Apparently the free, handy Website Optimization code tool provided by Google and used by many thousands of web developers and admins around the world is vulnerable to an XSS attack. Oops. Not very Optimal! [Link Here]
Author: Laboratory B
RBL — Presenting the PWN Phone
Rocket Bear Labs is proud to announce the introduction of the PWN Phone — Nokia N900 outfitted with a full, working pentesting suite.
Just in case you’ve never seen this..
IE9 to allow Track Blocking
With all the attention being paid to cyber security and online privacy it seems Microsoft may be listening. The next version of Internet Explorer (IE9) is slated to allow users to block certain websites from tracking their activity. [LINK HERE]
‘Operation Payback’ declares cyber war in Defense of Assange
A group of hacktivists attacked PostFinance in Julian Assanges name, calling for retribution and justice. [LINK HERE]
The Nightmare Before Charlie Brown’s Christmas
Ed Skoudis presents a holiday hacking challenge. Maybe we should work on this as a space project. [LINK HERE]
THOSE BASTARDS ARRESTED JULIAN ASSANGE
Julian Assange was arrested today in Britain and held on (false?!) allegations of rape and molestation. This is obviously a politically motivated arrest and a bunch of bullshit if you do the research. [LA Times Article]
Chuck Norris botnet karate-chops routers hard
The Chuck Norris botnet has been exploiting the hell out of unprotected routers still using default settings. CHANGE YOUR DEFAULT PASSWORD!
Hey Friend, got a sec?
Internet Storm Center about evil facebook phishing bot patterns. [Link here]
OWASP AppSec USA 2010 Videos
OWASPs AppSec 2010 conference had some awesome presentations including a keynote a by DH Moore on the web-focussed future of the Metasploit project.