Dear Microsoft, I have watched you develop as a company, starting with Windows 3.1. It was most peoples first experience with a PC and considering that there was really no other marketed OS (Linux was brand new and not really totally “usable” yet. I ran it, but it was not for the faint of heart. [...]
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An Open Letter to Microsoft
Posted: 8th September 2010 by Matt in news, securityTags: Apache, Blaster, Boink, Bonk, code, Code Red, company, computer, Conficker, crash, denial of service, denial of service attack, exploits, Frag, IIS, ILOVEYOU, irc, Land, Linux, Microsoft, MyDoom, Nestea, NewTear, Nimda, Sandmind, Sasser, Sircam, Slammer, SoBig, Sping, spyware, SQL, TearDrop, vulnerability, vulnerable, Windows, WinNuke, worm
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Video Demo of DLL Hijacking Attack.
Posted: 26th August 2010 by Matt in hacks, securityTags: 0day, address book, dll, exploit, hack, hijack, Microsoft, vulnerability, webdav_dll_hijacker
This is a quick video demonstrating the “webdav_dll_hijacker” Metasploit module. In this video, I target Windows Address Book (.vcf/wab32res.dll) (Best viewed in fullscreen mode in 480p or higher. Youtube absolutely killed the video quality. Thanks Youtube!) Just to make sure this is clear.. the window on the left side of the screen is my Linux [...]
The Hackers Behind Stuxnet
Posted: 22nd July 2010 by Matt in news, securityTags: attack, attacker, company, hack, hackers, incident, infect, Microsoft, motive, private, root, rootkit, SCADA, software, steal, study, Symantec, threat, USB, vulnerability, W32.Stuxnet
I thought this was a pretty interesting article that I felt I should share. It talks about the different types of hackers that may have been behind the original stuxnet attack. (Credit: Symantec) W32.Stuxnet has received a lot of media attention over the last few days. This incident provides almost a complete case study of [...]