BackTrack 5 R3 Release on Aug 13th, 2012

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />The BackTrack Development team will be releasing an R3 revision of our Penetration Testing distribution in 2 weeks. This release focuses on bugfixes and <span style="color: red;">over 50 new tool additions</span> – making it the most potent revision yet. We have released a BT5 R3 preview in BlackHat Vegas for the enjoyment of conference attendees, which can be found in their delegate bags.  T<br /><br />he DVD contains a BT5 R3 Gnome, 32 bit edition – burnt as an ISO (as opposed to an image). We will be taking in our last bug reports and tool suggestions from the BH / Defcon crowds for our upcoming official release, which will be on August 13th, 2012.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4lFwcp8NmQh_P9MPAjBvWqSKyW8XNIuKsLnAbth8Re7pF-n07B92Nl8xQB4Ql-Zp_f6RP5Effm3ai8lIgkfmlq7uTDUEIkL8CT3zwpPhBU8NItI0YKOgWzUTYx7E40o2LeyR6wQGSGWhi/s1600/r3-a.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4lFwcp8NmQh_P9MPAjBvWqSKyW8XNIuKsLnAbth8Re7pF-n07B92Nl8xQB4Ql-Zp_f6RP5Effm3ai8lIgkfmlq7uTDUEIkL8CT3zwpPhBU8NItI0YKOgWzUTYx7E40o2LeyR6wQGSGWhi/s400/r3-a.png" width="400" /></a></div><br />Current BT5 users can simply upgrade to the latest release using the regular update commands. More details will be released along with the full listing of new tools on the 13th of August. We hope you enjoy this fine release as much as we do!<br /><br /><br /></div>

BackTrack 5 R3 Release on Aug 13th, 2012

The BackTrack Development team will be releasing an R3 revision of our Penetration Testing distribution in 2 weeks. This release focuses on bugfixes and over 50 new tool additions – making it the most…

Read more »

Skype co-operating closely with Intelligence Agency to help them spy on users

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Skype is co-operating more closely with  Intelligence Agency to help them spy on users. This is also <span style="color: red;">red alert for hacker and companies private plans</span>.  They all are under monitoring.<br /><br />The online phone service, used by friends and families to keep in touch but also favoured by political dissidents and criminals, is making online chat and other user<span class="text_exposed_show"> information available to police, according to The Washington Post.<br /> <br /> Surveillance of the audio and video feeds remains impractical, even when courts issue warrants, industry officials told the newspaper.<br /> <br /> But the changes, apparently in effect since late last year, allow police surveillance of online chats, Skype's instant messaging feature, as well as access to addresses and credit card numbers of users.<br /> <br /> The Washington Post said U.S. officials have long pushed for greater access to online conversations to resolve what the FBI labels the 'going dark' problem.<br /> <br /> They complain that Skype's encryption and other features made tracking drug lords, pedophiles and terrorists more difficult and police listening to traditional wiretaps have even heard suspects suggest 'let's talk on Skype' because it is more secure, The Post reports.<br /> <br /> Law enforcement are thrilled by the changes to Skype, which was acquired by Microsoft, an organisation known for working closely with authorities, in May 2011 for $8.5 million, but activists are wary.<br /> <br /> 'The issue is, to what extent are our communications being purpose-built to make surveillance easy?' Lauren Weinstein, co-founder of People for Internet Responsibility, told The Post.<br /> <br /> 'When you make it easy to do, law enforcement is going to want to use it more and more. If you build it, they will come.'<br /><br />                           <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK2eGlnV3NU6oR_VGTFiUtjgIJec32L6C4dK5aNrSlA49zdMID7t78U4lnIPbHmHcJMtBQP7wMGtsRobnhUkuKNFNiz5BftEbIaA6A8JnPM4nKOkvc4fwNRF_SmFfmwYt0jSCMNchKefYA/s1600/Skpye+spying+on+users.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK2eGlnV3NU6oR_VGTFiUtjgIJec32L6C4dK5aNrSlA49zdMID7t78U4lnIPbHmHcJMtBQP7wMGtsRobnhUkuKNFNiz5BftEbIaA6A8JnPM4nKOkvc4fwNRF_SmFfmwYt0jSCMNchKefYA/s400/Skpye+spying+on+users.jpg" width="400" /></a><br /><br /> Skype, which has 600 million users worldwide, said in a statement: 'As was true before the Microsoft acquisition, Skype cooperates with law enforcement agencies as is legally required and technically feasible.'<br /> <br /> Skype calls connect computers directly rather than routing data through central servers, as many other Internet-based communication systems do, which makes it more difficult for police to intercept the call.<br /> <br /> Some claim Skype loses its competitive edge in the crowded world of Internet-based communication if users no longer see it as more private than rivals.<br /> <br /> 'Skype used to be very special because it really was locked up,' an industry official told The Post. 'Now it’s like Superman without his powers.'</span></div>

Skype co-operating closely with Intelligence Agency to help them spy on users

Skype is co-operating more closely with  Intelligence Agency to help them spy on users. This is also red alert for hacker and companies private plans.  They all are under monitoring.The online phone s…

Read more »