[ad] 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 […]
Archives for January 2008
w3af Fifth BETA for Download – Automated Web Auditing and Exploitation Framework
[ad] As you all seem to pretty interested in Inguma, there’s something else similar called w3af – the fifth BETA was released a while back and the team are now working on the sixth. w3af is a Web application attack and Audit Framework. The project goal is to create a framework to find and exploit […]
The First Reported Facebook Worm/Malware Pops Up – Secret Crush
[ad] So facebook has finally fallen victim, after the recent Orkut worm now we have malware infection from Facebook, an application called Secret Crush. The application was renamed as My Admirer but that seems to be gone now too. The first spyware spreading with Facebook application has been discovered. Security company Fortinet reports that application […]
VoIP Hopper – VLAN Hopping Tool
[ad] VoIP Hopper is a GPLv3 licensed security tool, written in C, that rapidly runs a VLAN Hop into the Voice VLAN on specific Ethernet switches. VoIP Hopper does this by mimicking the behavior of an IP Phone, in both Cisco and Avaya IP Phone environments. In Cisco IP Phone networks, it first dissects either […]
UK Government Set to Make ‘Hacking Tools’ Illegal
[ad] This is sad news, it seems UK is considering following the lead of the Germans and their recently implemented hacking law 202(c) regarding the making of ‘hacking tools‘ illegal. It’s almost like making baseball bats illegal because you can hit someone with it, doesn’t matter its made for playing sport and that’s what most […]