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Using business logic as a hacking vector

By David Heath
Tuesday, 07 February 2012 21:10

Imperva's latest analysis of the hacking landscape shows that the bad guys know as much about your business as you do.

Tags: Internet, Security, David Heath, Malware, Email, Spam, Hacker, Imperva, Firewall, Intrusion

Symantec says stop using pcAnywhere

By David Heath
Thursday, 26 January 2012 14:42

Following the 'liberation' of source code for the 2006 versions of many of its products, Symantec initially indicated that the latest versions were so different that there wasn't a problem. Perhaps that wasn't true of pcAnywhere.

Tags: software, Security, David Heath, India, Symantec, Hacker, remote access, Disclosure, Source code, pcAnywhere

The Megaupload takedown

By David Heath
Monday, 23 January 2012 13:22

Megaupload, rated by some as the 13th most visited site on the Internet was taken down late last week by the FBI under accusation of copyright infringement, however many other rights have been infringed by their actions.

Tags: David Heath, New Zealand, Facebook, YouTube, copyright, Hacker, USA, Dropbox, FBI, Megaupload

OFFICIAL: iPhone 4S and iPad 2 jailbreak is FINALLY HERE

By Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Saturday, 21 January 2012 12:49

The wait for an untethered jailbreak for the iPhone 4S and iPad 2 running iOS 5.0.1 is finally over, with French hacker Pod2G and the Dev Team hackers releasing a jailbreak tool called “Absinthe”, which is indeed a form of “greenpois0n”.

Tags: Apple, Alex Zaharov-Reutt, iPad 2, Hacker, iPhone Dev Team, Hackers, Jailbreak, iPhone 4S, pod2g, iOS 5.0.1

Full Stratfor user data released

By David Heath
Saturday, 31 December 2011 11:54

Following news of the hack of the Stratfor site, the perpetrators have released extensive information on every subscriber (paid or otherwise) of Stratfor's on-line services.

Tags: Security, David Heath, Privacy, Hacker, anonymous, Credit card, PCI DSS, Pastebin, Stratfor, CVV

Stratfor: Oh how the mighty are hacked

By David Heath
Friday, 30 December 2011 01:05

The security consultancy Stratfor has suffered an embarrassing hack. If Anonymous is correct, the embarrassment may last some time to come.

Tags: Security, David Heath, Facebook, Privacy, Hacker, anonymous, Credit card, PCI DSS, Pastebin, Stratfor

The Illinois SCADA hack: DHS said it never happened

By David Heath
Wednesday, 23 November 2011 22:50

Earlier today an official message from DHS and FBI asserted that despite reports to the contrary, there was no intrusion at the Illinois water treatment facility.

Tags: Security, David Heath, Hacker, USA, FBI, SCADA, Texas, DHS, Illinois, Control System

My password is 123456

By David Heath
Wednesday, 23 November 2011 13:04

Imagine how insecure you'd be having a password of '123456.' Well, at least its better than 'password!'

Tags: Security, David Heath, Privacy, Hacker, Banking, Password, Authentication, forum, criminal, Splashdata

Another Ruxcon wows the crowds

By David Heath
Tuesday, 22 November 2011 22:24

Ruxcon 2011 is over for another year. The delegates are happy, the organisers are very tired.

Tags: Security, Telstra, David Heath, Hacker, Intrusion, DSD, NetWitness, Ruxcon

If you were hit by Duqu, you must be important

By David Heath
Tuesday, 22 November 2011 14:45

Kaspersky Labs' analysis of the Duqu malware shows it to be highly targeted and shows very clearly that it fits any reasonable definition of 'Advanced Persistent Threat.'

Tags: Security, David Heath, Malware, India, Hacker, Stuxnet, Belgium, Jon Callas, Duqu, kasperski

Using business logic as a hacking vector

Symantec says stop using pcAnywhere

The Megaupload takedown

OFFICIAL: iPhone 4S and iPad 2 jailbreak is FINALLY HERE

Full Stratfor user data released

Stratfor: Oh how the mighty are hacked

The Illinois SCADA hack: DHS said it never happened

My password is 123456

Another Ruxcon wows the crowds

If you were hit by Duqu, you must be important

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