Bash-Bug Penetration Testing - Anatomy of Shelllock

A new security vulnerability known as the Bash or Shellshock bug could spell disaster for major digital companies, small-scale Web hosts and even Internet-connected devices.

The quarter-century-old security flaw allows malicious code execution within the bash shell (commonly accessed through Command Prompt on PC or Mac's Terminal application) to take over an operating system and access confidential information.

A post from open-source software company Red Hat warned that "it is common for a lot of programs to run Bash shell in the background," and the bug is "triggered" when extra code is added within the lines of Bash code.

Security expert Robert Graham has warned that the Bash bug is bigger than Heartbleed because "the bug interacts with other software in unexpected ways" and because an "enormous percentage" of software interacts with the shell.

"We'll never be able to catalogue all the software out there that is vulnerable to the Bash bug," Graham said. "While the known systems (like your Web server) are patched, unknown systems remain unpatched. We see that with the Heartbleed bug: six months later, hundreds of thousands of systems remain vulnerable."

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http://infosecninja.blogspot.in/2014/09/bash-bug-penetration-testing-anatomy-of.html

 

Call For Papers for nullcon Goa 2015

Dear Security Gurus,

We are excited to announce Call For Papers for nullcon Goa 2015. Time to tickle your gray cells and submit your research.

6th year | CFP opened on 6th Aug 2014 | conference on 6th Feb 2015.

CFP Details:- http://nullcon.net/website/goa-15/cfp.php 

Training: 4th-5th Feb 2015
Conference: 6th-7th Feb 2015

Our motto - "The neXt security thing" drives the objective of the conference i.e. to discuss and showcase the future of information security, next-generation of offensive and defensive security technology, zero day vulnerabilities and unknown threats. 

Get ready to Goa!

Forceful Sale of Stove by HP (Hindustan Petroleum) Bhogpur Gas Service in Dalli, Bhogpur, Jalandhar, Punjab

This is regarding the forceful sale of stove by HP (Hindustan Petroleum) Bhogpur Gas Service in Bhogpur, Jalandhar, Punjab

The above news has been published in No. 1 Punjabi Newspaper AJIT on 1st September 2014 on page number 8.

Complaint against Distributor : BHOGPUR GAS SERVICE (13896100) 
From HP side communication done by Mr.ASHISH SINGH (192249) 

I had booked for a new HP gas connection and was called on Saturday (02/08/2014) as the connection was available. When I visited the company, I was told to buy stove along with other accessories. I humbly mentioned that I already have a stove manufactured as per the industry standards and I would need only the gas connection.

The manager over there informed me that I would get connection only if I buy the stove. When I asked the formal route of getting a connection without stove, they said without verification they will not provide the connection. Here I’ve seen a strange practice of forcing the customers to buy the stove and then making them sign the document mentioning that they were not forced to buy.

If we denied buying the stove, they will not give us the GAS connection & return back all the documents by saying that without verification they cannot provide the gas connection.

IF WE BUY THE STOVE, NO VERIFICATION IS REQUIRED. BUT SAME WILL BE APPLICABLE IF WE DENIED BUYING THE STOVE. This is totally unethical and criminal.

I also noticed the Rude behavior of owner/manager of the agency.

Through the MRTPC notification, HP has clearly mentioned that it is not obligatory to purchase the stove from dealers/distributors. But this is not being followed in Bhogpur Gas Service in Bhogpur, Jalandhar. Such activities are spoiling the name and fame of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited.

For all other facing similar problem, you may please visit below website to log your complaint against any HP distributor across India. Once the complaint has been logged, response is mandatory from HP representative.

http://jihaan.hpcl.co.in/booking/ConsumerType.aspx

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Fool the Network Hunters (Hackers)

Portspoof is meant to be a lightweight, fast, portable, and secure addition to any firewall system or security system. The general goal of the program is to make the information-gathering phase slow and bothersome for your attackers as much as possible. This is quite a change to the standard 5s nmap scan that will give a full view of your system’s running services.

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Information Security Aficionado: Vulnerability Scanning With Metasploit

Information Security Aficionado: Vulnerability Scanning With Metasploit: Vulnerability scanning is part of penetration testing. A vulnerability scanner is an automated program designed to look for weakne...

Theoretical Methodology for Detecting ICMP Reflected Attacks: SMURF Attacks - InfoSec Institute

 There are plenty of different ways to track the original source of a DoS
attack, but those techniques are not efficient enough to track a
reflected ICMP attack. When I say “reflected ICMP attack,” that means a
SMURF attack. Here I am going to show you a new model to trackback the
reflective DOS attack caused by ICMP packets. This is a very efficient
method, because you can do this with the help of a really few attack
packets. We have seen that, to detect ICMP attacks in direct attack, we
need a large amount of packets to be revised, which is not true in this
case.



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