Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
There are few job titles as misleading as that of the "Penetration Tester." Sure, saying professional computer hacker would be more direct, but have you ever noticed how hackers seem to have a dirty mind? Why else would they want to go phreaking through backdoors?
Anyway, in order for hackers to ...
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Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
A common compression technique can make internet telephone calls significantly more susceptible to bugging, according to recent research from Johns Hopkins University.
Internet telephony has become widely used through consumer-centric applications such as Skype, and is becoming more common in enterprises.
The new research suggests, however, that standard encryption and compression methods, ...
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Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
If you're looking for a vulnerability scanner, chances are you've come across a number of expensive commercial products and tools with long lists of features and benefits. Unfortunately, if you're in the same situation as most of us, you simply don't have the budget to implement fancy high-priced systems. You ...
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Monday, June 9th, 2008
Here is a list of new security tools that were released in the past week.
SQL Ninja 0.2.3 - SQL server injection and takeover tool
fgdump 2.1.0 - Tool for mass password auditing of windows systems
AxBan 1.0.0.4 - ActiveX killbit program
Nmap 4.65 - Network port scanner
Nessus 3.2.1 - Vulnerability assessment tool
Immunity Debugger ...
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Monday, June 9th, 2008
The OSWA-Assistant is a no-Operating-System-required standalone toolkit which is solely focused on wireless auditing. As a result, in addition to the usual WiFi (802.11) auditing tools, it also covers Bluetooth and RFID auditing. Using the toolkit is as easy as popping it into your computer’s CDROM and making your computer ...
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