Security by Passion !
Apple’s most advanced operating system has been hacked within 48 hours of release. Its a shame on Apple that they don’t test for Security. Often people are still in denial that Apple has no Security issue. Its all a myth and they need to do something about it. I understand its only Beta but I […]
Hackmiami had its first ever Hackers conference in Miami, Florida. Hackmiami started by a small group of passionate folks since 2008 has grown itself to a full fledged hacking community in Florida with the intention of educating the information security community in staying ahead of the bad guys. The Hackmiami 2013 conference had a variety […] The Dorkbot worm, which first appeared in 2011 and has since been spreading via removable drives, IM programs and social networks, is currently targeting Facebook users. According to Bitdefender reports, over 9,000 malicious links pointing to the malware have been detected in 24 hours. The worm is delivered to potential victims via a chat message […] Multiple reports regarding this threat was first discovered in Brazil. Microsoft detect it as Trojan:JS/Febipos.A. The malware is a malicious browser extension specifically targeting Chrome and Mozilla Firefox as reported by Microsoft Malware Protection Center. As per Microsoft reports : When installed, it attempts to update itself using the following URLs: Chrome browser: du-pont.info/updates/<removed>/BL-chromebrasil.crx […] The perf_swevent_init function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9 uses an incorrect integer data type, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted perf_event_open system call. A vulnerability was discovered using fuzzing in linux kernels 2.6.37 till 3.8.9. The vulenrability requires the kernel to be compiled with PERF_EVENTS, but unfortunately that seems […] Its time for apple’s turn to take a hit. Researcher Elie Bursztein demonstrated how apple store communicated with plan text. After a decade, Apple finally turns HTTPS on for the App Store, fixing a lot of vulnerabilities. It was almost unbelievable that Apple opened their doors for years. As per ELIE.IM : “By abusing the lack of encryption (HTTPS) […] Bogus alert from Microsoft Digital Crime Unit carries malware. Microsoft Digital Crime Unit helps fight online crimes partnering with other organisations, the division of Microsoft that was responsible to take down few of botnets and investigate of various online legal issues. As per Sophos the spammed out email looks like the screenshot below. The email with the old […] Symantec and few others reported about the multiple versions of APT – 1 infecting thousands of computers worldwide. The hackers are using multiple versions of Apt 1 tricking the users download the pdf. As per Mandiant blog report. As we noted yesterday, Brandon Dixon’s 9B+ blog and Symantec reported the discovery of two malicious versions of our […] Vulnerability Lab researchers have discovered a second version of a vulnerability that lets a hacker slip past a lock screen to access a user’s contact list, voicemails and many more. In reality this is a flaw but can only be exploited provided the device is with hacker’s hands. This cannot work from remote execution […] Every other day either I am tagged on Facebook with Southwest free tickets or I keep hearing my friends who signed up for this spam. This has been going on for a while and Facebook has not been able to do anything with their security/fraud team. This version says something along the lines of “TWO FREE Southwest Airline […]