The Universal Hooker is a tool to intercept execution of programs. It enables the user to intercept calls to API calls inside DLLs, and also arbitrary addresses within the executable file in memory. Why is it ‘Universal’? There are different ways of hooking functions in a program, for example, it can be done by setting […]
Archives for 2006
Downgrade PSP v2.6 to v1.5 to play homebrew & ISO games
Dark_AleX has now shared Downgrader Test v0.5 For PSP 2.50/2.60 Firmware which, according to MANY users (including TGMG, LalaMan, Firey, and LAXitives), works 100% with PSP consoles that were upgraded to v2.50 or v2.60 Firmware. However, it will NOT work with TA-082 versions and it’s NOT recommended for users whose FACTORY/STOCK Firmware was 2.50 or […]
ARP Scanning and Fingerprinting Tool – arp-scan
[ad] NTA-Monitor has released the arp-scan detection and fingerprinting tool under the open source (LGPL license) concept. It has been tested under various Linux based operating systems and seems to work fine. This will only compile on Linux systems. You will need a C compiler, the “make” utility and the appropriate system header files to […]
Shadowserver Battles the Botnets
[ad] Botnets are indeed a growing problem, we’ve seen serious cases of DDoS extortion, the most recent example would be the attacks against the ‘million dollar homepage’ and the problems it caused the owner. Botnets have been used for quite some time as spam networks and mostly for script kiddies to have DoS wars on […]
Web Services Attack Frequency Increasing
[ad] As we’ve reported a few times recently, more and more attacks being aimed at Web Services such as Orkut, MySpace, Ebay and others. As more people turn to web applications for everyday tasks like e-mail, friendship and payments, cyber criminals are following them in search of bank account details and other valuable data, security […]