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  1. Mandiant Introduces Reverse-Proxy Open Source Tool bit.ly/MEVWAa Full detail provided.
  2. Zeus 2.x variant includes ransomware features bit.ly/KIS24s coders successfully merge a ransom trojan with a Zeus malware #Citadel
  3. Metasploitable – Gaining Root on a Vulnerable Linux System bit.ly/K6FUcz tutorial using Backtrack 5r2
  4. Nmap 6 Released For Download bit.ly/MEU1eI free and open source utility for network discovery and security auditing
  5. new criminal scheme involving the Tatanga Trojan bit.ly/JkEYpz Man in the browser attack.
  6. New Tumblr Phishing Site Seen in the Wild bit.ly/METAkD A tale for the unwary.
  7. Security and standards, not air gaps needed to protect SCADA systems bit.ly/JjrBGf I like the Deep Packet Inspection idea
  8. Addressing SCADA Endpoint Protection Concerns bit.ly/JjrcDI Not sure that isolation from the Internet will work in practice
  9. Anatomy of a security hole - the break that broke sudo bit.ly/JqzZFj good explanation of the "sudo" unix command and single line bug
  10. Comparing IEDs and Digital Threats bit.ly/KSXswO Are Malware the equivalent of IED's, Richard Bejtlich takes a look
  11. THE SOCIAL MEDIA SIDE OF INCIDENT RESPONSE... bit.ly/L6LUFs Brand Management & Social Media, some good tips.
  12. How not to get p0wned by RR v2.5 bit.ly/JX9gMA Windows Incident Response
  13. Basic Fuzzing Framework (BFF) From CERT – Linux & Mac OSX Fuzzer Tool bit.ly/JX8VcO find defects in Linux & Mac OS X applications
  14. New paper on cyber security strategies bit.ly/JX8AHe The paper includes analysis of cyber security strategies
  15. StegAlyzerFS to Allow Rapid Field Triage for Steganography bit.ly/JX8oYq New Steg product released
  16. Hackers Break Into Bitcoin Exchange Site Bitcoinica bit.ly/Jes9gw Is this the beginning of the end for BitCoin?
  17. OSX.FlashBack.K – An Overview and its Inner Workings bit.ly/JaCE1F Good explanation of the Trojan
  18. US Gas Pipeline Companies Currently Under Major Cyber Attack bit.ly/Lhm7vZ Spear-phishing the attack vector of choice
  19. New Version Of CORE Impact Professional Vulnerability Assessment Tool bit.ly/JXXaBD validate vulnerabilities via social engineering
  20. OWASP Security Blitz bit.ly/J9db8K monthly security blitz to rally the security community around a particular topic - May is XSS