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3l33t haxxors don’t need no botnet, they just pinch passwords

Crooks can thrive by ‘living off the land’ rather than forging elaborate schemes. Half of all breaches Dell’s SecureWorks outfit has responded to over the last year have been a result of attackers using legitimate admin tools and stolen credentials. Dell’s threat research unit says the “living off the land” hack tactic makes security controls […]

Time to patch your firmware! Backdoor discovered in Seagate NAS drives

If you have not recently updated the firmware for your Seagate wireless NAS drives, now is the time to do so. Researchers at Tangible Security have discovered a series of vulnerabilities in a number of devices produced by Seagate that could allow unauthorized access to files and settings. An undocumented Telnet feature could be used […]

Detecting an asymmetric Curve25519 backdoor in RSA key generation algorithms

While working on some forthcoming research on cryptographic backdoors i came across an interesting asymmetric backdoor designed to subvert RSA key generation algorithms by Ryan Castellucci. The backdoor is particularly interesting because unlike backdoors which subvert key generation by weakening the composite public modulus (eg. choosing prime numbers too close to eachother, choosing a common […]

NSA Wants Tech Giants to give it ‘Front Door’ access to your encrypted data

The National Security Agency wants tech companies to provide it a front door access to your data so it can spy on millions of Americans and international citizens. A battle is going on between the NSA/National Security Agency and prominent tech companies over allowing easy spying on millions of US and foreign citizens through approving front door access […]

How to manually bypass Anti-Virus

This post is based on how to bypass Anti-Virus by using FUD (Fully Undetectable). There are many Crypters and binders but manually based is the best in the business. In Penetrating tests FUD Crypter is most important part for ethical hackers.Metasploit encoders can also be used to bypass antivirus but in this tutorial it is […]

Malicious Java applet found in FOREX Trading website

Some unknown hackers have installed a malicious Java applet on an international Forex Trading website, the program is designed to install malware on the visitor’s systems. The program was detected by an internet security company WebSence, which claims that the website [tradingforex.com] contained malware till Friday morning and now has been removed. An applet is a small Internet-based program written in Java, a programming […]

How to Secure Yourself from Hackers

Getting hacked is one of the phases of internet life that has affected millions of people around the globe. Even if you have the world’s best antivirus, spyware or firewall installed in your system, it still does not provide 100% security. You can add more to make your cyber life secure. Below are some details, […]