2021/05/20/s3-ep33-eufy-camera-leak-afterburner-crisis-and-airtags-again-podcast/ Published: 2021 05 20 18:59:14 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:45 Feed: Naked Security - Sophos Source: Naked Security - Sophos Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
Article: Naked Security Live – Jacked and hacked: how safe are tracking tags? - published almost 4 years ago. Content: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2021/05/24/naked-security-live-jacked-and-hacked-how-safe-are-tracking-tags/ Published: 2021 05 24 18:48:27 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:45 Feed: Naked Security - Sophos Source: Naked Security - Sophos Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
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Article: Eight suspects busted in raid on “home delivery” scamming operation - published almost 4 years ago. Content: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2021/05/25/eight-suspects-busted-in-raid-on-home-delivery-scamming-operation/ Published: 2021 05 25 01:15:41 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:45 Feed: Naked Security - Sophos Source: Naked Security - Sophos Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
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Article: Apple patches dangerous security holes, one in active use – update now! - published almost 4 years ago. Content: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2021/05/25/apple-patches-dangerous-security-holes-one-in-active-use-update-now/ Published: 2021 05 25 18:30:33 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:45 Feed: Naked Security - Sophos Source: Naked Security - Sophos Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
Article: S3 Ep34: Apple bugs, scammers busted, and how crooks bypass 2FA [Podcast] - published almost 4 years ago. Content: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2021/05/26/s3-ep34-apple-bugs-scammers-busted-and-how-crooks-bypass-2fa-podcast/ Published: 2021 05 26 18:56:50 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:45 Feed: Naked Security - Sophos Source: Naked Security - Sophos Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
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Article: “Unpatchable” vuln in Apple’s new Mac chip – what you need to know - published almost 4 years ago. Content: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2021/05/27/unpatchable-vuln-in-apples-new-mac-chip-what-you-need-to-know/ Published: 2021 05 27 18:59:00 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:45 Feed: Naked Security - Sophos Source: Naked Security - Sophos Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
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Article: “Have I Been Pwned” breach site partners with… the FBI! - published almost 4 years ago. Content: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2021/06/02/have-i-been-pwned-breach-site-partners-with-the-fbi/ Published: 2021 06 02 18:55:00 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:45 Feed: Naked Security - Sophos Source: Naked Security - Sophos Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
Article: S3 Ep35: Apple chip flaw, Have I Been Pwned, and Covid tracker trouble [Podcast] - published almost 4 years ago. Content: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2021/06/03/s3-ep35-apple-chip-flaw-have-i-been-pwned-and-covid-tracker-trouble-podcast/ Published: 2021 06 03 18:34:23 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:45 Feed: Naked Security - Sophos Source: Naked Security - Sophos Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
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Article: How to hack into 5500 accounts… just using “credential stuffing” - published almost 4 years ago. Content: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2021/06/04/how-to-hack-into-5500-accounts-just-using-credential-stuffing/ Published: 2021 06 04 18:09:26 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:45 Feed: Naked Security - Sophos Source: Naked Security - Sophos Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
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Article: Apple releases iOS 8 with 56 security patches - published over 10 years ago. Content: http://www.livehacking.com/2014/09/18/apple-releases-ios-8-with-56-security-patches/ Published: 2014 09 18 07:22:43 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:45 Feed: LIVE HACKING Source: LIVE HACKING Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
Article: Shellshock: Code injection vulnerability found in Bash - published over 10 years ago. Content: http://www.livehacking.com/2014/09/26/shellshock-code-injection-vulnerability-found-in-bash/ Published: 2014 09 26 06:54:53 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:45 Feed: LIVE HACKING Source: LIVE HACKING Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
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Article: Source code for BadUSB vulnerability posted on GitHub - published over 10 years ago. Content: http://www.livehacking.com/2014/10/07/source-code-for-badusb-vulnerability-posted-on-github/ Published: 2014 10 07 11:10:03 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:45 Feed: LIVE HACKING Source: LIVE HACKING Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
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Article: Alleged Dropbox hack underlines danger of reusing passwords - published over 10 years ago. Content: http://www.livehacking.com/2014/10/15/alleged-dropbox-hack-underlines-danger-of-reusing-passwords/ Published: 2014 10 15 08:03:16 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:45 Feed: LIVE HACKING Source: LIVE HACKING Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
