[ad] The Common Password Problem. Users tend to use a single password at many different web sites. By now there are several reported cases where attackers breaks into a low security site to retrieve thousands of username/password pairs and directly try them one by one at a high security e-commerce site such as eBay. As […]
Countermeasures
Microsoft’s Live OneCare the WORST Anti-Virus Solution
[ad] An Austrian web site called AV Comparatives has done an ‘independent‘ test of 17 different Anti-Virus products and released the results online. On this site you will find independent comparatives of Anti-Virus software. All products listed in our comparatives are already a selection of some very good anti-virus products. In order to get tested […]
Defense Workers Warned About Spy Coins for Espionage
[ad] This is a pretty cool new development, something straight out of a Tom Clancy thriller or a spy/hacker movie. Introducing Spy Coins! People are actually being warned about picking up stray coins as they might have surveillance devices inside. Can the coins jingling in your pocket trace your movements? The Defense Department is warning […]
ARPWatch-NG ARP Flooding/Spoofing Protection/Detection
If you are paranoid about people ARP spoofing or flooding on your network you can use ARPWatch-NG, ARPWatch-NG is a continue of the popular original ARPWatch from ftp://ftp.ee.lbl.gov/. ARPWatch monitors MAC adresses on your network and writes them into a file, last know timestamp and change notification is included. It can be used it to […]
Inprotect 0.22.5 Released – Web Interface for Nessus & Nmap
A new revision of Inprotect has just been released, 0.22.5 in order to fix bugs and implement feature requests submitted by the development team and users. Existing users are recommended to upgrade. Inprotect is a web interface for Nessus and Nmap security scanners, released under GNU/GPL license. This version has the following enhancements: Improved and […]