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Dynamic Programming

Introduction The dissertation investigates attributes. You’ll see how you can define attributes on various items within your program. We shall also discuss the most innovative

June 20, 2013 Reverse Engineering
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Guiding Principles in Information Security

1. Introduction A principle which is a core requirement of information security for the safe utilization, flow, and storage of information is the CIA triad.

June 20, 2013 General Security
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The new Google Maps: a perfect place for review fraud

1. Introduction In 2006, Jeff Howe coined the concept of crowdsourcing. Crowdsourcing is an act of outsourcing a job, previously done by workers, to a

June 19, 2013 General Security
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Phishing and Social Engineering Techniques 3.0

This is the third part of the phishing and social engineering techniques series. In the first article we have discussed what phishing is and what

June 19, 2013 Hacking
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Near Field Communication (NFC) Technology, Vulnerabilities and Principal Attack Schema

Introduction The Near Field Communication (NFC) is a set of standards for mobile devices designed to establish radio communication with each other by being touched

June 18, 2013 General Security
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Glastopf Pi: A Simple Yet Cool Web Honeypot for your Raspberry Pi

Now let’s have another cool setup for your Raspberry Pi! If you are a follower of my recent articles, you will notice that I am

June 18, 2013 Hacking
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IOS Application security Part 5 – Advanced Runtime analysis and manipulation using Cycript (Yahoo Weather App)

Introduction In the previous article, we learnt how to setup Cycript on your idevice, hook into a running process and obtain information about its properties

June 17, 2013 Application Security
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On Liberty Reserve

In this article, we examine the Liberty Reserve money-laundering scandal—a phony story and video as well (it was about another theme, not Budovsky). A Few

June 17, 2013 Hacking
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Advanced .NET Assembly Internals

Abstract In the previous article of this series, we gained an understanding of the assembly loading process, its format and anatomy. This article looks at

June 14, 2013 Application Security
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USB Malware

Introduction In this article we will look at malware that propagate to other machines using USB removable devices. Unlike most malware which make use of

June 14, 2013 Reverse Engineering
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Advanced Persistent Threats – Attack and Defense

Advanced Persistent Threats (APT) was originally coined while nations were involved in cyber-espionage. These techniques are used by cyber-criminals to steal data for monetary gains.

June 13, 2013 Hacking
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Privacy Implications of Google Glass

Introduction Google Glass is a wearable computer worn like a standard pair of glasses. The device displays information on a glass screen in front of

June 13, 2013 General Security
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.NET Application Domain Internal

Abstract In this article, you’ll drill deeper into the details of how an assembly is hosted by the CLR and come to understand the relationship

June 12, 2013 Application Security
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Security Threats in Virtual World

What are virtual worlds? A virtual world is an online world that simulates the real world in which the ‘residents’ can interact. Residents can participate

June 12, 2013 General Security
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Reflection

Abstract Assemblies are the core units of deployment. At design time, we can examine the set of reference assemblies in CIL code with couple of

June 11, 2013 Forensics
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Getting to Know Kosova Hacker’s Security Crew plus an Exclusive Interview with Th3 Dir3ctorY

As a security researcher and an information security enthusiast, I am always intrigued by underground hacker groups and that’s why I do some research about

June 11, 2013 Hacking
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China vs US, cyber superpowers compared

Introduction In the last months, the press agencies and government official bulletins have reported several news regarding continuous cyber-attacks having Chinese origin, most of them

June 10, 2013 General Security
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iOS Application Security Part 4 – Runtime Analysis Using Cycript (Yahoo Weather App)

Introduction In the previous article, we learnt about the runtime capabilities of an IOS App written in Objective-C which uses the Cocoa framework. In this

June 10, 2013 Application Security
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pWeb Suite – A Set of Web Pentesting Tools

pWeb Suite (formerly known as pCrack Suite) is a set of Perl-based penetration testing tools primarily focused on web application security and vulnerability testing. This

June 07, 2013 Hacking
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Data Exfiltration Techniques

Introduction In this article we will see how malware encode or encrypt data that’s exfiltrated to the Command and Control Server from infected machines. This

June 07, 2013 Forensics
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