Article: Apple release iOS 8.1 and Apple TV 7.0.1 with new security patches - published over 10 years ago. Content: http://www.livehacking.com/2014/10/21/apple-release-ios-8-1-and-apple-tv-7-0-1-with-new-security-patches/ Published: 2014 10 21 06:46:28 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:45 Feed: LIVE HACKING Source: LIVE HACKING Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
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Article: Email addresses stolen from CurrentC - published over 10 years ago. Content: http://www.livehacking.com/2014/10/31/email-addresses-stolen-from-currentc/ Published: 2014 10 31 10:07:54 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:45 Feed: LIVE HACKING Source: LIVE HACKING Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
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Article: Apple patches security flaws in iOS 8, OS X 10.10 and Apple TV 7 - published over 10 years ago. Content: http://www.livehacking.com/2014/11/18/apple-patches-security-flaws-in-ios-8-os-x-10-10-and-apple-tv-7/ Published: 2014 11 18 07:15:30 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:45 Feed: LIVE HACKING Source: LIVE HACKING Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
Article: Sony hack shows that the company kept passwords stored in a folder called “Password” - published over 10 years ago. Content: http://www.livehacking.com/2014/12/05/sony-hacks-shows-that-the-company-kept-passwords-stored-in-a-folder-called-password/ Published: 2014 12 05 10:48:59 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:45 Feed: LIVE HACKING Source: LIVE HACKING Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
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Article: Microsoft fixes 24 security vulnerabilities in December’s Patch Tuesday - published over 10 years ago. Content: http://www.livehacking.com/2014/12/10/microsoft-fixes-24-security-vulnerabilities-in-decembers-patch-tuesday/ Published: 2014 12 10 07:34:11 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:45 Feed: LIVE HACKING Source: LIVE HACKING Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
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Article: Apple updates OS X’s NTP server to address recently disclosed NTP vulnerabilities - published about 10 years ago. Content: http://www.livehacking.com/2014/12/23/apple-updates-os-xs-to-address-ntp-vulnerabilities/ Published: 2014 12 23 08:39:04 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:45 Feed: LIVE HACKING Source: LIVE HACKING Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
Article: Microsoft to fix Windows vulnerability that Google publicly disclosed last week - published about 10 years ago. Content: http://www.livehacking.com/2015/01/13/microsoft-to-fix-windows-vulnerability-that-google-publicly-disclosed-last-week/ Published: 2015 01 13 07:43:54 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:45 Feed: LIVE HACKING Source: LIVE HACKING Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
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Article: Google discloses three more zero-day vulnerabilities, this time for OS X - published about 10 years ago. Content: http://www.livehacking.com/2015/01/23/google-discloses-three-more-zero-day-vulnerabilities-this-time-for-os-x/ Published: 2015 01 23 07:45:27 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:45 Feed: LIVE HACKING Source: LIVE HACKING Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
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Article: Apple updates iOS, OS X and Apple TV in monster patch release - published about 10 years ago. Content: http://www.livehacking.com/2015/01/28/apple-updates-ios-os-x-and-apple-tv/ Published: 2015 01 28 12:56:01 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:45 Feed: LIVE HACKING Source: LIVE HACKING Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
Article: Cross Site Scripting vulnerability found in IE 11 - published about 10 years ago. Content: http://www.livehacking.com/2015/02/04/cross-site-scripting-vulnerability-found-in-ie-11/ Published: 2015 02 04 09:46:59 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:45 Feed: LIVE HACKING Source: LIVE HACKING Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
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Article: Google backpedals on its arbitrary vulnerability disclosure policy - published about 10 years ago. Content: http://www.livehacking.com/2015/02/14/google-backpedals-on-its-arbitrary-vulnerability-disclosure-policy/ Published: 2015 02 14 10:58:46 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:45 Feed: LIVE HACKING Source: LIVE HACKING Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
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Article: WP-Slimstat vulnerability exposes WordPress websites to SQL injection attacks - published about 10 years ago. Content: http://www.livehacking.com/2015/02/25/wp-slimstat-vulnerability/ Published: 2015 02 25 11:37:19 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:45 Feed: LIVE HACKING Source: LIVE HACKING Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
Article: FREAK vulnerability weakens secure Web sites - published about 10 years ago. Content: http://www.livehacking.com/2015/03/04/freak/ Published: 2015 03 04 09:24:02 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:45 Feed: LIVE HACKING Source: LIVE HACKING Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
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Article: The OpenSSL project releases new versions of its software to squash 12 security vulnerabilities - published almost 10 years ago. Content: http://www.livehacking.com/2015/03/19/new-versions-openssl-to-squash-12-security-vulnerabilities/ Published: 2015 03 19 14:56:46 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:45 Feed: LIVE HACKING Source: LIVE HACKING Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
