Resources Strategies To Mitigate Targeted Cyber Intrusions – dsd.gov.au Australian computer networks are being targeted by adversaries seeking access to sensitive information. A commonly used technique is social engineering, where malicious “spear phishing” emails are tailored to entice the reader to open them. Users may be tempted to open malicious email attachments or follow embedded [...]

Tools: BackTrack 4 pre-final released Official announcement from Offensive-Security BackTrack 4 Pre Final download link Vulns: HTTP Server DoS A technique to consume all the open HTTP sockets available and keep them open, to create a DoS like environment. But with less packets! Slowloris HTTP DoS – ha.ckers.org Apache HTTP DoS tool released – isc.sans.org [...]

A few weeks ago, Cisco released their 2008 Annual Security Report. Registration is required to download the presentation. The Cisco Annual Security Report provides an overview of the combined security intelligence of the entire Cisco organization. The report encompasses threat information and trends collected between January and October 2008, and provides a snapshot of the [...]