Recently, we got an opportunity to do a security hands-on on an Android native application. This application does not communicate to internet via HTTP protocol or mobile browser. The application communicates with the remote server over TCP on some XYZ port.

Very often, I have encountered problems with updating nessus home feed plugins and components. This is the common message from Nessus.

Last week I spoke at OWASP day in Auckland, New Zealand. It was all security+fun and had a crowd more than expected, ~600 approximately.

ColdFusion had several exploits in the past. ColdFusion 10 being the latest and stable release from Adobe it was hard to find any ready exploits.

Recently I had a revisit to setup a Android Emulator environment on my new Mac El Capitan. I realised that it has been running real slow after an upgrade.

Recently, we have seen a massive increase in malware attacks. Hackers find weak holes (vulnerability) in system or application, exploit them to gain access and ends up infecting them with malware. The attack is usually targeted for huge set of audience i.e. website legitimate users.