Petya – Taking Ransomware To The Low Level
Petya is different from other popular ransomware these days. Instead of encrypting files one by one, it denies access to the full system by attacking low-level structures on the disk.…
Diffie & Hellman Receive the 2015 Turing Award
Last week, the Association for Computing Machinery named Whitfield Diffie and Martin E. Hellman recipients of the 2015 Turing Award. They have been honored with this prestigious award for their…
How To Install “net-tools” Package on Ubuntu / Debian
Package Description The NET-3 networking toolkit Quick Install Instructions of net-tools on Ubuntu Server. It’s Super Easy! Simply Copy (CTL-C) to copy the command and paste (CTL-V) it into your…
The U.S. Government Needs to Hire More Geeks
Randy Watson is choking back tears. He is a proud and grizzled Vietnam veteran, standing in front of an audience of hundreds. With the help of his daughter, Randy has…
Vulnerability Scanning with Nexpose
One of the keys to success as a hacker, pentester, or cyber warrior is finding vulnerabilities or flaws in the target system they exploit when they hack. There are several…
Edward Snowden
Edward Snowden is a former Central Intelligence Agency agent and computer scientist who leaked classified information about the National Security Agency (NSA) in 2013. The leaked documents were published by…
Dual law enforcement for the Federal and State Partners Announce a Multi-Agency Crackdown
Civil Enforcement Cases, State Enforcement Actions, Alert to Financial Institutions Among New Efforts to Protect American Homeowners Seeking Relief. WASHINGTON – As homeowners and communities throughout the country continue to…