- “The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.”: BackTrack, the well known tool suite for penetration testing is now called Kali Linux. Read more about what has changed here.
- BlackHat: Xavier Mertens blogged a wrap-up of the first day at BlackHat Europe 2013 Security Conference.
- Embedded Security: Cisco IP phones have a vulnerability that allows hackers to take complete control of the devices. A new Anti-Malware software which resides directly in the embedded system’s firmware, signal such attacks.
- The NIST National Vulnerability Database has been hacked. Some sites have been taken down after malware was identified on a couple of web servers.
- IPv6 Vulnerability: Kaspersky Internet Security 2013 freezes Operating System if it receives a crafted IPv6 packet. According to Heise a non-public patch is already available from Kaspersky.
German:
- Wer kostenpflichtig Antivirenprodukte von Avast erworben hat, findet seine Kundendaten im Netz wieder. Und zwar inklusive Anschrift, Bankverbindung, Geburtsdaten sowie gehashtem Passwort. Wie letzte Woche schon beim Evernote-Case angemerkt: Betroffene Passwort-Reuser sollten ihre Passwörter auch andernorts ändern.
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