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Security Researcher to release Cisco rootkit at EUSecWest: According to good friend Robert McMillan of IDG News, Sebastian Muniz, a researcher with Core Security Technologies, has developed malicious rootkit software for Cisco's routers, which he will release on May 22 at the EuSecWest conference in London. This will mark the first time at least publicly that someone has released a...; Tags: Black Hat, Cisco IOS, Router, Cisco Systems Inc., Robert McMillan, Rootkits, Security, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-05-14
black hat Europe, Day 4 (Finally): Early wake-up calls always lead to long days: For those of you who had been reading my Day 1, Day 2/Day 3, and Day 2 revisited stories about Black Hat Europe here on ZDNet, I'm sure you were wondering what happened to Day 4, the second day of conferences. Well, after a long delay, here it is! Basically, I got caught up...; Tags: Black Hat, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-04-07
black hat Europe, Day 2 (Revisited): An interview with an invisible hacker: If you haven't seen Day 1 or Day2/Day3 of my series on Black Hat Europe, feel free to have a look. As I mentioned in my Day 2/Day 3 posting, I didn't get a chance to meet up to interview Adam Laurie until late in the day on Thursday; therefore,...; Tags: Black Hat, Training, Satellite, Hacker, Nate, Workforce Management, Network Technology, Human Resources, Networking, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-03-31
black hat Europe, Day 2: The day that wasn't and black hat Europe, Day 3: Begin the presentations: Black Hat Europe, Day 2: The day that wasn't and Black Hat Europe, Day 3: Begin the presentationsToo much to do ...... you found the coffee shops then ;-)RE: Too much to do...Haha, to right you are my friend. You can see a nice picture of the Bulldog in...; Tags: Black Hat; Discussion threads 2008-03-29
black hat Europe, Day 2: The day that wasn't and black hat Europe, Day 3: Begin the presentations: If you haven't seen it yet, you can check out Day 1 of my coverage of Black Hat Europe 2008 here. So, for those of you looking forward to a Black Hat Day 2 update with some more from the training sessions... I'm afraid it didn't happen. I had...; Tags: Black Hat, Antivirus, Buffer-overflow, Attack, Breese, Security, Viruses And Worms, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-03-29

black hat Europe 2008: Nate McFeters' pictures of Black Hat Europe 2008 in Amsterdam. by Nate McFeters; Tags: Black Hat, Nate McFeters, news, Black Hat Europe 2008, Amsterdam, tech action, hackers, Dafydd, Marcus, Rob Carter, Billy Rios, Nitesh; Image galleries 2008-03-26
News to know: Linux galore; black hat Europe; Vista reliability; Google and censorship: Notable headlines: Paula Rooney: Microsoft partners with open source Jaspersoft, Sourcesense Ubuntu's Shuttleworth: Linux server, client will be big in the cloud and mobile sectors Red Hat CEO: We haven't done a good enough job as an industry leader, or project leader ...; Tags: Black Hat, Google Inc., Mobile, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Semantic Web, Linux, Advertising & Promotion, Open Source, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-03-26
Blackhat Europe, Day 1: The Waag, the Bulldog, and web application hacking: Considering my previous posts on my experiences at Black Hat Federal received pretty good reviews, I thought it would make sense to again highlight a Black Hat trip. This time it was all the way out to Amsterdam, where Rob Carter and I will be speaking about URI Use...; Tags: Black Hat, Web Application, SQL, Training, SQL Injection, Tool, Nate, Productivity, Hacking, Workforce Management, Security, Human Resources, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-03-25
black hat, Day 2: DTrace, (un)Smashing the Stack, Cisco IOS Forensics: Black Hat, Day 2: DTrace, unSmashing the Stack, Cisco IOS ForensicsMAC / Vista / LINUX hackingI thought there was going to be some stuff up like last year with the hack attempt on the Mac?That's coming up in CanSecWESTnt; Tags: Hacking, Cisco IOS Forensics, Day 2, DTrace, Black Hat, Cisco IOS, Cisco Systems Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-02-23
News to know: Microsoft interoperability; Bypassing FileVault; Woz; black hat; More benchmarks: Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft pledges interoperability--again Reading the fine print on Microsoft's new open-source promises Larry Dignan: Microsoft's real game: Open interoperability protects its stack Dana Gardner: Microsoft on open APIs: New tune or blowing more smoke? Dana Blankenhorn:...; Tags: Black Hat, Interoperability, Disk, Dana Blankenhorn, Apple MacBook, Microsoft Corp., Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-02-22
black hat, Day 2: DTrace, (un)Smashing the Stack, Cisco IOS Forensics: Day 2 is done and Black Hat is wrapped up. The second day of talks was power-packed with some really great presentations. Despite a wicked night of celebration after my successful talk, I still managed to turn up on time for the "DTRACE: The Reverse Engineer's...; Tags: Black Hat, Cisco IOS, Researcher, Speaker, Cisco Systems Inc., DTrace, Day 2, FX, Nate McFeters; Blog posts 2008-02-21
