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A NSW man who allegedly hacked a government website and claimed to lead an international hackers' group was thoroughly vetted, his former employer says.

The Zed Attack Proxy (ZAP) is an easy to use integrated penetration testing tool for finding vulnerabilities in web applications. It is designed to be used by people with a wide range of security experience and as such is ideal for developers and functional testers who are new to penetration testing.

Apple Security Advisory 2012-10-16-1 – Multiple vulnerabilities exist in Java 1.6.0_35, the most serious of which may allow an untrusted Java applet to execute arbitrary code outside the Java sandbox. Visiting a web page containing a maliciously crafted untrusted Java applet may lead to arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the current user.

Wikileaks exposes secret surveillance of Trapwire agency ITProPortal The details were released by whistleblower site Wikileaks , but a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack against Wikileaks .org made it difficult to access the TrapWire docs as the site went down under the attacks. It is now back online. “Yes …

Apple Security Advisory 2012-05-07-1 – A URL spoofing issue existed in Safari. This could be used in a malicious web site to direct the user to a spoofed site that visually appeared to be a legitimate domain. Multiple cross site scripting issues existed in WebKit along with a memory corruption issue.

Globe and Mail WikiLeaks Website Hit by Cyber Attack Web Host Industry Review (blog) (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — WikiLeaks said its website (www. wikileaks .org) was attacked late Tuesday evening in the midst of the whistleblower website releasing thousands of unpublished US diplomatic cables. ..