BackTrack 4 Final Released

Sunday, January 17th, 2010

BackTrack 4 Final has now been released and aside from the many bug fixes, this version includes a new kernel, a larger and expanded toolset repository and custom tools that you can only find on BackTrack. Download: http://www.backtrack-linux.org/downloads/

Microsoft To Release Five Critical Patches Tuesday

Saturday, September 5th, 2009

Microsoft will roll out a total of five critical patches for numerous versions of Windows operating systems in its upcoming September "Patch Tuesday" security update release, according to a Microsoft Advanced Notification bulletin posted Thursday.All five patches plug holes that allow remote code execution, indicating that hackers could remotely exploit ...

Security team shows unfixable Windows 7 hack

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

At the Hack In The Box (HITB) Security Conference in Dubai on Thursday, security researchers demonstrated how software they developed can already take advantage of a design problem with the upcoming Windows 7 operating system, allowing them to hack into the system. VBootkit 2.0, created by researchers Vipin Kumar and ...

Hackers exploit Obama site to spread malware

Monday, January 26th, 2009

A social networking site operated by the 2008 Barack Obama campaign is serving up malware to unwary visitors a full week after the tactic was reported, a security researcher said today. My.BarackObama.com, still active after the innauguration last week of President Obama, is being used by hackers trying to dupe users ...

World’s Most Famous Hackers

Sunday, January 25th, 2009

Here is a great list of the world's most famous hackers to date.  This page includes information about what each hacker is famous for and also includes a photo of them.  Very interesting read: http://zed.m6.net/dyne/hackers.php