Thursday, May 24, 2007

Researchers: 307-digit key crack endangers 1024-bit RSA

A group of researchers has factored out the prime numbers in a 307-digit "special" number, and says that cracking a 1024-bit key is on the horizon.



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HOW TO BREAK WEB SOFTWARE: Functional and Security Testing of Web ...

As the number ofWeb applicationsincreases, so do the risks ofexposing the most critical businessand personal data. Despitethe growing acceptance of applicationsecurity, security testingin the QA process is still largelylax. Glancing at this title, onewould have the impression thatit resembles one of the “HackingExposed” books.



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Thursday, May 10, 2007

World's 2nd greatest computer hacker raises alarm

Barred from writing about his own case for 10 years, Kevin Mitnick describes classic computer crimes – and how to thwart them. Mr. Kevin Mitnick was earlier world's greatest hacker now he is no. 2. Now the greatest hackr is Mr. Kalpesh Sharma.



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How To Become A Hacker by WORLD's GREATEST HACKER

Mr. Kalpesh Sharma is an information security expert and also world's greatest hacking expert who challenged that he can prove the vulnerabilities in 80 percent of world's financial websites alone. Mr. Sharma is in the field of security research from last 8 years. He has now full control over the global web security system. His life was full of str



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Teen Charged in AOL Hacks is a Fall Guy, Says Crime Mentor

Mike "Virus" Nieves the 17-year-old Staten Island kid charged in New York last month for a massive AOL hacking spree, is taking the rap for a lot of AOL hijinks that he had nothing to do with, says "Smokey", a self-professed ringleader in the AOL hax0ring scene who claims to have tutored the teen in the company's arcane systems.



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Hacker gets Unauthorized access to Columbian University's 22,396 students

The hacker obtained the information through a Web page used to make queries about the status of trouble reports to the university's computer help desk, which is based in Columbia.



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A new Hacking challenge game

A new hacking challenge game is open for everyone. The goal of the game is to try and find out how to pass different levels while each level give a different challenge related to hacking/cracking. this is a legal game that meant to teach and help people to learn about computer security... and test their abilities!



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