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Cross-site scripting CAN be used to hack a server

2008-08-05 22:06:00 by Russ McRee in HolisticInfoSec.org
 
...Hacker Safe said XSS wasn't important because "cross-site scripting can't be used to hack a server. You may be able to do other things with it. You may be able to do things that affect the end-user or the client. But the customer data protected with the server, in the database, isn't going to be compromised by a cross-site scripting attack,...
 
Tags: server, server hack, hack, manager, file manager tool, file, root password, email, cpanel user
 
 
 
 
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Dude Dont Hack My Coffee

2008-06-18 05:19:11 by Bill in Grumpy Security Guy
 
...Hack Old News I chuckled when I saw this Change the message on HP printers cause I thought it was pretty funny. Th Mac Hacked in 2 Minutes, Apple is a lame patcher At the CanSec West conference Charlie Miller wins the PWN 2 OWN contest. I think these contest are k These are the crazy people in your security neighborhood - Part 2 Private Pyle...
 
Tags: coffee, coffee train, security, security neighborhood, coffee maker, hack, grumpy security guy, attack, mass sqli attack
 
 
 
 
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Rohyt Belani - "State of the Hack" from Louisville Infosec 2008

2008-10-11 16:07:53 by Editor in Irongeek's Security Site
 
...Hack" from Louisville Infosec 2008 Rohyt Belani gave this presentation for the Kentuckiana ISSA at the Louisville Infosec 2008 conference. Rohyt shows new ways to think about hacking, going into how and why simple things work on the people element. Why hack a system when a quick Google search can reveal so much? Rohyt's talk was humorous and...
 
Tags: rohyt belani, rohyt, louisville infosec, hack, quick google, people element, kentuckiana issa, system, humorous
 
 
 
 
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Creating An Auto Hack USB Drive Using Autorun and Batch Files. By Dosk3n

2007-10-12 19:56:23 by Editor in Irongeek's Security Site
 
...Hack USB Drive Using Autorun and Batch Files. By Dosk3n Dosk3n was kind enough to send me the video, text an narration for a new infosec video. All I had to do was plug it into my template. If anyone else wants to submit a video, read my page on How I Make The Hacking Illustrated Videos . My only stipulations are that it has to be narrated...
 
Tags: infosec videos page, infosec video, video, videos, dosk3n, page, batch files, autorun, submit
 
 
 
 
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Heart device hack a shocker

2008-03-12 00:00:00 by Robert McMillan in Network World on Security
 
It didn't take much to hack into the heart monitoring device and get it to administer a 137-volt shock: an oscilloscope, a PC, a wireless radio with a couple of antennas and some free software
 
Tags: heart, 137-volt shock, device, wireless radio, free software, hack, oscilloscope, couple, antennas
 
 
 
 
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Harvard University warns graduate students about web hack

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2008-03-14 00:25:51 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...hacked by an outsider and compromised in a way that the data on the server could have been viewed or copied Reference URLs Harvard University Gazette The Boston Globe The Boston Herald Bloomberg Report Credit Robert Mitchell and Joe Wrinn, Harvard University Gazette Response From the online sources cited above Harvard University notified...
 
Tags: university, harvard university, harvard university gazette, harvard, gsas administrators, gsas, information, personal information, gsas site
 
 
 
 
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FBI looks at Chinese role in Darfur site hack

2008-03-21 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is looking into a possible China connection in the hack of a nonprofit
 
Tags: hack, china connection, federal bureau, nonprofit, investigation
 
 
 
 
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FBI looks at Chinese role in Darfur site hack

2008-03-21 00:00:00 by Robert McMillan in Network World on Security
 
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is looking into a possible China connection in the hack of a nonprofit group created to draw attention to the ongoing genocide in western Sudan's Darfur region
 
Tags: western sudan, federal bureau, hack, draw attention, china connection, darfur region, genocide, nonprofit, investigation
 
 
 
 
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Six hours to hack the FBI (and other pen-testing adventures)

2008-05-27 00:00:00 by Sandra Gittlen in Network World on Security
 
It takes a lot to shock Chris Goggans; he's been a pen (penetration) tester since 1991, getting paid to break into a wide variety of networks. But he says nothing was as egregious as security lapses in both infrastructure design and patch management at a civilian government agency -- holes that let him hack his way through to a major FBI crime...
 
Tags: shock chris goggans, civilian government agency, patch management, security lapses, hack, hours, infrastructure design, wide variety, lot
 
 
 
 
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Six hours to hack the FBI

2008-05-28 00:00:00 by HASH0x8472e44 in