The Edge of I-Hacked

Ya I know it’s the same text as last year, we are tired… The difference is….

THIS YEAR THEY EXIST.

Ok — so defcon isnt exactly the most expensive con there is.. In fact, it is quite a steal at $120. But sometimes hackers are poor. Sometimes the difference is having beer and no badge, or a badge and no beer. Both are a bad situation.

So let me show you how to get into Defcon for a measly $15! (That still leaves you some scratch for BEER!) It is time to introduce this years I-Hacked T-Shirt.

Not only will you get into Defcon for free (minus the cost of the tshirt of course) but you will have access to areas most “Humans” simply wont! Imagine hob-knobbing in the goon’s private skybox! Imagine finding the talk that you are most interested in, COMPLETELY FULL… With a normal badge you would be out of luck, but using the 2009 Defcon17 I-Hacked shirt, you can tell some sad sorry sap to get the hell out of your seat, because you are a goon and they have to listen to you! And it is completely legal!

How were we able to do this? Simple, We were able to (easily I might add) obtain the details of the badges early by social engineering the company that Joe Grand used for production. Not only did they provide the final proofs back to us, but actually sent us some PHYSICAL SAMPLES! (wh000000t!)

We took those proofs and produced a T-Shirt that we feel captures the “hacker spirit”. This limited edition 2009 Defcon17 I-Hacked tshirt, which is SURE to be “THE” topic of DC17 and making it to DEFCON LORE can be had for only 15 bucks.

All proceeds will go to providing beer to those who are wearing the shirts.

via Boing Boing Gadgets

Apple says it’s had “pretty interesting ideas” for a Mac netbook, but it’s everyday users who’ve already taken action. Most of the popular netbooks can run OS X, but there are plenty of caveats: non-functioning components which lack drivers, need to be replaced, or which simply can’t be gotten working at all.

The short answer: get a HP Mini 1000 or a Dell Mini 9/Vostro A90.

via BackTrack Information Security Distribution » Metasploit Unleashed – Mastering the Framework.

The course will be presented in the usual “Offensive Security” online format pdf + videos and is designed to surprise even experienced MSF users.

The PDF guide along with offline labs for the course will be free of charge. We are working with Metasploit.com and Hackers for Charity to put all proceeds from this course towards feeding children in Kenya and Uganda. The course videos will be available for a small fee. All proceeds will be donated to Hackers for Charity.

This course opens up a new Metasploit Framework Certification track – the OSMP, Offensive Security Metasploit Professional. The certification exam will be based on hands-on exercises requiring the student to prove they have mastered the MSF in all aspects. The Certification will only be available to those who purchase the videos – our way of encouraging donations to HFC. Remember – all proceeds go towards a very good cause.

The course is almost ready and we expect a public release around late August, 2009.

via hackersforcharity.org

The bottom line is PayPal has frozen my assets (which aren’t theirs.. how can they do this?) including all the support money my family is relying on.

I’ve spent hours on the phone (on hold) to PayPal at approximately 30 cents a minute to try to get this resolved only to be told to use email. I’m considering legal action over this.

HFC is at a complete standstill. We can not order shirts for the conference. Subscriptions are bouncing. Informer is down. Subscribers are (rightly) pissed because they don’t have what they’ve paid for. I can’t order the items for the DEFCON auction. There are too many problems to list here. The biggest is that PayPal has locked down my family’s survival money.

I have no clue what to do at this point.

Does the EFF have any leverage? I can’t tell you how tempted I am to just turn to the dark side here and…

Paypal are you out there? Help Johnny & his good cause out!

Written by: Tw1zl3r = there is no place like 127.0.0.1

Upgrading to FireFox 3.5 is not a good idea for those who want to remain anonymous using proxy’s for socks 5 via an SSH encrypted traffic tunnel for items like http, ftp…etc or users running TOR. FireFox 3.5 has a bug and you cannot stop DNS LEAK (s). Searching the web I have found FireFox 3.5 DNS LEAK problem yet to be widely publicized…if at all.

This needs to be addressed to the community as it is a serious issue. If you don’t believe me do some investigative work and test it yourself.

