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Yahoo Axis is more than just a browser by The Captains Log on May 25, 2012Oh browser wars! When will you even come to an end? We all know that Google has its own Chrome. Mozilla has its own Firefox. Microsoft has the epic Internet Explorer. Never forget Safari and Opera. Recently new in the scene is Yahoo’s own brows...

Backtrack 5 R2 wicd Privilege Escalation Exploit and Patch by Wiz Techie - Pinoy Tech Blog on May 7, 2012wicd suffers from a privilege escalation vulnerability where an exploit can be use to spawn a root shell. The wicd Privilege Escalation Exploit source code and patch are included in this article. This wicd Privilege escalation exploit was discovered...

WooThemes under DDoS Attack by GeekyFaust on May 1, 2012Adii the Co-Founder of WooThemes has confirmed the DDoS Attack sent via email. According to Warren: Status Update: 18:00PM GMT+2 (30/04/2012) When it rains, it pours. Our server has been under a DDoS attack for the last twelve hours, we’re working...

Wicked exploit found in Linux WiFi by dralnuX on Apr 13, 2012A zero day exploit has been discovered in popular wireless Linux manager WICD that allows an attacker to spawn a root shell on a target machine. The privileged escalation exploit affects the latest versions of WICD (pronounced wicked) and was success...

Firesheep moment for SCADA: Hacking critical infrastructure systems now as easy as pushing a button? by dralnuX on Jan 20, 2012Remember Firesheep . . . the addon that was so easy to use that even the clueless could successfully hack Facebook and Twitter accounts via Wi-Fi? In some scarier than your average security news, thanks to several Program Logic Controllers (PLC) expl...

Simple File Upload 1.2 File Upload Vulnerability – Joomla Module Exploit – Remote Code Execution by ProjectX Blog – Information Security Redefined on Dec 30, 2011I think every “hacker wannabe” and infose specialist do follow exploitdb’s twitter account. well maybe not all but most of them do. I was drinking coffee this morning (actually it’s 3 in the morning) and stumbled to exploitdb&...

Spammers exploit confusion over revoked SSL certificates by dralnuX on Sep 19, 2011It was only a matter of time until cyber crooks would begin taking advantage of the DigiNotar breach and the news of the revocation of many of its certificates to trick users into downloading malware. The latest spam campaign spotted by Barracuda tar...

Facebook Scams Popping Up That Exploit Norway Tragedy by Philippines on Jul 23, 2011So-called “clickjacking” scams add fake posts on users’ news feeds, encouraging them to click on infected links with the lure of hot news items and disaster footage View full post on PCWorld Latest Technology News...

CeGNULUG Talk & Discussion by OSTalks on Jul 12, 2011Short post. The Cebu GNU-Linux Users Group (CeGNULUG) is having a group talk and discussion at the TechBar on July 29, 2011 at 7pm. Topics discussed are as follows: 1. Google+ 2. Meego Overview with QtQuick sample application. 3. Demystifying Backdoo...

Sony Pictures website gets hacked, over 1 million accounts exposed by Noromor.com - Philippines on Jun 3, 2011Hacked again? Oh Sony. The Lulz Security hacker groud has broken into SonyPictures.com, where it claims there are more than 1 million Sony Picture accounts have stolen the personal information. But the opportunity for the LulzSec is not all-given. Du...