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Article: Apple fixes security vulnerabilities in Safari, OS X, iOS and Apple TV - published almost 10 years ago. Content: http://www.livehacking.com/2015/04/09/apple-fixes-security-vulnerabilities-in-safari-os-x-ios-and-apple-tv/ Published: 2015 04 09 07:37:20 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:45 Feed: LIVE HACKING Source: LIVE HACKING Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
Article: Nmap 7 Released! - published over 9 years ago. Content: http://www.livehacking.com/2015/11/23/nmap-7-released/ Published: 2015 11 24 02:40:11 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:45 Feed: LIVE HACKING Source: LIVE HACKING Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
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Article: The NCSAM Campaign - published over 4 years ago. Content: For October’s National Cyber Security Awareness month, I put together a few videos and blogs. In my mind it formed a campaign, but for various reasons, the timings were a bit inconsistent and the different resources ended up on different places. So as a recap – I put everything from this year into this one blog post. Hey just because the month is over doesn... https://javvadmalik.com/2020/11/19/the-ncsam-campaign/ Published: 2020 11 19 09:29:12 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:45 Feed: J4vv4D Source: J4vv4D Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
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Article: Middle Brothers - published over 4 years ago. Content: When we talk about privacy and surveillance, discussions usually involve talk of Governments keep the population under manners. But unlike the good old days of the eighteenth century, Governments aren’t the only ones with skin in the population monitoring, control, and profiteering business. We now have a whole slew of middle brothers aka big tech wanti... https://javvadmalik.com/2020/11/25/middle-brothers/ Published: 2020 11 25 18:54:44 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:45 Feed: J4vv4D Source: J4vv4D Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
Article: My Top 5 Blogs of the Year - published over 4 years ago. Content: I saw Cygenta posted their top 5 blogs of the year on Twitter and thought that it was a wonderful idea to rip off / borrow / be inspired by. So, I proudly present, my top 5 read blogs during the course of 2020. From my blog that is. I’ve written many other articles on other sites this year, and I’m sure some of them have been read more. Anyhow – on t... https://javvadmalik.com/2020/11/27/my-top-5-blogs-of-the-year/ Published: 2020 11 27 17:16:52 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:45 Feed: J4vv4D Source: J4vv4D Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
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Article: My top 5 videos of the year - published over 4 years ago. Content: Following on from last weeks post in which I summed up my top 5 blogs of the year, the sequel that one person asked me for was, what were the most watched videos of mine during 2020? Well, wonder no more, as I give you the top 5 in reverse order, cue the Top of the Pops intro! 5: Social Distance Club Nothing to do with security and all to do with... https://javvadmalik.com/2020/12/04/my-top-5-videos-of-the-year/ Published: 2020 12 04 15:48:41 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:45 Feed: J4vv4D Source: J4vv4D Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
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Article: Winding down 2020 - published over 4 years ago. Content: From a creative perspective, 2020 hasn’t been a bad year for me. I ended up writing, 80 blog posts (most of which were published elsewhere) created 54 videos, 48 podcasts, and 48 presentations and webinars. I guess lockdown gave me more time to mull on things and be more productive. Despite the fact that I am far more productive than the average per... https://javvadmalik.com/2020/12/14/winding-down-2020/ Published: 2020 12 14 12:47:56 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:45 Feed: J4vv4D Source: J4vv4D Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
Article: I’ve made it! - published about 4 years ago. Content: First off, happy new year! (Well if the tax man can start the new year in April, I can start it on Feb 11th!) Secondly, Infosecurity Magazine was ever so kind as to feature an interview with me in the Q1, 2021, Voume 18, Issue 1 edition. (the link should take you to the digital version if you’re so inclined). Of course, I won’t miss any opportuni... https://javvadmalik.com/2021/02/11/ive-made-it/ Published: 2021 02 11 13:10:22 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:45 Feed: J4vv4D Source: J4vv4D Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
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Article: Don’t run that code - published about 4 years ago. Content: Hear the blog narrated The dangers of downloading untrusted code from the internet is well documented. You never know what is contained within someone else’s code, be it sloppy coding, or malicious intent. If it is a snippet of code that you can easily read, it can be relatively risk free. Because, why put in the effort to reinvent the wheel when the... https://javvadmalik.com/2021/03/09/dont-run-that-code/ Published: 2021 03 09 10:29:48 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:45 Feed: J4vv4D Source: J4vv4D Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
