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US-CERT discloses security flaw in Intel chips

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The U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) has disclosed a flaw in Intel chips that could allow hackers to gain control of Windows and other operating systems, security experts say.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jun 18, 2012

Deciphering phone and embedded security

Before we go into deep details on the Flashing and custom ROMs, let's look at the Android architecture (stack) along with common terminology.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jun 11, 2012

Hacktivists UGNazi attack 4chan, CloudFlare and Wounded Warrior Project

After the FBI arrested Cosmo, the alleged leader of the UGNazi hacking group, the hackers attacked CloudFlare via a flaw in Google's two-factor authentication system. The CloudFlare hack allowed UGNazi to change the DNS for 4chan, so visitors to the site were redirected to a UGNazis Twitter account. The attack on the Wounded Warrior Project site was allegedly done for no reason but to spite The Jester.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jun 07, 2012

An Unofficial Guide to Hacking iPhones, iPads

Want to learn how to remotely wipe address books and read private text messages on someone else's iPhone?

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jun 06, 2012

Sony PS Vita Hacking Expands With Homebrew Loader

The Sony PS Vita has been attacked by the hacking community ever since it initially launched in Japan back in December of 2011. Hackers have been doing their best to break through the Sony PS Vita, and have been successful in getting through its security.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 23, 2012

Russian upstart claims BitTorrent-killer

A team of Russian developers is touting a technology it says can kill off BitTorrent-based P2P file sharing

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 14, 2012

How to Become a Certified Ethical Hacker

As security breaches continue to grow both in frequency and in the amount of damage they cause (according to Symantec, the average organization incurred $470,000 in losses from endpoint cyber attacks in 2011), penetration testing is becoming increasingly important for organizations of all sizes. For IT professionals seeking to expand their knowledge in that area, the EC-Council's Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) credential offers a solid base of expertise.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 03, 2012

How to delete yourself from the Internet

You may not feel like the flotsam and jetsam that make up the facts of your life are important, but increasingly companies are using that dry data to make your every online step as indelible as if written in blood. Here's how to take back your digital dignity.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 20, 2012

Hacker's Tiny Spy Computer Cracks Corporate Networks, Fits In An Altoid Tin

The next time an unexpected

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 18, 2012

How to Hack Like a Pro: Getting Started with Metasploit

This is my first contribution in an ongoing series on detailing the best free, open source hacking and penetration tools available. My goal is to show you some of the quality tools that IT security experts are using every day in their jobs as network security and pen-testing professionals. There are hundreds of tools out there, but I will focus and those that meet four key criteria

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 10, 2012

How to secure your BIOS

You probably don't interact with your PC's BIOS (Basic Input/Output Operating System) much, but it occupies a unique and highly privileged position in your computer's architecture.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 09, 2012

Do Insecure Open Source Components Threaten Your Apps?

Since Apache Maven, the brainchild of Sonatype founder Jason van Zyl, emerged as a top-level Apache Software Foundation project in 2003, the Central Repository has become a primary source of open source components. Jackson says the Central Repository receives four billion requests per year for its 300,000 components.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 03, 2012

"Please do not take down the Sality botnet"

On Tuesday, a user who is known as "lawabidingcitizen" posted an unusual request to the Full Disclosure mailing list, a forum that is mainly used by the security community: "Please do not take down the Sality botnet."

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 28, 2012

Chrome Downed by Exploits in Hacker Contests

A $1 million purse that Google has offered to hackers who can produce zero-day exploits against its Chrome browser appears to be safe after the first day of its three-day Pwnium hacking contest, which yielded just one contestant and one successful zero-day attack.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 08, 2012

Top 10 Security Assessment Tools

Modern data centres deploy firewalls and managed networking components, but still feel insecure because of crackers. Hence, there is a crucial need for tools that accurately assess network vulnerability. This article brings you the top 10 assessment tools to address these issues, categorised based on their popularity, functionality and ease of use.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 27, 2012

With Many Eyeballs, All Bugs Are Shallow

In his seminal work The Cathedral and the Bazaar, Eric Raymond put forward the claim that

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 24, 2012

HijackThis now open source

Trend Micro has published the source code of its free anti-malware tool, HijackThis (HJT), on Sourceforge under a GPLv2 licence. Trend Micro says it will be maintaining the original source code but also incorporating modifications from the community.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 20, 2012

Hackers Were Scary in 1990

"Laughing at people talking about the internet decades ago" is one of our favorite video subgenres here at Gizmodo, and this specimen doesn't disappoint: a fatherly AT&T narrator explains the dangers of hackers. Look out! Your modem is under attack!

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 20, 2012

How to Become an Ethical Hacker

Do viruses, DDoS attacks, or buffer overflows tickle your fancy? If so, you might consider becoming a legal hacker, aka an ethical hacker, "white hat" hacker, or penetration tester.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 16, 2012

Passwords Suck: Learn About and Use Multi-Factor Authentication

They are long, hard to remember (even if you have easier-to-remember phrases), moreso when new, and are largely a difficulty for users to user properly. Combined with the fact that many users choose easy-to-guess or easy-to-ascertain passwords based off of commonly-known facts about themselves and that they will try all of their passwords when told one isn

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 14, 2012

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