Sqlninja is a tool to exploit SQL Injection vulnerabilities on a web application that uses Microsoft SQL Server as its back-end. Its main goal is to provide a remote shell on the vulnerable DB server, even in a very hostile environment. It should be used by penetration testers to help and automate the process of [...]
As you will have noticed we’ve posted quite a number of Fuzzing Tools built around different frameworks and in different languages..most for difference targets/purposes too.
Fuzzing has definitely exploded in the last year or so as more people try and understand it and code tools to automate the process. There are tools for Web Services Fuzzing, [...]
A new version of Wfuzz is available, many improvements and fixes since first release which was in the middle of 2007. Fuzzing is definitely in, an article was posted recently about how everyone should keep on fuzzing! Will post it up soon.
Wfuzz is a tool designed for bruteforcing Web Applications, it can be used for [...]
It seems like botnets are getting more sophisticated - we thought the Storm Worm was pretty hot, but some of these new contenders are showing the guys on the dark side has some advanced understanding of technology and the architecture many companies use…this enables them to get deeper inside and remain undetected
Researchers have unearthed two [...]
Hacking for money again? Well not really in this case, more like script kiddying for money - modifying an ‘off the shelf’ malware/bot package to evade detection and then cashing in on spamware affiliate fees.
I guess they could have made much with a 400,000 bot network - by renting it out for DDoS attacks to [...]
Ah I think it’s time for controversy on a Tuesday, what do you think about this case where a hacker got some info on a company about it’s soon to be plummeting share prices by breaking into their computer. By investing $41,000 in stock potion trading on the shares that were about to drop - [...]
Bruter 1.0 BETA 1 has been released. Bruter is a parallel login brute-forcer. This tool is intended to demonstrate the importance of choosing strong passwords. The goal of Bruter is to support a variety of services that allow remote authentication.
Bruter is a tool for the Win32 platform only.
PROTOCOL SUPPORT
It currently supports the following services:
FTP
HTTP (Basic)
HTTP [...]
Ah Metasploit development cycle seems to be picking up, I guess with greater community support the bugs get ironed out and the new features introduced faster.
Good to see an update so soon after Metasploit Framework v3.0 was released.
I keep closely up to date with Metasploit as it’s pretty much the best free tool out there [...]
The guys at BackTrack e-mailed me to let me know their Version 3 BETA has been released recently, and perhaps our readers would like to know about it.
For those that don’t know BackTrack evolved from the merging of two wide spread security related distributions - Whax and Auditor Security Collection. By joining forces and replacing [...]
Ah I remember some of the nastiest viruses back in the day attaching themselves in the MBR (Master Boot Record) rendering most anti-virus software useless (as it sits on top of the OS).
Now it seems MBR infection is back in fashion for a new age of rootkits.
Security mavens have uncovered a new class of attacks [...]
