Beware of software cracks!!!

Those tempted to download software cracks to unlawfully activate software from a trial mode into a paid mode have been warned that they may be unknowingly installing hacking tools onto their system.

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Run Leopard on Windows PCs

"The cat and mouse game between hackers and Apple takes another move, with news that Apple’s new Leopard operating system has already been successfully installed on Windows PCs.

The OSx86 Scene forum has released details of how Windows users can migrate to Apple’s new OS, without investing in new hardware -- even though installing Leopard on an PC may be counter to Apple’s terms and conditions."

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Malware bazaar @ Bank of India Website

Read this article on The Register about how attacker were able to hack the Bank of India website to infect its online customers with malware. You might re-think whether your bank is truly delivering on its promises for safer online banking... go through their policy statements... you might be surprised to find out exactly how much they claim liability if you get compromised while doing an online transaction.

Just because it's expensive doesn't mean it will work!

The $84 million Internet porn filter implemented just recently by the Australian government has been cracked by a teenager in just 30 minutes :) Read more...

This maybe a lesson to some people that in the world of computer security, big bucks alone can't solve their problems...

Ubuntu Under Attack

Five of the eight Ubuntu community servers were compromised and used to attack other systems. The servers were shut down to deal with the compromise and are now back online. Canonical, the sponsor and manufacturer of Ubuntu, states the breach was due to more than 15 unpatched web applications running in parallel on the systems, out of date server software being used and the systems using unencrypted FTP.

reported on SANS... read full article.

E-Passport Vulnerable to Sabotage!!!

This is an interesting article about e-passports and buffer overflows in e-passport readers.

I think since there are some countries introducing e-passports (Maldives issued its first e-passport to the president and first lady on July 26 this year) it is important to be aware of the security issues involved in them.

There have been a number of security issues (including hacks that were demonstrated to the public) involving e-passports especially in the EU and USA. Some articles talk about how people can actually read the information stored on these RFID chips from a distance without the knowledge of the owner. So imagine someone being able to steal your biometric information such as facial or fingerprint information and store it on his own e-passport and... Well you get the idea!

Original Article: Wired - Scan This Guy's E-Passport and Watch Your System Crash

Oh Microsoft, you did it again :-)

Check this out... this is hilarious. Some guy was able to validate Ubuntu as a genuine copy of Microsoft Windows. Makes one wonder of the greater things to come from this software giant in the future.

Get the full article from Slashdot.