Some Security Terminologies or Hacker Terminologies
So far we were discussing the network security in general and before we dig deep in to the methods these crackers use to create havoc, we need to be acquainted with the terminologies. If you don’t know...
View ArticleVulnerabilities : The Hacker’s Friend, Developers Nightmare!
We were discussing about vulnerabilities last day and we have scratched the surface already. So let’s dig deeper today. As I stated in the last post, a vulnerability is a weakness in the system, be it...
View ArticlePrivilege Escalation Vulnerabilities: An aid for hackers to punch in.
So you now know what is a RCE vulnerability and how much havoc it can cause if the vulnerable application runs in the context of an administrative user. That is why each and every security related...
View ArticleInformation Disclosure Vulnerabilities: A Helping Hand To Create Chaos!
The last article explained the Privilege Escalation vulnerabilities, I know this explanation does not cover much other than the usefulness of it. But I promise you, we will later come to it in detail....
View ArticleDenial of Service Vulnerabilities: Nothing but Can be Everything!
Apart from other vulnerability classification, the Denial of Service looks pretty nothing. But that is not correct always. We will se how and why in a minute. So what exactly is a Denial of Service or...
View ArticleDistributed Bruteforcing: Hadoop and GPU hand in hand!
In the era of cloud computing it is really worth to ask yourselves, can the cloud break your locks? You might be well aware that GPU accelerated brute-forcing can be of immense help in recovering...
View ArticleIE 7,8,9 0day in the wild – Microsoft Security Advisory (2757760) –...
Just after the JAVA-7 0day CVE-2012-4681, another 0day exploit, this time for Internet Explorer IE7,8,9; CVE-2012-4969 is found in the wild, actively used in targeted attacks. The said exploit, used...
View ArticleMobile Pwn2Own: Android 4 on Galaxy S3 Pwnd n Ownd!
MWR Labs researchers at the EUSecWest security conference in Amsterdam for the Mobile Pwn2Own competition, demonstrated the exploit to pwn Android 4.0.4. Despite all the harsh exploit mitigation...
View ArticleMobile Pwn2Own: iOS on iPhone 4S Pwnd n Ownd!
Researchers shows iPhone is not so bullet proof as Apple says. Joost Pol and Daan Keuper from Certified Secure exposed the entire address book, photo/video database and browsing history of the iPhone...
View ArticleAndroid Remote Wipe Vulnerability : Your phone is under attack!
Yesterday an Android Vulnerability on Samsung phones was reported which allows malicious website to wipe a user’s device. The alleged vulnerability was not limited to Samsung devices. The later reports...
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