Start up FireFox 3.5, enable your SSH tunnel settings using putty. I have a Linux server with open SSH that I use to proxy http traffic. Enable your ssh SOCKS proxy 127.0.0.1 and proxy port and lastly set the FireFox 3.5 about Config to true for network.proyx.socks remote.
The above settings should enable you to go wherever you want with out having DNS leaks and anonymous browsing in places such as a coffee shop or in a college doom room that has restricted access.

Turn on WireShark and let it run on your nic while you do some web surfing. If 3.5 firefox worked correctly you will not see any DNS data since you are using a socks5 proxy with the about:config toggel network.proxy.socks_remote_dns option TRUE.

The Examples Below Shows FireFox 3.5 using an SSH tunnel via putty to proxy HTTP. With all settings configured FireFox 3.5 still leaks out DNS web queries.
Tested in FireFox 3.5 32bit windows XP:

The leaking IP address 10.20.20.78

WireShark analysis on FireFox 3.5 – showing LEAKING DNS – MAKE IT RAIN!!!

The DNS Leak issue in FireFox 3.5 is a BIG BUG because even if you use the about:Config force remote DNS look ups using a proxy the requests are still sent to your local DNS. The local DNS query leaks your web searches out for anyone with a brain cell and WireShark to view a users web query’s in plain text. FireFox 3.5 has the toggle network.proxy.socks_remote_dns option in it but when adding the option in about:Config it does nothing and is all show no go. The setting does nothing and allows DNS to Leak.

The only way to be sure you are truly staying off the DNS leak trap is to roll back to FireFox 3.0.

One post is all I have been able to find about this DNS LEAK issue and it was in brevity on a FireFox IP forum. The issue has yet to be resolved. http://code.google.com/p/FireFox-showip/issues/detail?id=21#c2

WireShark analysis using FireFox 3.0 – FireFox 3.0 no leaks and everything is tunneling over SSH correctly: There was nothing to show for DNS because FireFox 3.0 is working correctly and will not show the DSN protocol because it is using remote DNS via an SSH tunnel.

Cheers,

Tw1zl3r = there is no place like 127.0.0.1

via SecuriTeam Blogs » Bye milw0rm?

I saw a message from Jericho giving his goodbyes to str0ke, and had to see it for myself. Indeed:

Well, this is my goodbye header for milw0rm. I wish I had the time I did in the past to post exploits, I just don’t : . For the past 3 months I have actually done a pretty crappy job of getting peoples work out fast enough to be proud of, 0 to 72 hours taking off weekends isn’t fair to the authors on this site. I appreciate and thank everyone for their support in the past.
Be safe, /str0ke

We all hope it’s just temporary and str0ke will bounce back. And if that doesn’t happen, hopefully someone else will pick it up and continue. It’s a thankless job of tedious work but it gives “the good guys” a fighting chance by putting together in an organized manner things that are already know to the bad people out there.

Hopefully this is not a farewell, but if it is, milw0rm will be missed.

Readers: If you have suggestions for good exploit archives other than this exploit archive, of course that should go on the bookmark list where milw0rm was, please post in the comments below.

from V3.co.uk – formerly vnunet.com

Security experts are warning of a serious vulnerability in the iPhone that could allow hackers to remotely execute code on the device.

Security researcher Charlie Miller announced the findings at the SyScan conference in Singapore yesterday. He is now reportedly working with Apple to get the problem fixed as soon as possible.
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Patrick Runald, chief security advisor at Finnish web security firm F-Secure, argued on the firm’s blog that the vulnerability, which exploits a weakness in the way the device deals with text messages, is “as bad as it gets”.

“The vulnerability seems to allow unsigned code to run, which circumvents a core part of iPhone’s security model,” he wrote. “It’s usually only able to run signed code, i.e. apps that have been approved by Apple. No user interaction is required, which is unlike current mobile malware.”

The vulnerability could enable hackers to remotely turn on the GPS function to monitor the handset’s location, or turn the microphone on to listen in on conversations, Miller is reported as saying.

Apple will be hoping it finds a fix for the vulnerability before Miller discusses the flaw in greater detail at a planned Black Hat presentation.

It has been a bad week for the iPhone. Supplies have been running out in parts of the US, and the blogosphere has been awash with claims that the new 3GS model is prone to overheating.