News :Inmate gets 18 months for hacking prison computer

A former Massachusetts prison inmate has been given an 18-month prison sentence for hacking prison computers while he was incarcerated.

Francis “Frank” Janosko, 44, was sentenced Tuesday in federal court in Boston for abusing a computer provided by the Plymouth County Correctional Facility. The computer had been set up to help inmates with their [...]

Protect yourself from COFEE with some DECAF

Two developers have created “Detect and Eliminate Computer Assisted Forensics” (DECAF). The tool tries to stop Microsoft’s Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor (COFEE), which helps law enforcement officials grab data from password-protected or encrypted sources.

In response to Microsoft’s Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor (COFEE), which helps law enforcement officials grab data [...]

Goo.gl Challenges Bit.ly

GOogle Offcial blog shows

This morning, we launched updated versions of the Google Toolbar and FeedBurner that offer a new URL shortening service from Google called the Google URL Shortener. We mentioned our URL shortener as a feature in both announcements, so we wanted to say a little more about how this product works [...]

Confirmed: Google Goggles Will Reach Other Platforms

Google’s limited launch of its Goggles visual search app has plenty of people wondering when they’ll be able to try out the new tool. Google Goggles, released to Android users on Monday, allows you to search on your cell phone simply by snapping photos: You point your phone’s camera at a place or object, [...]

How To Set Up Google DNS Server?

What is Google DNS IP

Google DNS IP are IP addresses provided by Google. DNS Addresses are like Address Book, when you enter the website URL, it resolves the DNS by looking into the address book. The faster they resolve the faster is the loading speed. The primary and secondary IP address are 8.8.8.8 [...]

Google Public DNS?

Google Public DNS is a free, global Domain Name System (DNS) resolution service, that you can use as an alternative to your current DNS provider.

To try it out: * Configure your network settings to use the IP addresses 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 as your DNS servers.

If you decide to try Google Public DNS, [...]

Black Hat DC 2009 Briefings

Audio and Video of Black Hat DC 2009 is now live on

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capitol dome at night Ryan C. Barnett WAF Virtual Patching Challenge: Securing WebGoat with ModSecurity

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Cesar Cerrudo SQL Server Anti-Forensics

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Matthew Flick XSS Anonymous Browser

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Xinwen Fu One Cell is Enough to Break [...]

Windows 7 Gets Its First Bug

In an inauspicious beginning to the week, the first zero-day bug for Windows 7 has emerged.

The bug touches on Microsoft’s Server Message Block (SMB) program — specifically, SMBv1 and SMBv2 on Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. Microsoft has issued a security advisory describing workarounds, but says most users would be protected [...]

Ubuntu team is announce the R C for Ubuntu 9.10

The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the Release Candidate for Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop and Server editions, Ubuntu 9.10 Server for UEC and EC2, and the Ubuntu Netbook Remix. Codenamed “Karmic Koala”, 9.10 continues Ubuntu’s proud tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution.

We consider [...]

Botnet Unleashes Variety Of New Phishing Attacks

The massive Zbot botnet that spreads the treacherous Zeus banking Trojan has been launching a wave of relatively convincing phishing attacks during the past few days — the most recent of which is a phony warning of a mass Conficker infection from Microsoft that comes with a free “cleanup tool.”

The wave of attacks [...]