BackTrack 4 Beta released
The Remote Exploit Development Team has just announced BackTrack 4 Beta. BackTrack is a Linux based LiveCD intended for security testing and we’ve been watching the project since the very early days....
View ArticlePortable WiFi penetration testing
Inside this box you’ll find a La Fonera wireless access point. [Emeryth] and his band of miscreants built this portable device for WiFi security testing. The AP is running OpenWRT and has been set up...
View ArticleUbuntu Laika – an Android phone pen testing platform
Once [Ruan] over at AndroidClone heard that Android devices were capable of running a full Linux environment, he started contemplating all of the things he might be able to do with a full Linux OS in...
View ArticleRFID Reader Snoops Cards from 3 Feet Away
Security researcher [Fran Brown] sent us this tip about his Tastic RFID Thief, which can stealthily snag the information off an RFID card at long range. If you’ve worked with passive RFID before, you...
View ArticleSmart Gun Beaten by Dumb Magnets
[Plore], a hacker with an interest in safe cracking, read a vehemently anti-smart-gun thread in 2015. With the words “Could you imagine what the guys at DEF CON could do with this?” [Plore] knew what...
View ArticleFail of the Week: Padlock Purports to Provide Protection, Proves Pathetic
Anyone in the know about IoT security is likely to steer clear of a physical security product that’s got some sort of wireless control. The list of exploits for such devices is a long, sad statement on...
View ArticlePentesting Hack Chat this Wednesday
Join us on Wednesday, May 13 at noon Pacific for the Pentesting Hack Chat with Eric Escobar! Ask anyone in this community to name their dream jobs and chances are pretty good that penetration tester...
View ArticleThe WiFi Pumpkin is the WiFi Pineapple We Have at Home
While networking was once all about the Cat 5 cables and hubs and routers, now most of us connect regularly in a wireless manner. Just like regular networks, wireless networks need auditing, and...
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