Wifiphisher is a security tool that mounts fast automated phishing attacks against WPA networks in order to obtain the secret passphrase. It is a social engineering attack that unlike other methods it does not include any brute forcing. It is an easy way for obtaining WPA credentials. From the victim’s perspective, the attack makes use […]
Continue ReadingThe 2013 list of worst passwords, influenced by postings from the Adobe breach, demonstrates the importance of not basing passwords on the application or website being accessed. SplashData has announced its annual list of the 25 most common passwords found on the Internet. For the first time since SplashData began compiling its annual list, “password” […]
Continue ReadingYou can install the industry’s strongest and most expensive firewall. You can educate employees about basic security procedures and the importance of choosing strong passwords. You can even lock-down the server room, but how do you protect a company from the threat of social engineering attacks? For any of you that are involved in security […]
Continue ReadingIn a blog post last Friday, Twitter’s Director of Information Security Bob Lord, said the company had discovered a major attack and shut it down almost immediately, but the attackers may have had access to user names, email addresses, session tokens and passwords for approximately 250,000 users. Lord said that Twitter detected unusual access patterns […]
Continue ReadingPatator is a multi-purpose brute-forcer, with a modular design and a flexible usage. Currently it supports the following modules: ftp_login : Brute-force FTP ssh_login : Brute-force SSH telnet_login : Brute-force Telnet smtp_login : Brute-force SMTP smtp_vrfy : Enumerate valid users using the SMTP VRFY command smtp_rcpt : Enumerate valid users using the SMTP RCPT TO […]
Continue ReadingA hacker who calls himself Hannibal has posted thousands of alleged login email addresses and passwords of Arab Facebook users. Emails and passwords for the social network Facebook have been published on Pastebin. Hannibal claims he has more than 30 million credentials of Arab users that he will publish regularly. The hacker backs Israel and […]
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