Welcome to the Informer!
The Informer is a fund raising effort run by Hackers For Charity. It is designed to give subscribers a “backstage pass” to the world of Information Security. 100% percent of the proceeds go into our...
View ArticleA Tale of Two Bugs
The following is a pre-release of a blog post by Simple Nomad. It contains colorful sailor language — not descriptive nautical seafaring prose, but low-brow unnecessary pirate cursing. Proceed at your...
View ArticleMaltego 155 day license!
First come first serve…here’s the Maltego license key that’s good for 155 days:(see below). Not working anymore ? You should have been checking the site more regularly. Can’t see the license key?...
View ArticleWhitePaper – PDF Silent HTTP Form Repurposing Attacks
This paper sheds light on the modified approach to trigger web attacks through JavaScript protocol handler in the context of browser when a PDF is opened in it. As we have seen, the kind of security...
View ArticleHot packet-on-packet 0day action!!! Okay, simply more old 0day…
WARNING – POSSIBLE IMMATURE CURSING AHEAD. OK *ACTUAL* IMMATURE CURSING, WTF… Well, apparently it was a real popular thing to give away a couple of 0day exploits, so more 0day is being given away!...
View ArticleAdvisory: Gmail – Google Docs Cookie Hijacking through PDF Repurposing
Google docs network was vulnerable to PDF re purposing attacks. The vulnerability was disclosed to Google with a discretion. This is done to mitigate the risk . Google has worked over it and patched it...
View ArticleJohnny’s “No-Tech Hacking” talk!
This is one of Johnny’s most “famoustest” talks ever, and this is the evolution, which Johnny presents to audiences all over the world! Now it’s available as a video exclusively to Informer...
View ArticleBackTrack 4 Pre Final
Thanks to the amazing generosity and heart of the group at Offensive Security, I’m proud to announce that all Informer subscribers have exclusive access to the BackTrack 4 pre-final, at least a week...
View ArticleGRaTS vulnerability scanning tool prototype
Greetings, Informees! Since I have a working prototype of a new tool available, I thought you all might like to play with it! (Warning: This is a prototype, it is still buggy, does not have a GUI, and...
View ArticleMaltego FireFox Plugin – The Mesh!
This new plugin from Paterva allows you to easily pull data from visited web pages, and integrates seamlessly with Maltego. A video demo is here: http://www.paterva.com/mesh.mp4 but the plugin is only...
View ArticleRaw Patch Management Survey Data (Project Quant)
Over at Securosis we’ve been working on a big project (called Project Quant) with Microsoft to develop a rigorous patch management metrics model. We ended up with a 40+ page report including over a...
View ArticleAirdrop-ng Beta Release
Airdrop-ng A python based wireless deauth tool supporting a full rule base and kicks based on OUI. After enjoying MDK3 but finding it way to blunt for many uses I decided to write my own python deauth...
View ArticlePrison Break (Breaking, Entering & Decoding) Challenge Answers
The Ethical Hacker Network (EH-Net) teams with The Informer. The EH-Net contribution will be the answers to the Skillz H@ck1ng Challenges a few days before they are revealed on EH-Net. We start this...
View ArticleWeakNet Linux Assistant 3 Lite
WeakNet Linux Assistant 3 Lite (WNLA) is ready! Thanks to Douglas at WeakNet Labs, it’s available exclusively to Informer subscribers this week. A must-have for anyone interested in Security or...
View ArticleKatana Security Distro v1.0
Thanks to Ronin over at http://www.hackfromacave.com for this addition! Katana v1.0 (Kyuzo) is now available for all Informer subscribers. Click here if you’d like to subscribe! Katana v1.0 (Kyuzo) is...
View ArticleAirdrop-ng Release
After a bit of a rocky release talk at shmoocon 2010 I am proud to announce the release of airdrop-ng a rule based wireless deauth tool. Thank you for the patience in awaiting the download link....
View ArticleKismet Drone Building Guide
The Kismet Drone is a very useful device for anyone responsible for monitoring a wireless network. They allow you a remote presence to sniff the air from anywhere on your LAN or over the internet...
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