[ad] Another one from the old school, this tool has been around forever since way before wardriving was fashionable and when people still used pringles cans for antenna boosting. It’s a favourite amongst Windows users, although it can’t do any real hacking (like breaking a WEP key) – it’s extremely fast and effecient in the […]
Archives for October 2008
MI6 Sells Digital Camera on Ebay Containing Terrorist Images
[ad] Another classic data leakage….and once again it happened on Ebay! This time it’s a British agency known as MI6 (Secret Intelligence Service) demonstrating a distinct lack of intelligence. How on earth does something like even happen? Even smaller agencies and companies I’ve worked with have rigorous data destruction policies when old equipment is recycled […]
fwknop – Port Knocking Tool with Single Packet Authorization
[ad] Port Knocking came about in around 2003, but it has various weaknesses. There are plenty of implentations though (some quite advanced). Most of the problems are fixed however by fwknop! fwknop stands for the “FireWall KNock OPerator”, and implements an authorization scheme called Single Packet Authorization (SPA). This method of authorization is based around […]
THC-ePassports – THC Clones Biometric ePassport – Elvis Presley Passport
[ad] I guess most people have been led to believe this new generation of ePassports or biometric passports are more secure, will help us keep our privacy intact and help us mitigate against identity theft. Well how wrong the propaganda is! THC (famous for their tools and research in security) has just released some technical […]
Superscan v4.0 – Fast TCP & UDP Port Scanner for Windows
[ad] This is another tool that has been around for a long time and I’ve been using it for years since it’s earliest versions, oddly however I’ve never posted about it. So here it for the few of you that haven’t heard of it, probably the best port scanner on the Windows platform, very fast […]