Daily Archives: 28/08/2012

How I cracked my neighbor’s WiFi password without breaking a sweat

Last week’s feature explaining why passwords are under assault like never before touched a nerve with many Ars readers, and with good reason. After all, passwords are the keys that secure web-based bank accounts, sensitive e-mail services, and virtually every other facet of our online life. Lose … http://arstechnica.com/security/2012/08/wireless-password-easily-cracked/

New Java 0day exploited in the wild

A few hours ago, FireEye published some information related to a new Java 0day exploited in the wild. The malicious JAR file was served from ok.aa24.net / meeting / index.html The html loads the Java applet passing some parameters that are used later to build the URL to download the payload. … http://labs.alienvault.com/labs/index.php/2012/new-java-0day-exploited-in-the-wild/

New Chinese Exploit Pack

A Korean news site was recently observed distributing malware. I thought it would be an opportune time to test out my program that attempts to locate malicious scripts on a website. Here’s an excerpt from the results: Looking at the screenshot above from the bottom up, we see some suspicious co… http://www.kahusecurity.com/2012/new-chinese-exploit-pack/ Dispositivo Móvel –…

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