Metasploit development team has announced the release of version 3.2 of the Metasploit Framework, the new version 3.2 includes exploit modules for recent Microsoft flaws, such as MS08-041, MS08-053, MS08-059, MS08-067, MS08-068, and many more. The module format has been changed in version 3.2. The Byakugan WinDBG extension developed by Pusscat has been integrated with [...]

DirBuster is a multi threaded java application designed to brute force directories and files names on web/application servers, DirBuster figures out hidden pages and applications within server root.
However tools of this nature are often as only good as the directory and file list they come with. A different approach was taken to generating this. The [...]

As per Red Hat newsletter, the system used by the Fedora Project to sign the software packages for automatically updating end users’ systems has been breached, the attack on network also affected the Fedora Project’s database and proxy servers, hosted systems and collaboration network.Fedora Project claimed that the intruders did not get the package signing [...]

Bharti Airtel’s CIO and IT director Jai Menon claims their new version of Airtel Iphone is hacker proof.

As per the interview with Indiatimes, jai menon claims “Even if a hacker figures out a way to make voice calls from an iPhone procured from our stores using a non-Airtel SIM, he will not be able [...]

Popular Internet Web Browser developers Opera released an update to its software, patching half a dozen security vulnerabilities in various versions of its software for Windows, Mac, Linux and other operating system.  Opera’s recommended patch upgrades the Opera browser to version 9.5.2, which patches 5 flaws in Opera for Mac OS X, 6 Flaws in [...]

Grendel Scan an open source automated web application security auditing tool gave a presentation at DEFCON.
Grendel-Scan has an built in automated testing modules for detecting common web application vulnerabilities, and features geared at aiding manual penetration tests. Grendel-Scan system requirement is Java 5; Windows, Linux and Macintosh builds are available.
Grendel-Scan is compatible with 32 Bit [...]