Ryan Naraine

HD Moore: Critical Flaw in 40 Different Windows Apps

Metasploit’s HD Moore was in the midst of researching the recently patched LNK (Windows shortcut) vulnerability when he stumbled upon a serious problem that exposes more than 40 different Windows software programs to remote code execution attacks. 

Verizon DBIR Challenge Clue #2

This year’s Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) challenge is  well and truly underway.  I see where the (public) contestants are stumped so, here’s a clue to nudge them along:


On the heels of a Black Hat conference presentation where researcher Charlie Miller provided details of an exploitable vulnerability in Adobe’s PDF Reader software, the company plans to ship an out-of-band patch to ward off malicious hacker attacks.