Android Reverse Engineering (A.R.E.) Virtual Machine available

The Honeynet Project is happy to announce the release of the Android Reverse Engineering (A.R.E.) Virtual Machine.

Do you need to analyze a piece of Android malware, but dont have all your analysis tools at hand? The Android Reverse Engineering (A.R.E.) Virtual Machine, put together by Anthony Desnos from our French chapter, is here to help. A.R.E. combines the latest Android malware analysis tools in a readily accessible toolbox.

Tools currently found on A.R.E. are:

• Androguard
• Android sdk/ndk
• APKInspector
• Apktool
• Axmlprinter
• Ded
• Dex2jar
• DroidBox
• Jad
• Smali/Baksmali

You can download A.R.E. for free from http://redmine.honeynet.org/projects/are/wiki.

Gmail & Yahoo India emails will be monitored by the force of the govermental law

Looks like the Government Of India is really after the digital communication in India. Internet content providers Yahoo, Gmail and others would be asked to route all emails accesed in India through the country even if the mail account is registered outside the country. In a written statement filed in a civil court here, Yahoo India has dubbed a suit filed against it and several other websites alleging that they hosted objectionable content as “motivated” and an “abuse of the process of law.”

US Army Upgrade to Android 4.0

The United States wish has already forbid their government workers to use smart phone to send any formal message is about changing mind, they are currently preparing a modified version of Android OS which will have more security importance.Many prototype of smart phone and tablets was tested in US and sent to soldiers overseas, soldier will benefit from this new project at first federal agent came later.Soldiers may use their new smart phone the get localisation or weather cast update directly in their phone but not to give their coordination to enemy because weather cast application retrieve coordination from the smart phone to obtain your location and give the right information this information can be intercepted.iOS is discussed too because the US want that many platform be supported by the new OS.To apply their change over the original OS research must obtain access from the owner that's why they talked to Google and Apple,Google freely allow developers to fiddle with its code Apple refused to give the feds access to the core of its mobile operating system. Google was simply more cooperative                       

FaceBook join HoneyNet Project to brings information security expert from around the world

The 2012 Honeynet Project Security Workshop brings together experts in the field of information security from around the world to share the latest advances and threats in information security research. Organized by the The Honeynet Project and co-sponsored by Facebook, this two-day workshop features a rare, outstanding line-up of international security professionals who will present on the latest research tools and findings in the field.

This year’s workshop will be held in Facebook headquarter, SF Bay Area, CA, USA on 19-20 March 2012. The workshop includes one-day technical presentations and one-day hands-on tutorial trainings. Presentation topics cover the latest honeynet/honeypot technology, android security and social network security from The Honeynet Project and Facebook. This year, we also offer several security training courses.

If you’re looking to attend a high quality and challenging workshop and to learn the practical security skills, then we encourage you to take advantage of this rare opportunity.


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U.S. lags Finland, Sweden and Israel in cybersecurity

The United States and China are less prepared for disruptive computer attacks than smaller countries such as Finland and Israel, according to the first-ever ranking of individual nations' cybersecurity postures.
The smaller nations' greater dependence on the Internet and strong private sector oversight partly contributed to their high scores, noted a report released Monday by the Security and Defense Agenda, a Brussels think tank. The purpose of the study was to show how each country's defenses stack up against each other's.