Iethical Hacking

http://www.scmagazine.com/microsoft-adobe-drop-patches-for-dozens-of-bugs/article/275329/

Microsoft, Adobe drop patches for dozens of bugs Microsoft and Adobe on Tuesday both shipped security updates for their widely deployed products, with the former issuing seven patches to address 12 vulnerabilities and the latter distributing fixes for Reader, Acrobat and Flash.

http://www.scmagazine.com/ddos-attacks-on-banks-continue-into-the-new-year/article/274712/

DDoS attacks on banks continue into the New Year A hacktivist group claims it already has launched the second phase of DDoS strikes against U.S. banks.

http://www.scmagazine.com/latest-ie-attacks-connected-to-espionage-group/article/274915/

Latest IE attacks connected to espionage group Symantec has linked exploits that leverage a new zeroday vulnerability in Internet Explorer to the group responsible for a spate of recent espionage attacks.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57552183-83/norton-mobile-pushes-security-as-a-service/

Norton Mobile pushes security as a service Norton's new single-license approach to both Android and iOS makes it easy to have one security provider across different platforms, but the real goal is to refocus the app as a service. Read this article by Seth Rosenblatt on CNET.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57552852-83/hacker-found-guilty-of-massive-at-t-ipad-site-breach/

Hacker found guilty of massive AT&T-iPad site breach Jury convicts Andrew Auernheimer of unauthorized access and identity theft in connection with the theft of data belonging to more than 100,000 iPad users on the carrier's 3G network. Read this article by Steven Musil on CNET News.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57552960-83/microsoft-hands-windows-8-pro-to-pirates-by-mistake/

Microsoft hands Windows 8 Pro to pirates by mistake Forget torrents, just go and download as many Windows 8 keys that you need, from Microsoft directly. Read this article by Charlie Osborne on CNET News.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57553153-83/u.s-accused-of-cyberattack-on-french-government/

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57481689-83/nsa-director-finally-greets-defcon-hackers/

NSA director finally greets Defcon hackers National Security Agency Director Gen. Keith Alexander calls Defcon the 'world's best cybersecurity community' and asks for their help. Read this article by Elinor Mills on CNET News.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57509753-83/go-daddy-serviced-web-sites-go-down-hacker-takes-credit/

Go Daddy-serviced Web sites go down; hacker takes credit One hacker claims responsibility for an outage affecting sites for which Go Daddy provides hosting and DNS services. Read this article by Elinor Mills on CNET News.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57535683-37/apple-parts-ways-with-hacker-famous-for-iphone-jailbreaking/

Apple parts ways with hacker famous for iPhone jailbreaking Nicholas Allegra, who was hired last year after gaining fame at JailBreakMe, was let go after not responding to an e-mail offering to extend his employment. Read this article by Steven Musil on CNET News.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57541801-83/anonymous-takes-aim-at-zynga/

Anonymous takes aim at Zynga The hacker group says layoffs at Zynga will lead to the 'end of the US game market as we know it' as jobs get shipped overseas, and it vows to take action. Read this article by Jonathan Skillings on CNET News.

http://www.securityweek.com/website-tells-will-get-you-hacked

Website 'Tells' That Will Get You Hacked | SecurityWeek.Com One of the biggest security problems with even the most professionally produced website is aging. Even if the site was created using tools and website technology components, these same components might have been found to contain numerous security flaws over the last few months or years.