Cain & Abel v4.9.34 released

Sunday, October 18th, 2009

New in 4.9.34: Added support for Windows 2008 Terminal Server in APR-RDP sniffer filter. Added Abel64.exe and Abel64.dll to support hashes extraction on x64 operating systems. Added x64 operating systems support in NTLM hashes Dumper, MS-CACHE hashes Dumper, LSA Secrets Dumper, Wireless Password Decoder, Credential Manager Password Decoder, DialUp Password Decoder. Added Windows Live ...

Sneaky Microsoft plugin puts Firefox users at risk

Friday, October 16th, 2009

An add-on that Microsoft silently slipped into Mozilla's Firefox last February leaves that browser open to attack, Microsoft's security engineers acknowledged earlier this week. One of the 13 security bulletins Microsoft released Tuesday affects not only Internet Explorer (IE), but also Firefox, thanks to a Microsoft-made plug-in pushed to Firefox users ...

Evil Maid goes after TrueCrypt!

Friday, October 16th, 2009

Let’s quickly recap the Evil Maid Attack. The scenario we consider is when somebody left an encrypted laptop e.g. in a hotel room. Let’s assume the laptop uses full disk encryption like e.g. this provided by TrueCrypt or PGP Whole Disk Encryption. Many people believe, including some well known security experts, ...

Trend Micro RootkitBuster

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

Most security software programs that are available these days provide protection against rootkits as well. There are on the other hand a few security programs that deal solely with rootkits. One of them is Trend Micro’s RootkitBuster which has just been released in a new version which adds the ability ...

New Microsoft Antivirus Tool Arrives Today

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

Microsoft Security Essentials, the company's new anti-malware software, will be available Tuesday, according Bob Muglia, the president of Microsoft's server and tools division. The release of the software, which was code-named Morro, has been rumored for days, but Muglia on Monday confirmed that the free software would be available for download ...