We security folks often feel like we are regurgitating the same type of security issues over and over again, just in new contexts. So depending on how you look at it, this is “old new” or “new old” news. Nevertheless, I thought it would be a good idea to take it down from speculation to… Read more »
Posts Tagged: hack
Fire through the wire
Update: FTWAutopwn is now named Inception: I’ve created a standalone page for the tool here, please be referred to that page for updates on the tool. The last days I’ve been working on an alternative to winlockpwn (unlocking locked Windows boxes through FireWire SBP2 DMA) using libforensic1394. Now I’ve released an alpha version of the tool, Fire… Read more »
RSA hack a combination of social engineering and a 0-day
Found an interresting article about the recent RSA hack, seems that the threat agents in this case was both advanced and persistent. It smells like an intelligence operation to be honest, and it goes to show how hard it is to safeguard against an advanced enemy with the means and stamina to pull off advanced attacks…. Read more »