Oracle to Kill Java Browser Plugin
Oracle on Wednesday announced specific plans to kill the Java browser plugin and has advised users to start migrating to...
LG Patches Severe Smartphone Hijack Vulnerability
LG today released a security update for some of its latest smartphones to resolve a severe vulnerability found in the...
Kali Linux – Rolling Edition Released
Welcome back to the RedPacket Security website. An important milestone for Offensive Security has come with the first public release of...
GoPhish! – Install tutorial for InfoSec people to train staff on phishing
So I have fired up a VM of Ubuntu and typed the following I soon found out that on a vanilla...
GCHQ have designed built-in backdoors to allow snooping
An aerial image of the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. GCHQ is one of the three UK Intelligence...
Kippo Honeypot Attack – Linux XorDDOS malware
So I have had my kippo honeypot running for a while and got some pretty good statistics from it. But...
Review of Beta ProtonMail Android App
So we have all heard about the recent DDoS attack on ProtonMail over the...
ProtonMail targeted by a large DDoS attack
ProtonMail, the secure encrypted email service in Switzerland have been having bad time recently. ProtonMail, an encrypted email provider, has...
TalkTalk hack affected far fewer customers than first thought
In total 4% of the customer base had personal data compromised. The cyber-attack on TalkTalk was successful on a...
Fitbit trackers can be hacked in ’10 seconds’
So it seems there is a Fitbit vulnerability involving the BlueTooth implementation that can be used to embed self replicating...
MOKER: A new APT undetected by VirusTotal
Recently, enSilo found an Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) residing in a sensitive network of a customer. This APT appears to...
Hackers Breach Microsoft OWA Server, Steal 11,000 User Passwords
A malicious DLL was able to read & log passwords in clear text An attack exploiting the Microsoft Outlook Web...
Linux.Wifatch ‘malware’ may be patching up security flaws
SYMANTEC is reporting about Linux.Wifatch They are suggesting that it might be a good guy type of internet threat that wants to...
Linux botnet is launching crippling DDoS attacks at more than 150Gbps
The XOR DDoS botnet can generate attacks more powerful than most businesses can withstand A Linux botnet has grown so powerful...
Problems I have found with Kippo Honeypot
Kippo! Great honeypot..... But there are problems, i mean 2 seconds with metasploit and BAM! honeypot detected! Then there are...
Twitter is having problems
This is just an update for anyone else wondering. There seems to be issues with twitter.com But it seems the...
Setting Up A DMZ on ESXi 5.5, with PfSense ready for a honeypot
So I have recently setup a kippo honeypot, let me show you how I setup my DMZ ready for the...
3d Mode in Firefox
Wow, did you know there was a 3D mode in Firefox ? You did? Ah well I didn't know until...
Netflix Announce Sleepy Puppy XSS Payload Management Tool
Sleepy Puppy is a XSS payload management framework that enables security engineers to simplify the...
BrowserFox variant High Stairs
Browsefox aka Sambreel aka Yontoo is a family of browser hijackers. When advertised they promise to “customize and enhance your...
CVE-2015-2502 Microsoft issues emergency patch for all versions of Windows
This is the second "critical" out-of-band patch issued in as many months. It's all Internet Explorer's fault -- again. Microsoft...
VW tried to hide hacking exploits on its cars
For 2 years VW tried to hide the exploits that made its cars hack-able . Now, many might be getting...
Lenovo stuffs laptops with a rootkit in the BIOS
Lenovo has sold laptops bundled with irremovable software that features a bonus exploitable security vulnerability. If the crapware is deleted,...
Androids still vulnerable, even after Google patch
Update flawed, new one needed for countless gadgets Google's security update to fix the Stagefright vulnerability in millions of Android...