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Article: Fisherian Runaway - published about 4 years ago. Content: Today I learn the phrase Fisherian Runaway, which was a term coined by mathematical biologist Ronald Fisher to account for the evolution of exaggerated male ornamentation, e.g. peacocks with their big tails. I wonder if we’ve fallen into the same trap within cyber security – especially when it comes to what gets researched, reported, and presented at ev... https://javvadmalik.com/2021/03/10/fisherian-runaway/ Published: 2021 03 10 09:16:00 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:45 Feed: J4vv4D Source: J4vv4D Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
Article: Leaving WhatsApp – Treating the Symptom, Not the Cause - published almost 4 years ago. Content: A few months ago, many people were riled up over the proposed updates to WhatsApp terms and conditions. The popular messaging service which was acquired by Facebook in 2014 for $16bn, was apparently updating its Ts and Cs which users had to either accept or choose to leave. While the whole thing seems to have fizzled out and people have forgotten ev... https://javvadmalik.com/2021/04/07/leaving-whatsapp-treating-the-symptom-not-the-cause/ Published: 2021 04 07 11:31:38 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:45 Feed: J4vv4D Source: J4vv4D Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
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Article: How I pwned an ex-CISO and the Smashing Security Podcast - published almost 4 years ago. Content: Disclaimer, this was a bit of fun with consent. But there are some worthwhile things to bear in mind. If you’re predictable, then criminals can take advantage of that. If someone knows what your pattern is to set passwords e.g. FacebookPassword1, TwitterPassword1, then you can easily guess what your other passwords are. Similarly, if you use the same na... https://javvadmalik.com/2021/04/09/how-i-pwned-an-ex-ciso-and-the-smashing-security-podcast/ Published: 2021 04 09 15:12:52 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:45 Feed: J4vv4D Source: J4vv4D Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
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Article: Elon Musk and Tesla-related BTC giveaway scams are back in season in a fraud combo - published almost 4 years ago. Content: Threat actors are relentless when it comes to recycling old ruses to fool internet users and steal their money. While the ongoing pandemic and vaccination campaigns ushered in a new wave of creative scams, some malicious actors prefer to stick to old-fashioned scams that have proven efficient in the past. Tesla’s CEO, Elon Musk, is a favorite among cyber... https://hotforsecurity.bitdefender.com/blog/elon-musk-and-tesla-related-btc-giveaway-scams-are-back-in-season-in-a-fraud-combo-25864.html Published: 2021 05 24 08:00:00 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:45 Feed: HOTforSecurity Source: HOTforSecurity Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
Article: FBI Analyst Accused of Stealing and Hoarding Classified Data, Including on Cyber Threats - published almost 4 years ago. Content: A federal grand jury indicted an employee of the FBI’s Kansas City Division for taking classified documents at home, for years on end, related to counterterrorism procedures, counterintelligence and cyber threats. One of the dangers security companies always warn about goes by the name of “insider threat.” Whether it’s intentional or by mistake, the resu... https://hotforsecurity.bitdefender.com/blog/fbi-analyst-accused-of-stealing-and-hoarding-classified-data-including-on-cyber-threats-25873.html Published: 2021 05 24 16:14:38 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:45 Feed: HOTforSecurity Source: HOTforSecurity Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
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Article: Spikes in Holiday Fraud Expected as Travel Restrictions Ease in the UK, Action Fraud Warns - published almost 4 years ago. Content: As travel restrictions begin to ease, the UK’s national reporting center for fraud and cybercrime is warning the British public to watch out for holiday fraud. According to the latest public alert, holiday fraud has been a very lucrative business during the 2020-2021 financial year, inflicting losses of £2.2 million. Action Fraud says it had received 1,9... https://hotforsecurity.bitdefender.com/blog/spikes-in-holiday-fraud-expected-as-travel-restrictions-ease-in-the-uk-action-fraud-warns-25875.html Published: 2021 05 25 10:46:45 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:45 Feed: HOTforSecurity Source: HOTforSecurity Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
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Article: Handling Pandemic Burnout While Balancing Digital Lifestyles and Cybersecurity - published almost 4 years ago. Content: We’re 15 months into the pandemic, and although many have learned to embrace work-from-home and social distancing measures, the struggles of isolation and lack of social contact have carved deep wounds into our psyche. Stuck at home with limited social interactions, individuals have found refuge online, spending hours in front of their screens. People go... https://hotforsecurity.bitdefender.com/blog/handling-pandemic-burnout-while-balancing-digital-lifestyles-and-cybersecurity-25879.html Published: 2021 05 25 10:58:19 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:45 Feed: HOTforSecurity Source: HOTforSecurity Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
