Monthly Archives: February 2014

Hacker Drones Hacking Drones

Posted on February 14, 2014 by Carmelo

I love Hak5.org and their proof of concepts with real world practicality. It’s all fun and games and you get to peer into the hacker mind, where the combining of separate technologies can be turned from prank to cybercrime and … Continue reading →

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Happy Valentine’s Day & Be Cautious

Posted on February 14, 2014 by Carmelo
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Six Failures of Target’s Non-Compliance

Posted on February 13, 2014 by Carmelo

Ira Winkler, is very well known champion in the security arena who is super busy and he still found time to write this article on ComputerWorld in regards to the 6 Failures of Target. To summarize the article, basically, there … Continue reading →

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400Gbps DDoS using NTP

Posted on February 13, 2014 by Carmelo

Amplification attacks using NTP are on the rise. The UDP-based protocol can use a small request and cause a heavy payload response. CloudFlare has done an outstanding job explaining how the following picture is possible. Read about it here on … Continue reading →

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Verizon’s 2014 PCI Compliance Report

Posted on February 12, 2014 by Carmelo

The Verizon PCI Compliance Report is available here (good if you DON’T have Adobe Reader) or from it’s original location here (good if you DO have Adobe Reader). The Verizon 2014 PCI Compliance Report uses data and insights drawn directly … Continue reading →

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Old and Tech Saavy

Posted on February 11, 2014 by Carmelo

Do you know anything about QR code safety? If you don’t know what the QR code is for, don’t scan it! This may seem like a fun prank to try on your friends or whatnot, but how easy would it … Continue reading →

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SQLmap for Auto SQL Injection

Posted on February 11, 2014 by Carmelo

Ultimate Peter demonstrates how easy it is to find a vulnerable to SQL injection website and uses SQLmap to quickly find the users and passwords. Remember, it is against the law to perform this type of testing on systems you … Continue reading →

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Albert Gonzalez

Posted on February 11, 2014 by Carmelo

It’s hard not to be a little envious of the amazing technical skills and charismatic charm of Albert Gonzalez. Then again, I’m glad I haven’t done anything as crazy and super happy to not be serving a 20 year sentence. … Continue reading →

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Pat and Courtney Announce

Posted on February 11, 2014 by Carmelo

Of course we knew back in December, but we weren’t allowed to say anything until Pat and Courtney were ready. We did a real good job keeping it under wraps. Here is Pat and Courtney’s Christmas present to the family … Continue reading →

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Targeting Compliance

Posted on February 10, 2014 by Carmelo

As many of you may have heard, Target has had their customer databases compromised. From several sources, such as Krebs on Security and Information Week. The blame falls on Target relying on an external company who remotely manages the HVAC … Continue reading →

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