The malicious code in x86/x64 firmware can potentially reside in many places. One of them is in the PCI expansion ROM. In the past, the
Thanks to recent advances in content management systems (CMS) and content management frameworks (CMF), blogs and websites have become the perfect platform for publishing online
Gathering data on a target is extremely important if we plan to execute an attack in a more efficient manner. A typical attack scenario starts
Remote access is no longer just about a laptop or home desktop user connecting to catch up on some work or update customer and order
In the first part of this article, we covered techniques for reading iTunes backups. In the second part of this article, we disclosed the procedure
In Wireless Network Security: A Beginner’s Guide, author Tyler Wrightson discusses the many attack vectors that target wireless networks and clients, and explains how to identify
Allowing an end user to upload files to your website is like opening another door for a malicious user to compromise your server. However, uploading
Tyler Wrightson, CISSP, CCSP, CCNA, CCDA, MCSE, is the author of Wireless Security: A Beginner’s Guide (McGraw-Hill; 2012), the founder and president of Leet Systems,
Securing the Access Point (AP) of your router’s web page and the Telnet or SSH access should be considered as part of the overall
In the first part of this article we have seen how to start a scan using WebInspect. As discussed earlier, Default scan settings tab is
Interview with Joshua Arvin Lat: the Kaspersky International Cup 2012 and Kaspersky Asia Pacific & MEA Cup 2012 winner For today’s hot seat we have
Virtualization Security in Cloud Computing 2011 ended with the popularization of an idea: Bringing VMs (virtual machines) onto the cloud. Recent years have seen great
Introduction In the last article, I discussed in quite some detail how exactly the dropper for Bundestrojaner worked. In my next article what I’d been
Jim MacLeod’s journey towards becoming a network security engineer wasn’t typical. For one thing, he earned a Religion degree at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania whereas
Traditional boot processes cannot stop sophisticated attacks instantiated before operating system load. Consequently, we need a method to ensure that when the operating system (OS)
How many managers think that it makes no sense to spend money protecting information that can be reconstructed? What can really happen? Theoretically, anything and
For IRC enthusiasts like me, it’s just common to encounter IRC bots in underground channels that have integrated functions like port scanning, nmap, SQL Injection
Anyone who has ever managed a firewall will know that all too often it’s a one way street. From the moment the device is plugged
Nowadays pretty much everyone uses wireless networking from your smart phone to your home and/or business networks. There are many security issues with wireless networking;
Acknowledgements I would like to dedicate this article to all my friends, they know who they are, and to Irene, for her love and support.
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