[ad] Lynis is an auditing tool for Unix (specialists). It scans the system and available software, to detect security issues. Beside security related information it will also scan for general system information, installed packages and configuration mistakes. This is a tool that might be useful for both penetration testers performing white box tests and system […]
Countermeasures
Which Browser Users Are More Secure?
[ad] Some new statistics just came out regarding Browser Security, this is more in terms of which users are most likely to apply patches and be using the most secure version. I would have thought Firefox would have been pretty high since the newer series prompt automatically new patches. My only guess is a lot […]
NDR or Backscatter Spam – How Non Delivery Reports Become a Nuisance
You might remember a while ago we mentioned MP3 spam, which in October last year was the latest evolution in spam. Currently there is a new type annoying mail-server owners the world over, it’s known as NDR or Backscatter Spam and involved NDRs or Non Delivery Reports (those emails you get when you send a […]
ArpON – ARP Handler Detect and Block ARP Poisoning/Spoofing
[ad] ArpON (Arp handler inspectiON) is a portable handler daemon with some nice tools to handle all ARP aspects. It has a lot of features and it makes ARP a bit safer. This is possible using two kinds of anti Arp Poisoning tecniques, the first is based on SARPI or “Static ARP Inspection”, the second […]