There has been a lot of discussion in recent weeks about some new variants of the Popureb rootkit that clobber your Master Boot Record (MBR).

Initial reports from Microsoft even suggested the only way to recover was to reinstall Windows, which fortunately is not true. But knowing how this rootkit work will surely increase your knowledge.

SophosLabs published a technical paper that looks at the inner workings of Popureb.

Download
http://www.sophos.com/medialibrary/PDFs/technical%20papers/popureb.pdf?dl=true

This site uses a number of databases that have been released to the public. No passwords are stored in the ShouldIChangeMyPassword.com database.

https://shouldichangemypassword.com/

Source
https://shouldichangemypassword.com/sources.php

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJYhPrbtqug&feature=player_embedded

ironic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quSL92cIueI

Some Hacker use software and hardware to express themselves creatively.......


http://www.pentestit.com/wp-content/uploads/HLIC/e57cb16a9284494b6fb328de8e8539d2.png

.....categorized by versions

Hoempage:
http://www.mskbfiles.com/

So here is a Google spreadsheet link for anyone who would like a local copy. Just a warning the spreadsheet is 2 MB.
https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AsJdvp2NWuJDdHdiYmRUTzNJaHctZEVaZXZndjNCTlE&output=html

Malware Analysis Search to include a page for searching Windows API Hashes.
http://www.google.com/cse/home?cx=011750002002865445766:pc60zx1rliu

After 14 Hacks, Finally Sony open job recruitment for "Sr Application Security Analyst". Sony Estimates 171 Million Dollar Loss due to PSN Hack. Also Sony CEO sorry for PSN hack, offers data theft insurance.


Social network Facebook has hired a computer hacker who was recently sued by Sony for hacking the online game system PlayStation 3. Facebook did not reveal what 21-year-old George Hotz will do for the firm.

Hotz - also known by the alias "GeoHot" - gained notoriety in 2008 when he developed a software for unlocking the iPhone and allowing it to be used by other networks. He also released instructions on Sony PlayStation 3 that helped owners modify their consoles to run unauthorized applications and pirated games.


It's been two months since the personal details of 100 million PSN and SOE users were stolen and Sony is still dealing with the fall-out.