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UFOs Real or Not?
Real UFOs? Probably Not -
Hackers in the Movies … Not!
Don’t download pirated software! Ever!
This video from panda labs show how easy it is for the bad guys to tag malware or a virus on to legitimate (but cracked/pirated) software that is then often released on P2P networks for download. How cyber criminals infect victims via P2P with pirated software from Panda Security on Vimeo.
20 years of the EFF
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has created a Surveillance Self-Defense site to educate the American public about the law and technology of government surveillance in the United States, providing the information and tools necessary to evaluate the threat of surveillance and take appropriate steps to defend against it.
Adventures with BackTrack 4
BackTrack 4 is filled with awesome security utilities. So what have we done so far … well not too much – we’ve downloaded the 1.6Gb ISO image and successfully created a DVD from the ISO. This DVD has been used to successfully boot up into ubuntu linux and we’ve started the gui using startx. So [...]

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Facebook boosts security with remote log-out feature
Facebook has announced a security feature that will allow users to remotely log out of active sessions on any device, reducing the chances of having their accounts hacked and used to send spam or malware.
Quantum system hacked in 'blinding' attack
Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) have discovered a way to hack quantum network traffic using currently available technology.
Registry hack allows Windows XP SP2 patching
Users of Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) may still be able to get security updates, despite the lack of Microsoft support, thanks to a hack rediscovered by researchers at F-Secure.
BBC experiments with smartphone cyber crime
The BBC has attempted to show how easy it is for cyber criminals to hack smartphones by creating its own malicious app .
Security concerns over latest rogue Facebook app
Security experts are warning of yet another rogue Facebook application that could give hackers access to compromised accounts.
Top 10 articles: Upcoming smartphones and hacking frenzy
Our look at the top 10 most anticipated smartphones was the runaway hit with V3.co.uk readers this week, followed by a warning of solar storm disruption.

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A Fair(y) Use Tale
log2timeline
Looks pretty neat… for free……a tool that could take timeline analysis to a new level. That is to create a single tool that could parse various artifacts found on a suspect drive and include them in the timeline, a some sort of super timelining… via log2timeline.
The Irrelevancy of Industry Accepted Malware Testing Standards
I have to say that DannyQuist has it right. The AV industry is not real world and not effective. The fact remains that the AV industry is about selling signatures, not about preventing malware from infesting your PC. The fact that they can take a finger print of what they’ve found “in the wild” is [...]
NeoPwn Mobile Pentesting
We are proud to announce that we are finally approaching a beta release of the first BackTrack Mobile operating system for the Nokia N900! The release will be public shortly before the Blackhat and Defcon conferences in July 2010. via NeoPwn Mobile Pentesting – First Ever Network Auditing Distribution for a Mobile Phone Platform.
Dark Tangent’s Tamper Evident Contest RULES
This looks like a really cool contest – other cons take note. There are all sorts of variations on this theme – who’s going to do the counterfeiting competition? I know one year HOPE held one with their badges – whether they realized it or not – LOL. I suppose counterfeit DEFCON badges would be… [...]

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