Hakin9 has come up with a new issue (4.2009) with a punch line of “MY ERP GOT HACKED!”. This issue has got some real good stuff to ponder:

1. Nokia’s Vow of Silence by: Tam Hanna
Nokia’s smartphone platform series 60 has never been known for its safety. It brought us Nokia’s S60 platform virus epidemics like the mass outbreak …

2. Phishing by: James Broad
Anyone that has opened an email or listened to the news in the last 5 years should know what phishing is …

3. Print your Shell by: Carsten Kohler
… there are printers connected to print servers that have been shared over the network and thus can be used by many employees at the same time. The article shows how this functionality can be misused for local privilege escalation or for attacks on print servers – up to command line access of the target system.

4. My ERP got Hacked by: Ismael Valenzuela
The System Administrator knew something was wrong when he saw there was an additional user account on the Web-based Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system that he administered. He kept the system updated and patched, but he now suspects that the system has been hacked and compromised.

5. Attacks on Music and Video Files by: Methusela Cebrian Ferrer
Attackers are constantly on the look out for new techniques and strategies evidently, attacks on media files significantly contributed to the success rate of malware distribution. It is important that user should be aware and stay-up-to-date on these latest threats.

And many others … For more information visit Hakin9