Hack In The BoxHack In The Box BackendNew ways to hack VoIP aren't fatal if you're prepared for them- July 4, 2008 New exploits against VoIP continue to emerge, but experts say these demonstrations reveal the need for vigilant security and are not fatal flaws to the technology. At Black Hat this month researchers released hacking tools against VoIP signaling protocols H.323 and AIX as well as tools to insert audio into VoIP calls. At Defcon, a tool that automatically probes the Session Initiation Protocol for vulnerabilities was released to enable the covert piggy-backing of data over VoIP streams. The...http://www.hackinthebox.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=27306 YouTube ordered to reveal its viewers- July 4, 2008 Dismissing privacy concerns, a federal judge overseeing a $1 billion copyright-infringement lawsuit against YouTube has ordered the popular online video-sharing service to disclose who watches which video clips and when. U.S. District Judge Louis L. Stanton authorized full access to the YouTube logs after Viacom Inc. and other copyright holders argued that they needed the data to show whether their copyright-protected videos are more heavily watched than amateur clips. The data would not be.http://www.hackinthebox.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=27305 Top Four IT Certification Categories- July 3, 2008 When it comes to deciding whether to earn an IT certification, many tech professionals have decidedly mixed feelings. Some just groan and say no. Their options are considerable from Microsofts MCP to Novells CLP but so is the workload. Certification takes plenty of time and effort, and sometimes plenty of money. The long exams are as enjoyable as a rousing session of root canal. Consequently, many tech staffers wonder: is it worth it Thats a good question, especially considering that a...http://www.hackinthebox.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=27304 Keylogging malware steals 50GB of passwords- July 3, 2008 Writers of a password-stealing Trojan horse program have managed to infect hundreds of thousands of computers - including more than 14,000 within one unnamed global hotel chain - by waiting for system administrators to log onto infected PCs and then using a Microsoft administration tool to spread their malicious software throughout the network. The criminals behind the Coreflood Trojan are using the software to steal banking and brokerage account usernames and passwords. They've amassed a 50GB.http://www.hackinthebox.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=27303 Ex-Body Shop techie fined 85,000- July 3, 2008 An ex- IT worker at the Body Shop who used his job to snoop e-mails to get insider information so he could short-sell the firms shares has been fined 85,000. Charging John Shevlin with market abuse, the FSA said the technician knew in advance about the groups worse-than-expected trading figures from accessing executives inboxes. Inside, he found e-mails containing the details of the Body Shops 2005 Christmas season trading results and a draft announcement that the group had underperformed. He.http://www.hackinthebox.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=27302 |