HACK by Simon PG Edwards

HACK (HÆK) VB. 1. TO WRITE COMPUTER PROGRAMS FOR ENJOYMENT. 2. TO GAIN ACCESS TO A COMPUTER ILLEGALLY. ~N 3. ONE WHO WORKS HARD AT BORING TASKS. 4. A MEDIOCRE AND DISDAINED WRITER. 5. AN OLD OR WORN-OUT HORSE.

Category: Threats

Whodunnit? APT attribution is hard

24/11/201420/05/2022 Simon EdwardsSecurity, ThreatsLeave a Comment on Whodunnit? APT attribution is hard
APT attribution is hard

Discovering who is behind a computer-based attack is hard because you don’t know which clues are real and which have been planted as misinformation. When well-resourced entities are thought to be behind an attack campaign the sky is the limit…

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Were You Asking For It?

15/05/200717/03/2022 Simon EdwardsSecurity, ThreatsLeave a Comment on Were You Asking For It?
infected on purpose

Should internet users take more responsibility? I’m just taking a break from testing anti-spyware software using the new lab, and I found an interesting article by Didier Stevens, who has set up a Google advert that offers to infect your system with…

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Vista Security Bypassed

27/04/200717/03/2022 Simon EdwardsSecurity, ThreatsLeave a Comment on Vista Security Bypassed

Bootkit gives complete control SecurityFocus has published an interview with two Indian graduates who claim to have developed a new way of attacking Windows Vista. Essentially, they have found a way to introduce potentially harmful program code to a Vista PC. They bypass…

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