black hat, Day 1: Cracking GSM and skimming ATMs: Black Hat, Day 1: Cracking GSM and skimming ATMsa Congrats to you George.It sounds like those would have been some interesting talks, I would have loved to have been there, especialy for those two. Good job then, to you two for being right up there with the big boys. Anagi...; Tags: Network technology, NETWORKING, ATM, Cracking GSM, Day 1, Black Hat; Discussion threads 2008-02-21
News to know: black hat; VoIP design flaws; Vista SP1; Apple: Notable headlines: Nate McFeters: Black Hat, Day 1: Cracking GSM and skimming ATMs George Ou: Design flaw in wireless VoIP handsets endanger the enterprise Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft fleshes out small-, mid-size Windows server plans Microsoft suspends distribution of Vista SP1...; Tags: Black Hat, VoIP, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Flaw, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Digital Cameras, Digital Photography, Operating Systems, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-02-21
black hat, Day 1: Cracking GSM and skimming ATMs: Day 1 at Black Hat brought some outstanding talks. The day started off with David Hulton (aka h1kari, also the producer of ToorCon) and Steve from THC, who presented on "Cracking GSM". It was quite interesting due to the tie-in that David has with Pico...; Tags: Black Hat, FPGA, GSM, Phishing, ATM, Cyberthreats, Network Technology, Spam, Networking, Security, Spam And Phishing, Nate McFeters; Blog posts 2008-02-20
Wanted: black hat bloggers: Due to a scheduling conflict, I can't make the Black Hat conference so we're calling for guest submissions for Zero Day. In a nutshell, we're looking for brief recaps of the Black Hat presentations and your take on the festivities since I can't be in three places...; Tags: Black Hat, Blog, Blogger, Blogging, Productivity, Internet, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-02-15
Blue Pill Project extends VM rootkit cat-and-mouse tussle: LAS VEGAS - The intellectual cat-and-mouse tussle over hiding and finding virtual machine rootkits has hit a new gear with a team of researchers dismissing the notion of "100 percent undetectable" malware and the release of source code for a new "Blue Pill" rootkit.As previously reported, Thomas Ptacek, co-founder of...; Tags: Zero-day attacks, Windows Vista, Vulnerability research, Viruses and Worms, Spyware and Adware, Rootkits, Responsible disclosure, Pen testing, Patch Watch, Microsoft, Metasploit, Hackers, Exploit code, Data theft, Browsers, Botnets, Black Hat; Blog posts 2007-08-02
News to know: Virtual worlds; Green data centers; black hat; IT failures: Notable headlines:Dan Farber: The future of virtual worlds.The third Web wave--two degrees of separation. Denise Howell: AlwaysOn Stanford Summit: lawyers for Google, IBM, and Apple ponder the patent system.Complexity and the greening of the datacenter.Harry Fuller: Green: tech and VC money converge.Michael Krigsman: Wisconsin's Apologist for IT Failure. Transparent Failure.David...; Tags: News to know, General; Blog posts 2007-08-02
VoIP security vulnerabilities demonstrated at black hat conference: Several presentations at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas yesterday illustrated some of VoIP's security vulnerabilities.According to Forbes.com's Andy Greenberg, who was in attendance, the presentations documenented ways "in which cybercriminals can eavesdrop on VoIP calls, steal data from Internet telephony devices, intercept credit card numbers from...; Tags: Security, Asterisk; Blog posts 2007-08-02
Hacker movements: Murphy joins Apple; Caceres to Matasano: LAS VEGAS - On the heels of Google's hire of browser hacking whiz Michal Zalewski comes news that another well-known vulnerability researcher is moving over to the vendor side.Matthew Murphy, an outspoken hacker who is credited with several major flaw discoveries, has confirmed he is joining Apple as a product...; Tags: Windows Vista, Vulnerability research, Viruses and Worms, Responsible disclosure, Punditocracy, Pen testing, Patch Watch, Mozilla, Microsoft, Hackers, Firefox, Exploit code, Data theft, Browsers, Botnets, Black Hat, Apple; Blog posts 2007-08-01
Remembering five years of vulnerability markets: Guest Editorial by David EndlerWhile compiling some stats this week for our Zero Day Initiative two year anniversary, I came across this recent news article by the Associated Press, Researchers Seek Cash for Software Flaws. It's the latest in a long line of media coverage on the launch of...; Tags: Botnets, Black Hat, Apple, Zero-day attacks, Wireless, Windows Vista, Wi-Fi security, Vulnerability research, Viruses and Worms, Symantec, Rootkits, Responsible disclosure, Punditocracy, Pen testing, Patch Watch, Passwords, Open source, Mozilla, Microsoft, Metasploit, Hackers, Google, Firefox, Exploit code, Data theft, Browsers; Blog posts 2007-08-01