L33tdawg: Slides and presentation materials can be found at http://conference.hitb.org/hitbsecconf2013ams/materials/ The organizers of the Hack in the Box conference have started publishing the... read more
Mass Customized Attacks Show Malware Maturity
Submitted by l33tdawg on Mon, 2013-05-20 00:37
L33tdawg: Video of their talk from #HITB2013AMS is available on YouTube.
Products frequently follow a trajectory from customized prototypes to mass-produced goods, and -- when the market matures -- manufacturers typically find ways to lure consumers by allowing efficient customization.
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Four Anons cuffed in Italy
Submitted by l33tdawg on Mon, 2013-05-20 00:33
Four individuals accused of being members of Anonymous and participating in “Operation Tango Down” have been arrested in Italy.
According to AFP, the four are being accused of various attacks in Italy, including a DDoS against the Vatican and the parliamentary Website.
The Postal Police – responsible for enforcement of communications law – carried out 12 raids across Italy, according to this report in Gazetta del Sud.
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EMC vuln gives mere sysadmins the power of storage admins
Submitted by l33tdawg on Mon, 2013-05-20 00:32
EMC has warned a flaw in the Control Station software for its VNX and Celerra arrays could allow just about anyone logged into them to do just about anything.
EMC's described the fault as stemming from “Script files in affected products exist with ownership permissions for the nasadmin group account.”
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Syrian hacker group pops FT Twitter account, website
Submitted by l33tdawg on Mon, 2013-05-20 00:30
The Twitter feed of the Financial Times has been suspended after it was hacked and malicious links posted.
Both the Twitter account and website of the FT were hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army hacker group.
Stories on the FT's website had headlines replaced by ‘Hacked by Syrian Electronic Army' and messages on its Twitter feed read: "Do you want to know the reality of the Syrian 'Rebels?'" followed by a link to a video. The hacking group was a supporter of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Its attack on FT followed a phishing attack against company staff.
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How to hack an electric car-charging station
Submitted by l33tdawg on Mon, 2013-05-20 00:28
Is there anything more annoying than infrastructure that turns on you?
For years we've been warned about the specter of hacker-induced nuclear power plant meltdowns, breached electric-grid control systems or Samsung TVs that let hackers watch you. We've even heard we could lose our data to juicejacking, when all we want is an emergency phone charge.
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