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Your own DNS at risk..

A vulnerability has been found in ISC BIND 8 and 9. [..]

published by playhack on 09/07/2008 at 03:22 in Vulns

XSS Worms get back on the scene..

TheDefaced.org team contacted our partner XSSed.com to communicate their last discovered vulnerability in the well-known Justin.TV broadcasting website and have released a JavaScript Worm that is presented by XSSing.com in our XSS Worms section [..]

published by playhack on 08/07/2008 at 03:10 in Security

Jobsite hack used to market identity harvesting services

Hackers have turned the harvesting of personal information from Monster.com and other large US jobsites into a lucrative black market business..

A Russian gang called Phreak has created an online tool that extracts personal details from CVs posted onto sites including Monster.com, AOL Jobs, Ajcjobs.com, Careerbuilder.com, Careermag.com, Computerjobs.com, Hotjobs.com, Jobcontrolcenter.com, Jobvertise.com and Militaryhire.com. As a result the personal information (names, email addresses, home addresses and current employers) on hundreds of thousands of jobseakers has been placed at risk, according to net security firm PrevX. [..]

published by playhack on 07/07/2008 at 03:01 in World

Panda ActiveScan Two Vulnerabilities

The Kung Fu Panda has been knocked out..

Karol Wiesek has reported two vulnerabilities in Panda ActiveScan, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. [..]

published by playhack on 07/07/2008 at 02:52 in Vulns

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.x Multiple Vulnerabilities

Meanwhile the 3.0 version has been released, the 2.0 branch get shot again but a patch is already out..

Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Mozilla Firefox, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting and spoofing attacks, bypass certain security restrictions, disclose sensitive information, or potentially compromise a user's system. [..]

published by playhack on 03/07/2008 at 03:41 in Vulns

Playhack Retrolab

A new section of our website has been released, check it out..

Beside the Information Security some of us raised the interest in retrocomputing too. We managed to collect few old and historical pieces that we jealously keep safe from time's running!
We made several photos of the machines we got and.. [..]

published by playhack on 02/07/2008 at 04:44 in Playhack

(ITA) EVENT: Metro Olografix CAmp

Il raduno storico del Metro Olografix viene riproposto dopo 4 anni dalla sua nascita..

Il 2004 ci aveva lasciati tutti con la soddisfazione di un evento ben riuscito e l'aspirazione e la speranza nel miglioramento della scena italiana nella partecipazione collettiva.
Dopo 4 anni di voci, dicerie, speranze e richieste a furor di popolo, il Metro Olografix colpisce ancora organizzando la seconda versione del ormai rinomato MOCA! [..]

published by playhack on 30/06/2008 at 04:48 in Events

Internet Explorer 7 Frame Location Handling Vulnerability

After Firefox it's time for IE too..

sirdarckcat has discovered a vulnerability in Internet Explorer, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct spoofing attacks.
[..]

published by playhack on 30/06/2008 at 04:36 in Vulns

Mozilla Firefox Unspecified Code Execution

The 3rd release of the premier browser gets drilled..

A vulnerability has been reported in Mozilla Firefox, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system. [..]

published by playhack on 19/06/2008 at 05:22 in Vulns

May 16, 1960

The first laser..

What about google logo today? Maiman can help you to understand.. [..]

published by playhack on 16/05/2008 at 03:26 in World