I published the following diary on isc.sans.org: “A Bunch of Compromized WordPress Sites“: A few days ago, one of our readers contacted reported an incident affecting his website based on WordPress. He performed quick checks by himself and found some pieces of evidence: The main index.php file was modified and some
If we can put the business and some fun together, so why the hesitation? For a while, I’m playing with flying toys. I already played with different models of RC helicopters and recently, I switched to another category: I bought a quadcopter. The idea to mix the technology of drones with WiFi audits
Lot of media (and not even those related to info security) reported this story today: LulzSec is back! Their last victim was the well-known English newspaper: the Sun. They redirected the site to a fake page which announced the death of Rupert Murdoch. When reading this kind of news, our
The European Commission is capable of the worst as best ideas! A few days ago, they announced the imminent setup of a CERT (“Computer Emergency Response Team”) to protect the institutions, agencies and bodies against cyber-attacks. Good idea! But, a few days ago, a press-release announced that Justice Ministers, who
An interesting initiative from a small team of French guys active in information security. They are organizing a online contest called “Pirate-Moi” (“Hack Me“). The purpose is pretty the same as a classical CTF (“Capture The Flag“) contest held during security conferences: To hack a system! In this case, the
Yesterday, I made a trip to Paris to attend the “Nuit du Hack 2010“. It was already the 7th edition. The event, organized between 16h and 7h, was split in two parts: a set of talks about security topics and, starting from midnight, a CTF contest. I had the chance
