[ad] Now this is a VERY interesting project, as I’ve always said the majority of DoS attacks and DDoS attacks (90%+) could be stopped if all the ISP’s null routed packets which DO NOT originate from IP blocks they own, e.g. spoofed packets. Basically the project has been established to see if you can spoof […]
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Homeland Security Uncovers Critical Flaw in X11
An open-source security audit program funded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has flagged a critical vulnerability in the X Window System (X11) which is used in Unix and Linux systems. A missing parentheses in a bit of code is to blame. The error can grant a user root access, and was discovered using […]
Medusa Password Cracker Version 1.1 Now Available For Download
Medusa is a speedy, massively parallel, modular, login brute-forcer for network services created by the geeks at Foofus.net. It currently has modules for the following services: CVS, FTP, HTTP, IMAP, MS-SQL, MySQL, NCP (NetWare), PcAnywhere, POP3, PostgreSQL, rexec, rlogin, rsh, SMB, SMTP (VRFY), SNMP, SSHv2, SVN, Telnet, VmAuthd, VNC, and a generic wrapper module. While […]
Gary McKinnon Busted Because he Forgot the Time Difference
[ad] It turns out Gary McKinnon got sloppy, that’s why he got busted. He forgot the computers he was comprimising were in a completely different time zone, and as he was using remote control software, the person in the office saw their mouse moving around. We have reported about this guy before, when he was […]
Trojan Writers Coding for Money – Freezes PC for Ransom
[ad] A new term has been coined, yes indeed.. Ransomeware That’s what they are calling this new threat, infects your PC then freezes it until you send some people some money. A new kind of malware circulating on the Internet freezes a computer and then asks for a ransom paid through the Western Union Holdings […]