[ad] It seems like Windows 7 is already creating some controversy even though it’s still in BETA. Just like Vista it also has UAC (User Access Control) which a lot of people disable completely because they find it irritating (myself included). When that happens, the boundary between security and usability has crossed too far and […]
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Microsoft Rushes Out Critical RPC Bug Fix
[ad] Now this doesn’t happen all that often, it must be really serious! An Out-of-Band patch from Microsoft (since it’s famous ‘Patch Tuesday‘ it only releases patches on the second Tuesday of each month) has been released for a new RPC flaw. I’d imagine it’s similar to the RPC flaw that spawned such disasters as […]
NetworkMiner – Passive Sniffer & Packet Analysis Tool for Windows
NetworkMiner is a passive network sniffer/packet capturing tool for Windows with an easy to use interface. It can detect operating systems, sessions, hostnames, open ports etc. without putting any traffic on the network. NetworkMiner can also parse PCAP files for off-line analysis. NetworkMiner makes use of OS fingerprinting databases from both p0f (by Michal Zalewski) […]
Microsoft Plugs 11 Serious Flaws in December Update
[ad] Seen as though we’ve been having a good bash on Microsoft recently, here’s some more relevant news. The December update from Microsoft has delivered patches for 11 series flaws spanning both IE6 & IE7 and all their currently supported operating systems (Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Vista). So if you are running Windows, […]
Skavenger – Source Code Auditing Tool!
Skavenger? Yes, because scavenger is already used?!? What is skavenger? Skavenger is a source code auditing tool, firstly though for php, but also used for any kind of source code file; as long as you know what to look for… Yes I thought is as a replacement tool for egrep/sed under Windows! because not everybody […]