Monthly Archives: August 2006

Microsoft to hackers: Take your best shot

Filed under Hacking

Finally, MS is taking Vista to the wolves! It’s about time. Nothing better then the worlds formost hackers taking stab at MS’s upcoming OS. Will this make Vista more secure? Only time will tell but it is a much better strategy then what MS has done in the past.

CNN.com – Microsoft to hackers: Take your best shot – Aug 3, 2006

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Windows XP Local Privilege Escalation and BlackHat 2006

Filed under Vulnerabilities

Very interesting read and demo on the SANS Internet Storm Center website today about how easy it is to gain “system” level acccess from an admin account:

SANS – Internet Storm Center – Cooperative Cyber Threat Monitor And Alert System

Hack a MacBook in 60 seconds?

Yep, it’s true…imagine what could happen if this type of exploit got out in the wild? FSecure also notes that the patch for Centrino laptops is only a mere 129mb!

Hack a Mac in 60 seconds

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