[ad] Ok here’s something controversial for you guys to digest, there has been anecdotal evidence of US Customs seizing laptops before and examining the data…but it now seems to be rather more widespread. It’s a little worrying to me how a government can just rummage through your data when you are totally innocent and they […]
Archives for 2008
PHPIDS – Security Layer & Intrusion Detection for PHP Based Web Applications
[ad] Another protection for those building website and web applications, as it’s the the most common attack vector nowadays I think it’s important to be extra safe on this front. PHPIDS (PHP-Intrusion Detection System) is a simple to use, well structured, fast and state-of-the-art security layer for your PHP based web application. The IDS neither […]
Adobe Reader Vulnerability Being Actively Exploited
[ad] It seems like some recently patched flaws in Adobe Reader are actively being exploited in the wild, mostly via malicious banners from various sites. Nothing particularly nasty is happening, but a trojan is being installed which can intercept search engine results. It’s definitely recommended to update to the latest version (8.1.2). Personally I don’t […]
Kismet Download – Wireless Network Hacking, Sniffing & Monitoring
Kismet is an 802.11 layer2 wireless network detector, sniffer, and intrusion detection system. It will work with any wireless card which supports raw monitoring (rfmon) mode and can sniff 802.11b, 802.11a, and 802.11g traffic. What is Kismet? Kismet differs from other wireless network detectors in working passively. Namely, without sending any loggable packets, it is […]
January Commenter of the Month Competition Winner!
[ad] Competition time again! As you know we started the Darknet Commenter of the Month Competition on June 1st and it ran for the whole of June and July. We have just finished the eigth month of the competition in January and are now in the ninth, starting a few days ago on February 1st […]