Google Wave as a Tool for Hacking
via Social Hacking. Many security researchers are familiar with BeEF, a browser exploitation framework by Wade Alcorn. In short, BeEF is a program that brings together various types of code for taking advantage of known vulnerabilities in web browsers. If a target computer loads a certain bit of code within a web page, that code connects to a server control panel which can then execute certain attacks against the “zombie” machine.After noting potential security issues with the gadgets in Google Wave, I set about to finally setup a BeEF testbed and see if Google Wave was as capable

Train an army of crows to gather treasure for you
via HackZine.com. This site began with a 2008 crowbox experiment, which turned nature’s pests into practical players in society by autonomously training crows to conduct mutually beneficial behaviours with humans. I did the initial experiment in 2008 in an attempt to teach crows how to live more purposefully for man, so that man would not annihilate the species. At the time, I taught some captive crows, remotely, through basic operant conditioning, to feed coins into a vending machine so they could get peanuts. The idea is that a group of wild crows would t

SPOOFEM.COM releases beta version of desktop application
Computer Security News via SPOOFEM.COM releases beta version of desktop application. Caller ID spoofing service provider SPOOFEM.COM announced on Monday the release of its free desktop application , version 1.B . The company said the SDA, available at http://www.spoofem.com, provides consumers with easy access to all of the services that are available on SPOOFEM.COM, including caller-id spoofing, spoofing text and e-mail messages,

“Metasploit Unleashed” Unleashed
via Introduction to Metasploit Unleashed. Free MetaSploit Class — YEA! This is it! After months of hard work, we are finally ready to present the free version of our online course – Metasploit Unleashed – Mastering the Framework. This resource will be a living, breathing Metasploit documentation entity. We will keep on updating and adding new modules and chapters as the MSF evolves. This course has be written in a manner to encompass not just the front end “user” aspects of the framework, but rather give you an introduction to the capabilities that Metasploit provi