Hacking-101.com

Adobe 9 Exploit

Jason — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 02:37:57 +0000

A condition in Adobe Reader 9 and Adobe Acrobat 9 that allows an attacker to take control of the system once it crashes. This is a serious exploit that affects Windows and Mac OSX and one can simply mitigate the risk by prohibiting Java from running in Adobe. In Mac OSX consider opening all [...]

Need Startup Security Help?

admin — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 14:55:12 +0000

My friend Damon Cortesi, of international notoriety, has started up a new blog for those software engineers who are starting up their own business, or have already started their own business and have some questions. His blog is heavily focused on security for startups but has great information that everyone can appreciate. Take [...]

Hacking-101.com and RSA Conference 2008

Jason — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:12:45 +0000

Hacking-101.com - me - will be attending the RSA Conference 2008 in San Francisco from April 7th through April 11th. You can also follow me on Twitter! I am excited to attend this year. It will be my second time attending and I’ve prepared my itinerary of sessions and keynotes to attend ahead of [...]

How To Protect Yourself Against Social Engineering (Part 2)

Jason — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 22:32:17 +0000

In a previous post I went into further detail about what social engineering is and the major types of social engineering that are employed today. Safeguards That Protect Against Social EngineeringThere’s a lot to be said about the phrase “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” and this holds especially true in regards [...]

How To Protect Against Social Engineering

Jason — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 08:34:07 +0000

In a previous post I touched on the dangers of social engineering. Social engineering is the process by which a hacker builds a rapport with trusted individuals to gain access to restricted systems. How Serious Is Social Engineering? Social engineering comes in many shapes and sizes and no company is immune. In larger companies there’s more [...]

Skype Cross-Zone Scripting Vulnerability

Jason — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 22:54:36 +0000

Skype recently disclosed a vulnerability that affects Skype on a Windows PC that executes without user consent. This vulnerability affects Skype and Dailymotion, the video site that works with Skype so that users can download clips and use them in Skype for moods and chat. According to Skype this vulnerability affects users of Skype version [...]

Windows XP and Windows Vista MBR Rootkits

Jason — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 03:31:14 +0000

It was only a matter of time and determination. Discovered in December 2007, rootkit writers have the ability to install rootkits as a non-privileged user via the Master Boot Record. The disappointing fact is that this is not a new avenue of attack; MBR viruses have existed for the past dozen years. Theoretically if you can [...]

Sunbelt-Software Deals

Jason — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 18:03:59 +0000

Sunbelt-Software’s Sunbelt Personal Firewall (Formerly Kerio Personal Firewall) is on-sale for $9.95 a copy ($10 instant rebate). If you buy now you can also get the Award-Winning CounterSpy for an additional $9.95. For under $20 you can secure your system with an awesome firewall and malware-spyware blocker. You can also use a full-featured version of [...]

Windows UI Hacks

Jason — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 17:00:31 +0000

If you want to hack your desktop (Windows) to look like something else, check out this MakeUseOf.com article. Five new (Sort of) looks for your Windows XP system. Use at your own risk, considering these apps are provided by the community who knows how ’safe’ they are. =) If you feel like spending some of your hard-earned [...]

The Human Element and Social Engineering

Jason — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 16:58:50 +0000

Humans, more than passwords, are the most unsecure part of any network. In the end, if all systems are as secure as possible, the personality of people is exploitable and practically no one is immune. The famous hacker/phreak, Kevin Mitnick, was a master of social engineering. He gained most of his knowledge of phone systems, usernames, [...]