HNNCast.2010.10.29

HNNCast for the last week of October, 2010
Top Stories
FireSheep Shows Site Stupidity, Botnet M&A News, War Pigs’ to get New Digs, B0t-Jacking, the Nobel Patch Prize

News
IMA FIRIN MAH LAZORZ AGAIN, CSAW Awards Ceremonies, WikiLeaks Sprung One, Fake AV deJour, Hyped Hax0r Challenge

T00lT1m3
Whisper Systems Updates, Hashkill for Linux, OpenDNSSE, CodePro Analytix for Java, LiveKD, RSYaba Ruby Dooo, WATOBO do Ruby Too, Sifting with Spectrum, Malgego from PATEVERA

Quickies
BoingBoing Injection, Boonana, Some DOS Attacks, My Iranian Botlord, 0xCharlie’s Secret Lovechild, Rubico’s Post-Sentencing Plea, Cyber Warfare Manual, MS’s Dev Game, Database Security Film Competition, October is Awareness Month

ConFu
2600 digital, Hacker Con Mega Weekend, T00rcon highlights, Bay Threat Con CFP, Source USA CFPs, hack3rcon videos up, Thotcon tix on sale, Next Shmoocon tix window

Stack of Shame
count: 165 (-9)
97 up for release on 2/4/2011 (-7)
98 days until 2/4/2011
Birthdays
none

HNNCast041610

HNNCast for the third week of April, 2010
Lead Stories

• Apache Attacked, NetSol Nonsense, TJX Taps Toey, Uncle Sam to OK Return Phire, Financial Firm Fined for Foolishness, Blackboard Learns from a 3rd Grader

News

• Facebook Farmers Fertile for Foolishness, Oracle’s Vision for Java, Solo’s Mum Janice the Plumber, Patch Too-Much Day, Remember the Alimo – or at Least Log It, EFF Defcon Offer

Quickies

• Romanian On the Run, Gypsies’ Top Gear Defacement, Yes – Optus was Knocked Offus, Phone Meets Malware Meets Fraud, SilentAssalt vs. Little School House on the Prairie, No Child Left at Risk, Palin to Testify re:Rubico

Programming Note
There will be no HNNCast next week for Source Boston however, we will be releasing a new episode of Behind the Firewall for you instead. So watch for it and see you at Source!

Stack of Shame
count: 134

HNNCast 100209

HNNCast for the first week of October, 2009

• Lead Stories: PayChoice Breach, Romanian Crime Ring Extradition, HACME Prison, Reddit XSS Halted, Banking Trojans Examined
• News: Botnet Study Results, Mariposa Botnet Growing
• Courtnee: Unpatched Vulnerabilities
• News: Direct Message Twitter Worm, Ausie IdeaPads Unhackable, UNC/CMR Forensics Laughable
• Quickies: National Cyber Security Awareness Month, Keystroke Logger Sentenced, UK Phisher Trial Kicks Off, Maleware Trends, Maleware Explosion, Integral Energy Infected, Game Boy Color Cracked, Penis SPAM has Staying Power, New Maleware Techniques, DamBurst for GreenDam, THOT CON CFP, Reporters in China Targetted, TX Gov DoS’ed, HoaP 3.0 to CCC, Homeland Security IT Sec Hiring, Heritage Lottery Fund Gives Historical Crypto and Computing Site Life Support
• Stack of Shame