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PHDays 2012 is over | 01-Jun-2012 |
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Chinese Hackers (cracker) hit U.S. Chamber of Commerce | 21-Dec-2011 |
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Italians Anonymous arrested | 06-Jul-2011 |
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DerbyCon 2011 - A New Hackercon Security Conference | 13-Aug-2011 |
Wi-Fi Security Expert (SWSE) Certification
Security News 28-Sep-2011
SecurityTube Wi-Fi Security Expert (SWSE) is an online certification for Wi-Fi Security and Penetration Testing.
This course is ideal for penetration testers, security enthusiasts and network administrators.
The course leading to the certification exam is entirely practical and hands-on in nature.
The final certification exam is fully practical as well and tests the student's ability to think out of the box and is based on the application of knowledge in practical real life scenarios.
Read more about this on SecurityTube.Net(thanks to darkAudax for reporting this article on Aircrack-ng Forum.
DEFCON 19 - "Crack Me If You Can
(KoreLogic Security Contest)
Security News 07-Jul-2011
A password cracking contest sponsored by KoreLogic during DEFCON 19 at the Rio Hotel & Casino (Las Vegas) has ended! °_*
This is the final scores with the bonus points:
- Insidepro team 2011 wins the contest with 16,426,020 points.
- Hashcat is second with 16,252,888 points.
- john-users is third with 13,178,997 points.
President Obama: Don't Waste Billions of Taxpayer Dollars on Your Risky WIRELESS Broadband Initiative and Wireless Smart Meter Stimulus Grants.
(EMR Policy Institute Letter and Summary)
The same problems apply to "Smart Meters" in Canada and abroad.
- Billions of taxpayer $$$ wasted on risky technology.
- Personal freedom threats.
- Health risks.
- Medical device malfunction risk from electromagnetic interference.
- Safety risks.
- Peivacy risks.
- Cybersecurity risks.
- No energy savings.
- Increased charges to rate payers.
Web Server Survey - May 2011
In the May 2011 survey we received responses from 324,697,205 sites.
Apache exhibited by far the largest growth this month, gaining 12.5M hostnames and over 1.5 percentage points of market share.
SoftLayer saw the largest increase, gaining 3.0M hostnames, while Earthlink took a big drop, losing 1.3M.
Microsoft only gained 0.8M hostnames this month, losing them half a percentage point of market share.
Read more about Netcraft - Server Survey May 2011.
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