Monthly Archives: July 2005

Alternative Knoppix Bootable CD Distros

Some lesser known knoppix bootable linux cds. Give them a try! Auditor WarLinux Knoppix MAME Elive Are all listed and described. Also try WHAX/Whoppix read more | digg story

Posted in Computer Security, security, Super GEEK, tutorials/tools, tutorials/tools/WHAX, tutorials/tools/Whoppix | Leave a comment

How to pick a lock

ever wondered how to pick a lock…well now you can know. i have tried the pin column lock explanation they gave and it was open with no problem read more | digg story

Posted in Howto, Physical Security, tutorials | Leave a comment

U.S. Patriot Act Extended

Your lack of privacy has been extended: “In the wake of today's London bombings.. this revision includes 10 year extensions to two other provisions set to expire on December 31, one allowing roving wiretaps and another allowing searches of library … Continue reading

Posted in Privacy, security | Leave a comment

Official Longhorn Name is Windows Vista

The official new name for the Longhorn operating system is Microsoft Windows Vista. I'm excited about Vista inspite of myself.  I'm not fond of Microsoft's relentless business practices, but I think they've got pretty solid products (excluding Windows ME and … Continue reading

Posted in IE 7, Other Stuff, security | Leave a comment

Store Passwords in a Secure Password Safe

KeePass is a free/open-source password manager or safe to help you manage your passwords in a secure way. Put all your passwords in one database, which is locked with one master key or a key-disk. The databases are encrypted using … Continue reading

Posted in Certification/Security+/Basic Cryptography/Crypto Algorithms, Encryption, security | Leave a comment

Is The Security+ Still Worth It?

I took the Security+ test a few weeks ago. I think the process of learning all of the security nuaces in preparation for the test is a really good start of begining security professionals and IT folks wanting to round … Continue reading

Posted in Certification, Certification/CISSP, Certification/Security+, security | 1 Comment

My Top 10 Tips For Preparing and Passing the CISSP Exam

Compared with most other technical certification exams, the CISSP exam is quite long. Passing the test requires not only the prerequisite knowledge to answer the questions correctly, but the stamina and mental fortitude to get through the six-hour, 250-question paper-based … Continue reading

Posted in Certification, Certification/CISSP, security | Leave a comment

Using VNC & SSH

How to use VNC along with SSH to remotely and securely access your computer desktop by way of tunneling. VNC is a huge vulnerability on a network without encryption. Particularly on medium to large networks with lots of users. I … Continue reading

Posted in Computer Security, Computer Security/Home Computer Security, Computer Security/Home Computer Security/Home Computer , I got hacked, Internet and Information Technology Security, security, Super GEEK | Leave a comment

Use Google To Find Passwords

Google hackers have been doing this for a while now. Here is a tutorial on finding passwords using google. This could be used to secure your own web server. Security Professionals charged with protecting IT infrastrutures would do well to … Continue reading

Posted in Computer Security, delicious, Google Hacks, hacking, Howto, I got hacked, Internet and Information Technology Security, security, Super GEEK, tutorials, tutorials/tools | 10 Comments

Top 75 Security tools

Like the title says; Insecure.org's top seventy five security tools. All the usual suspects (Nmap, Nessus, Ethereal, Snort, etc.) plus some nice ones that never came up on my radar before. Though Yl33tMMV Many of these tools can be found … Continue reading

Posted in security | Leave a comment