Article: Malware exploited macOS zero-day flaw to secretly take screenshots. Update to Big Sur 11.4 now - published almost 4 years ago. Content: Apple Mac users are being advised to update their operating system as a matter of priority, after malicious hackers have discovered a way of bypassing the privacy protections built into Apple Macs. The vulnerability, allows attackers to gain permissions on vulnerable Macs without users’ granting explicit consent. Specifically, as security researchers ... https://hotforsecurity.bitdefender.com/blog/malware-exploited-macos-zero-day-flaw-to-secretly-take-screenshots-update-to-big-sur-11-4-now-25884.html Published: 2021 05 25 13:59:56 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:45 Feed: HOTforSecurity Source: HOTforSecurity Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
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Article: Microsoft to Pull the Plug on Internet Explorer 11 in 2022 - published almost 4 years ago. Content: Microsoft is preparing to retire the Internet Explorer 11 browser on June 15, 2022, but there are a few important caveats. If we consider those exceptions, it looks like IE will be around in some capacity even past then. Everyone knew the day would come when Microsoft finally ditched the old Internet Explorer browser. The company has been working towards... https://hotforsecurity.bitdefender.com/blog/microsoft-to-pull-the-plug-on-internet-explorer-11-in-2022-25888.html Published: 2021 05 25 14:25:25 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:45 Feed: HOTforSecurity Source: HOTforSecurity Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
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Article: FBI Issues Flash Advisory on Conti Ransomware Attacks Impacting Healthcare and First Responder Networks - published almost 4 years ago. Content: The Federal Bureau of Investigation has said in a flash announcement that the Conti ransomware group is responsible for at least 16 attacks targeting US healthcare and first responder networks within the last year. The victim organizations include law enforcement agencies, emergency medical services, 911 dispatch centers and municipalities, according to ... https://hotforsecurity.bitdefender.com/blog/fbi-issues-flash-advisory-on-conti-ransomware-attacks-impacting-healthcare-and-first-responder-networks-25892.html Published: 2021 05 26 08:44:14 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:45 Feed: HOTforSecurity Source: HOTforSecurity Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
Article: US Government Whips Pipeline Owners into Shape with New Cybersecurity Directive - published almost 4 years ago. Content: The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) this week announced a directive that seeks to thwart cyber-attacks aimed at the oil & gas industry. Two weeks after the resounding ransomware attack on the largest gasoline pipeline in the US, the Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation Security Administration has announced a security direc... https://hotforsecurity.bitdefender.com/blog/us-government-whips-pipeline-owners-into-shape-with-new-cybersecurity-directive-25894.html Published: 2021 05 28 13:56:15 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:45 Feed: HOTforSecurity Source: HOTforSecurity Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
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Article: British Police Arrest Eight People in Smishing Fraud Case - published almost 4 years ago. Content: City of London and Metropolitan Police arrested eight men for allegedly sending fake messages and trying to trick people into paying a fee to retrieve a parcel, stealing their login credentials in the process. If you’ve ever wondered about the mechanism behind one of these spam campaigns, take a look at the investigation that ended with the arrest of sev... https://hotforsecurity.bitdefender.com/blog/british-police-arrest-eight-people-in-smishing-fraud-case-25899.html Published: 2021 05 28 16:29:58 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:45 Feed: HOTforSecurity Source: HOTforSecurity Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
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Article: Interpol Thwarts Online Fraud Intercepting $83 Million Illicit Funds in the Asia-Pacific Region - published almost 4 years ago. Content: Amid increasing cyber-enabled financial crimes, Interpol announced its latest successful operation, which intercepted a whopping $83 million in illicit funds. According to a press release, law enforcement agencies in the Asia Pacific region opened more than 1,400 investigations between September 2020 and March 2021 Over six months, the Interpol-coordi... https://hotforsecurity.bitdefender.com/blog/interpol-thwarts-online-fraud-intercepting-83-million-illicit-funds-in-the-asia-pacific-region-25905.html Published: 2021 05 31 14:20:39 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:45 Feed: HOTforSecurity Source: HOTforSecurity Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
Article: CISA and FBI Warn of New Spearphishing Campaign Targeting Government Organizations and NGOs - published almost 4 years ago. Content: The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and FBI announced that a spearphishing campaign targeting government organizations, intergovernmental organizations (IGOs), and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) is now active, affecting hundreds of different entities. While the U.S. agencies said that they hadn’t attributed this spearphishi... https://hotforsecurity.bitdefender.com/blog/cisa-and-fbi-warn-of-new-spearphishing-campaign-targeting-government-organizations-and-ngos-25908.html Published: 2021 05 31 16:31:29 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:45 Feed: HOTforSecurity Source: HOTforSecurity Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
