The TAO of NSA
In last week’s reports, it has been pointed out that NSA has its own hacking unit called Tailored Access Operations (TAO), and that its capabilities have been tapped for …
Shielding targeted applications
When we discuss exploit prevention, we often talk about “targeted applications.’ This term refers to end-user applications which can be exploited by hackers for …
Cloud emulation sandboxing service tackles zero-day attacks
Check Point has announced the availability of Check Point R77, the latest release for its Software Blade Architecture. R77 offers over 50 product enhancements, including the …
Attackers are taking advantage of old vulnerabilities
FortiGuard Labs observed a 30 percent increase in mobile malware in the labs over the last six months. The team is now seeing more than 1,300 new samples per day, is currently …
Current cybercrime market is all about Cybercrime-as-a-Service
The cybercrime market is constantly evolving, and it is currently full of knowledgeable individuals who have focused on their core competencies to offer services to those who …
U.S. tech companies sharing bug info with U.S. govt before releasing fixes
A recent report by Bloomberg’s Michael Riley has revealed that a great many U.S.-based companies are voluntarily sharing sensitive information with the U.S. national …
New Android Trojan is complex as Windows malware
Mobile (and especially Android) malware is on the rise and according to researchers from Kaspersky Lab, its complexity is also increasing. Case in point: …
Google researcher publishes Windows 0-day exploit
Less than two weeks after Google researcher Tavis Ormandy released information about a new Windows zero-day vulnerability on the Full Disclosure mailing list and asked for …
Questioning Google’s disclosure timeline motivations
The presence of 0-day vulnerability exploitation is often a real and considerable threat to the Internet – particularly when very popular consumer-level software is the …
Google defines disclosure timeline for actively exploited bugs
The debate regarding responsible vulnerability disclosure and full vulnerability disclosure has been started many times in the past, and it’s an issue that will continue …
Google researcher reveals another Windows 0-day
Tavis Ormandy – the Google researcher known for discovering a slew of Windows, Java and Flash Player vulnerabilities and zero-days and his combative attitude regarding …
A look into the EC Council hack
Update: Wednesday, 22 May 2013 – Tal Be’ery: “We had analyzed a screenshot of what we had thought at the time the current EC council site hack. Later we had …