Vulnerabilities in web apps – Google

Google releases Jarlsberg, an application to demonstrate common security vulnerabilities in web apps. We want Google employees to have a firm understanding of the threats our services face, as well as how to help protect against those threats. We work toward these goals in a variety of ways, including security training for new engineers, technical [...]

How deeply compromised can you get?

Check out Inside The Brains Of A Professional Bank Hacking Team by Andy Greenberg. An interesting article…

64-bit A5/1 system vulnerable to eavesdropping

Worried about protecting your computer or network? Here goes the phone and text conversations, too. The aim of the project, he says, is not to “break anything” but rather to create an awareness of “a long-standing vulnerability” in GSM encryption technology and, ultimately, to push mobile phone operators still delivering calls over GSM networks either [...]