Another Call for Packets - Port 502

Sunday, June 29th, 2008

Usually, I don't have two calls for packets on a shift, but this one definately bears looking into and hopefully finding an answer. There is an increase on port 502, when you look at the targets, that started today. Till today, life has been pretty quiet on that ...

How safe is instant messaging?

Monday, June 9th, 2008

The number of interested parties eager to listen in on your online conversations, including what you type through instant messaging, has never been higher. It's trivial to monitor unencrypted wireless networks and snatch IM passwords as they flow through the ether. Broadband providers and their business partners are enthusiastically peeking into ...

Tactical Forensics Platform

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

Earlier I wrote about my proposed Tactical Network Security Monitoring Platform. Today I finally sat down and installed the operating systems I need on this system to create a portable tactical forensics and investigation platform. I did not want to use my main work laptop for this sort of work ...