[ad] What Is Mod AntiTamper (AT) AntiTamper is an Apache 2.x module that could be used to prevent some sort of url and cookie tampering. Specifically, AT could stop a lot of those malicious bots that take advantage from search engines. Moreover, attack techniques like HTTP Response Splitting and session hijacking/fixation will be mitigated. Is […]
Security Software
gotroot modsecurity Rules for Apache – Anti-spam and Security
[ad] To follow on from Whitetrash which I posted about previously, here is another tool to secure your web site or web application. Essentially it’s a very comprehensive set of rules for mod_security. ModSecurity is an open source intrusion detection and prevention engine for web applications (or a web application firewall). Operating as an Apache […]
Whitetrash – Dynamic Web White-listing for Squid
[ad] This is a pretty neat tool for those using Squid Cache and looking for a pro-active tool for securing web acccess in their company (or house if you have a devious sibling). The goal of Whitetrash is to provide a user-friendly and sysadmin-friendly proxy that makes it significantly harder for malware to use HTTP […]
Nmap Port Scanner 4.50 Released for Download
[ad] At last a new major release of Nmap! If for some odd reason you don’t already know what Nmap is, it is a free and open source utility for network exploration or security auditing. Many systems and network administrators also find it useful for tasks such as network inventory, managing service upgrade schedules, and […]
Technitium FREE MAC Address Changer v4.7 – Released for Download
[ad] The newest version of Technitium MAC Address Changer was released a while back, v4.7. There are some minor changes and it’s looking to be pretty polished for a free tool. Of course some might say “It’s just a registry entry? What’s the big deal?” Well this just makes it easier, especially when you are […]