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Article: Russian Citizen Will Serve 30 Months Behind Bars for Running Dark Web Marketplace for Stolen Personal Data - published almost 4 years ago. Content: Russian citizen Kirill Victorovich Firsov will serve 30 months in prison for administrating an underground website that fueled the cybercriminal community for nearly seven years. According to a press release, the defunct platform DEER.IO hosted around 3,000 shops that sold stolen credit card information, phone numbers, Social Security numbers, and servic... https://hotforsecurity.bitdefender.com/blog/russian-citizen-will-serve-30-months-behind-bars-for-running-dark-web-marketplace-for-stolen-personal-data-25912.html Published: 2021 06 02 12:49:25 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:45 Feed: HOTforSecurity Source: HOTforSecurity Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
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Article: Babuk ransomware gang says it’s no longer interested in encrypting data, would rather kidnap it instead - published almost 4 years ago. Content: In the early days of ransomware things were fairly simple: malware would infect your company’s infrastructure, encrypting your valuable data with a secret key that was only known to your attackers. If you had shown the foresight of making secure backups in advance, you could get back up and running again. But if you had no backups, your only chance of ge... https://hotforsecurity.bitdefender.com/blog/babuk-ransomware-gang-says-its-no-longer-interested-in-encrypting-data-would-rather-kidnap-it-instead-25910.html Published: 2021 06 02 12:56:05 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:44 Feed: HOTforSecurity Source: HOTforSecurity Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
Article: Pipeline Companies Will Be Fined $7,000 per Day if They Fail to Report a Breach – Reports - published almost 4 years ago. Content: TSA’s new directive mandating pipeline operators take cybersecurity seriously is being met with skepticism by experts. That includes rumors of a $7,000 penalty for each day that a breach goes unreported. Last week, the US Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation Security Administration announced a directive to “better identify, protect against, a... https://hotforsecurity.bitdefender.com/blog/pipeline-companies-will-be-fined-7000-per-day-if-they-fail-to-report-a-breach-reports-25904.html Published: 2021 06 02 13:21:28 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:44 Feed: HOTforSecurity Source: HOTforSecurity Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
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Article: CISA Issues New Guidance to Help Admins Map Threat Actor Moves Based on MITRE ATT&CK Framework - published almost 4 years ago. Content: The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released a set of best practices for mapping threat actor moves based on the MITRE ATT&CK framework. The objective is to encourage a common language in threat actor analysis, showing system administrators how to map adversary behavior through instructions and examples. CISA created the... https://hotforsecurity.bitdefender.com/blog/cisa-issues-new-guidance-to-help-admins-map-threat-actor-moves-based-on-mitre-attck-framework-25921.html Published: 2021 06 03 13:54:50 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:44 Feed: HOTforSecurity Source: HOTforSecurity Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
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Article: Facebook Says WhatsApp Users Can Still Use the App if They Don’t Accept the New Terms - published almost 4 years ago. Content: Facebook announced that WhatsApp won’t limit the app’s functionality for users who don’t accept the company’s proposed policy changes, backtracking on an earlier announcement saying the messaging app would slowly become unusable. Facebook’s original announcement regarding the WhatsApp policy changes miffed many users. They were told they had to agree to ... https://hotforsecurity.bitdefender.com/blog/facebook-says-whatsapp-users-can-still-use-the-app-if-they-dont-accept-the-new-terms-25924.html Published: 2021 06 03 14:25:30 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:44 Feed: HOTforSecurity Source: HOTforSecurity Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
Article: Planning Your Summer Vacation? Here’s What You Need to Know to Avoid Holiday Booking Fraud - published almost 4 years ago. Content: As countries across the globe ease Covid-19 restrictions for travel, consumers are preparing for a much-anticipated summer vacation. However, as the hospitality sector is off to a steady reboot, it’s not just vacationers who are excited about the prospects of relaxing at a beachside villa. Fraudsters and scammers are in full attack mode as they prepare t... https://hotforsecurity.bitdefender.com/blog/planning-your-summer-vacation-heres-what-you-need-to-know-to-avoid-holiday-booking-fraud-25927.html Published: 2021 06 04 09:15:09 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:44 Feed: HOTforSecurity Source: HOTforSecurity Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
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Article: White House Tells US Businesses to Deploy EDR in Wake of Ransomware Spat - published almost 4 years ago. Content: The Biden administration is calling on businesses to take measures against a growing ransomware threat across the United States, urging both private and public organizations to raise effective defenses against threat actors. In an open letter to corporate executives and business leaders, Anne Neuberger, Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Nation... https://hotforsecurity.bitdefender.com/blog/white-house-tells-us-businesses-to-deploy-edr-in-wake-of-ransomware-spat-25930.html Published: 2021 06 04 10:49:04 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:44 Feed: HOTforSecurity Source: HOTforSecurity Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
