Monthly Archives: November 2005
Limewire File sharing program exposes hard drives
The “default” installation of Limewire software allegedly exposes confidential files. Limewire says there is no security flaw, but the guy making the claim offers to charge $79 to uninstall Limewire for you. This is omitted from the story. True or … Continue reading
PGP Encryption for VoIP
PGP Encryption is being developed for VoIP in order to help keep voice communication over the internet secure. read more | digg story
U.S. Government Wants to Spy on Internet Use
The federal government wants to peer into your computer communications, forcing companies to design, or redesign, their networks to accommodate surveillance. The FCC gave broadband Internet service and voice-over-Internet Protocol services, or VoIP, 18 months to ensure that their networks … Continue reading
Schools Crack Down on Students' Blogs
“Some schools are punishing students for things written on their personal Web pages, raising questions about how far a principal's oversight should reach.” This sounds like a privacy issue. “It's inappropriate that they're telling my daughter how to behave when … Continue reading
Security Testing on my Window 2000 system
I've surfing on my Windows 2000 system while completely exposed to the Internet on my DMZ. No firewalls, no anti-virus, not even a pop-up blocker. The box is exploited immediately. Many of the default configuration on a fresh Windows 2000 box are just … Continue reading
Advantage America benefits (social engineering for the holidays)
Advantage America Benefits Called and offered me a grant for $12,500 and wanted my personal information. ripoff Winter Park Florida… is it real?! I got a call the other day from an organization calling itself Advantage America Benefits (AdvantageAmericaBenifits.com). While … Continue reading
An Huge List of Free Proxy Bypassers
The majority of the users are people trying to bypass their school or business's filters. Also used to surf the web anonymously. read more | digg story
Whax ver. 3 on Vmware Version 4.0.2 build 5592
This article assumes you are familiar with Vmware. Until I find something better, Whax is my favorite White Hat tool. It is a Swiss army knife with built in Swiss army knives for computer security testing. What is even cooler about Whax … Continue reading
The Rootkit of the Recording Industry's problems
Instead of installing malicious rootkit code on unsuspecting consumer's computers, why not just do what many people have already stated. Several artists and company executives have suggested that each disc be serialized like many of our computer programs are. read … Continue reading
Kevin Mitnick on hacking's evolution
The reformed hacker take measure of today's hackers and the current state of software security. For you youngsters, Kevin Rose interviewed 'Condor' Mitnick in thebroken ep3. see that for background read more | digg story
