Kaspersky adds anti-keylogger keyboard

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

The new version of Kaspersky's security suite, Internet Security 2009, features a novel but simple defense against keylogging malware -- a virtual keyboard. Full details have yet to be confirmed, but it is understood that the program will let users bring up the keyboard from which to enter login details for ...

Xpath Injection

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

Yesterday I wrote a quick proposal for the Synapse project. Since not everyone has access to the Synapse project, I will share some ideas here from time to time. I started with a proposal on how to detect Xpath vulnerabilities. Since Xpath can be used in combination with every server-side ...

PAWS – Python Advanced Wardialing System

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

Now this is an oldskool topic, wardialling! Some people still ask me about wardialling tools though, so here’s one I found recently written in Python. PAW / PAWS is a wardialing software in python. It is designed to scan for ISDN (PAWS only) and “modern” analog modems (running at 9.6kbit/s or ...

Detecting SSH tunnels

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

Italian researchers have published a paper on the Detection of Encrypted Tunnels across Network Boundaries. I came across it in a google search because I’ve been thinking of writing a program which does something similar. It doesn’t seem like anyone else has picked up on this research yet so I ...

Keep Tab On Home Security With A Webcam And Twitter

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

Worried about someone breaking into your house in your absence? Or just need to keep a tab on who enters your room while you are away? Well, all you need is a webcam, a linux PC/laptop and a twitter account. And you are set for real time updates through twitter ...