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Article: Currently Active WordPress Plugin Vulnerability Lets Attackers Take Full Control, Research Finds - published almost 4 years ago. Content: Security researchers have identified a vulnerability in the Fancy Product Designer plugin for WordPress that attackers are using right now in the wild, allowing them to upload malware to websites that use the plugin. Countless malware campaigns use vulnerable websites to distribute compromised files or extract data. One way attackers do this is by taking... https://hotforsecurity.bitdefender.com/blog/currently-active-wordpress-plugin-vulnerability-lets-attackers-take-full-control-research-finds-25932.html Published: 2021 06 04 10:54:13 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:44 Feed: HOTforSecurity Source: HOTforSecurity Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
Article: Google to Scan Extension for Chrome to Weed out Malicious Files - published almost 4 years ago. Content: Google announced that it’s strengthening the security of its Chrome browser by extending the functionality of Enhanced Safe Browsing to let users filter out malicious extensions. One of Google Chrome’s strengths is the ability to install extensions to improve the user experience. Users can also manually install extensions, from outside the official store... https://hotforsecurity.bitdefender.com/blog/google-to-scan-extension-for-chrome-to-weed-out-malicious-files-25934.html Published: 2021 06 04 11:55:00 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:44 Feed: HOTforSecurity Source: HOTforSecurity Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
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Article: Welcome - published over 16 years ago. Content: Welcome to the HappyPacket.net Blog. I'm hopefully going to be getting some of my content up soon, but I wanted to first do a post to talk about what I hope to put here. My current goal for this blog is to act as a source for new and interesting things in the computer security industry, as well as to post some of the projects that I'm working on. Most rec... http://blog.happypacket.net/2008/09/welcome.html Published: 2008 09 18 13:35:00 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:44 Feed: Happy Packet Blog Source: Happy Packet Blog Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
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Article: Fyodor Speaks on Internet DOS Attack - published over 16 years ago. Content: Fyodor has a great writeup on what's going on with the TCP Resource Exhaustion DOS attack. You can read about it here: http://insecure.org/stf/tcp-dos-attack-explained.html . This makes sense based on what has been talked about. This seems to be a problem that has been around for a while, but as there has been confirmation that these packets can't be forge... http://blog.happypacket.net/2008/10/fyodor-speaks-on-internet-dos-attack.html Published: 2008 10 07 04:31:00 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:44 Feed: Happy Packet Blog Source: Happy Packet Blog Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
Article: Chris Gates New School Information Gathering - published over 16 years ago. Content: Chris Gates presentation from ToorconX has been posted on his blog: http://carnal0wnage.blogspot.com/2008/10/new-school-information-gathering.html . This is a great slide-deck. His presentation covers quite a few things from using Maltego through looking at meta data from published documents to discover user names, userids, and file paths. Much of this st... http://blog.happypacket.net/2008/10/chris-gates-new-school-information.html Published: 2008 10 07 05:34:00 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:44 Feed: Happy Packet Blog Source: Happy Packet Blog Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
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Article: BeEF injection with Metasploit Payloads - published over 15 years ago. Content: Wade Alcorn has released the latest version of the Browser Exploit Framework or BeEF for short. This version has some new features in it, including the code that I worked on for the Security BSides presentation. I encourage you to go over to http://www.bindshell.net and download the latest version of BeEF and try it out. If you don't know how to get star... http://blog.happypacket.net/2009/09/beef-injection-with-metasploit-payloads.html Published: 2009 09 20 00:28:00 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:44 Feed: Happy Packet Blog Source: Happy Packet Blog Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
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Article: Thoughts on SecTor - published over 15 years ago. Content: Last week I had the opportunity to speak at SecTor: Canada's Premier IT Security Conference. I had heard positive feedback regarding the conference from previous years and as the conference is only in its 3rd year the number of attendees was impressive. I have attended a number of other conferences in the past year including ShmooCon, BlackHat and ... http://blog.happypacket.net/2009/10/thoughts-on-sector.html Published: 2009 10 12 13:32:00 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:44 Feed: Happy Packet Blog Source: Happy Packet Blog Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
