[ad] The BBC has made an odd move recently by buying/seeding a botnet of 22,000 computers under the guise of investigative journalism. They claim it’s not illegal as they caused no harm and only sent spam to e-mail accounts used by themselves. Technically I think it’s still breaking the law under the Computer Misuse Act […]
Archives for March 2009
Malware Distributor & Bot Network Master Sentenced To 4 Years
[ad] It seems to the feds are really cracking down on cybercrime recently, with a special kind of attention paid to botnets and their handlers. The sentences are getting stiffer too, this time with 4 years in prison for running a botnet and data theft. I hope they keep it up, botnets are the scourge […]
VideoJak – IP Video Security Assessment Tool
[ad] What is VideoJak? VideoJak is an IP Video security assessment tool that can simulate a proof of concept DoS against a targeted, user-selected video session and IP video phone. VideoJak is the first of its kind security tool that analyzes video codec standards such as H.264. VideoJak works by first capturing the RTP port […]
Google Native Client Security/Hacking Contest – Win $8,192 USD!
[ad] What is Native Client? Native Client is an open-source research technology for running x86 native code in web applications, with the goal of maintaining the browser neutrality, OS portability, and safety that people expect from web apps. We’ve released this project at an early, research stage to get feedback from the security and broader […]
fzem – MUA (Mail User Agent) / Mail Client Fuzzer
[ad] fzem is a MUA (mail user agent) fuzzer that fuzzes MAIL/MIME email headers as well as how clients handle SMTP, POP and IMAP responses. Purpose fzem’s purpose is to fuzz MUAs as they process email content and handle server reponses. How does it work? fzem has the three main mail protocols implemented as well […]