Article: PSExec Scanner via Metasploit XMLRPC - published about 15 years ago. Content: I was inspired by Jabra's excellent post on creating a PSExec scanner with Metasploit and Perl to demonstrate how this same thing could be done locally or remotely using XMLRPC. The original post by Jabra is also a good way to do this, and can be found here: http://spl0it.wordpress.com/2009/12/17/metasploit-psexec-scanner-via-perl/Python and libxmlrpc make ... http://blog.happypacket.net/2009/12/psexec-scanner-via-metasploit-xmlrpc.html Published: 2009 12 17 18:50:00 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:44 Feed: Happy Packet Blog Source: Happy Packet Blog Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
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Article: Sharing data remotely through Metasploit - published over 14 years ago. Content: I've been working on some more XMLRPC stuff for Metasploit, and I wanted to share just a teaser for what is to come in the future. I'm working on some more integration between tools, but for now I have written a db module for Metasploit's XMLRPC engine which allows remote processes to get information from the database. Below is a quick demo of a remote hos... http://blog.happypacket.net/2010/06/sharing-data-remotely-through.html Published: 2010 06 17 19:31:00 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:44 Feed: Happy Packet Blog Source: Happy Packet Blog Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
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Article: Fun with Metasploit payload generation - published over 14 years ago. Content: Tonight has been fun, I have been learning more about how payloads are generated inside Metasploit. My goal was to figure out how to add the msfencode functionality into the generate_simple function that is used by both XMLRPC and the console so that you can encode payloads and all that fun stuff from within Metasploit. I think I have it working now, and on... http://blog.happypacket.net/2010/07/fun-with-metasploit-payload-generation.html Published: 2010 07 23 05:39:00 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:44 Feed: Happy Packet Blog Source: Happy Packet Blog Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
Article: Slides and Code from Vegas - published over 14 years ago. Content: Thanks to all who came to see me present this week. I had a great time. I have gotten some good feedback from folks, and so I'm going to be updating a lot of code in the near future. Until then, I've put slides and code online for now. As I go through and clean up some stuff and release production versions I will be posting videos online. Until then, her... http://blog.happypacket.net/2010/08/slides-and-code-from-vegas.html Published: 2010 08 02 22:16:00 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:44 Feed: Happy Packet Blog Source: Happy Packet Blog Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
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Article: Derbycon - published over 13 years ago. Content: It's been busy here. I've been getting ready to present at SecTor in Toronto, and at Triangle InfoSec Con in Raleigh next week.But, I wanted to take a few minutes to update the blog about Derbycon. Derbycon was incredible. I am humbled and grateful that the organizers allowed me to participate, and I look forward to being able to attend next year. It was gre... http://blog.happypacket.net/2011/10/derbycon.html Published: 2011 10 17 01:02:00 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:44 Feed: Happy Packet Blog Source: Happy Packet Blog Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
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Article: New MSFRPC Post - published about 13 years ago. Content: I have posted a new article about using MSFRPC over at http://blog.spiderlabs.com. This post will walk you through how to talk to Metasploit using Python and show off some new code that I released as part of SpiderLabs Git Repo at : https://github.com/SpiderLabs/msfrpc. Let me know if you have thoughts or suggestions. http://blog.happypacket.net/2012/01/new-msfrpc-post.html Published: 2012 01 15 01:56:00 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:44 Feed: Happy Packet Blog Source: Happy Packet Blog Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
Article: Android Browser Same Origin Policy Bypass < 4.4 - CVE-2014-6041 - published over 10 years ago. Content: IntroductionSame Origin Policy (SOP) is one of the most important security mechanisms that are applied in modern browsers, the basic idea behind the SOP is the javaScript from one origin should not be able to access the properties of a website on another origin. The origin is formed by the combination of Scheme, domain and port with the port being an excepti... http://www.rafayhackingarticles.net/2014/08/android-browser-same-origin-policy.html Published: 2014 08 31 09:33:00 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:44 Feed: Ethical Hacking - Rafayhackingarticles Source: Ethical Hacking - Rafayhackingarticles Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
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Article: Indepth Code Execution in PHP: Part Two - published over 10 years ago. Content: This is a continued post from Code Execution in PHP; you can read the first post here, so if you haven't read that before please go ahead and read it first or else you would have problem understanding the second part.“…It’s no secret that PHP is an easy language to which anyone with amateur coding skills could work with and as a rule with poor knowledge of b... http://www.rafayhackingarticles.net/2014/09/indepth-code-execution-in-php-part-two.html Published: 2014 09 20 18:39:00 Received: 2021 06 06 09:04:44 Feed: Ethical Hacking - Rafayhackingarticles Source: Ethical Hacking - Rafayhackingarticles Category: Cyber Security Topic: Cyber Security |
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