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- Are all engineers secretly terrorists?
- Two Oxford dons have published a paper which claims that engineering and terrorism share a common mindset. (The lead author is Diego Gambetta, right.) Personally I can see a closer relationship between being being an Oxford sociology professor and having your head...but I digress. (Someone needs a lesson...
- Tags: Hacking Tool, Terrorism, Engineer, 9/11 Commission, Hacking, Homeland Security, C/C++, Security, Government, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-01-31
- First hacking tools, now key words are outlawed
- First hacking tools, now key words are outlawedSon of ECHELONor: they could simply contract with a US/GB/CA/NZ led global operation that has the capability to provide the level of filtering they appear to be after :)And I thought the US government was clueless...... for calling [url=http://government.zdnet.com/?p=3392]an ID thief a "hacker"...
- Tags: SECURITY, hacking tool, hacking
- Discussion threads 2007-09-11
- First hacking tools, now key words are outlawed
- Reading this Reuters report is a trip to the Twilight Zone. Or, maybe, it is an Onion-esque spoof on reality. The EU is going to force search engines to block access to bomb-making sites? Huh? What are these guys thinking? EU Justice and Security Commissioner...
- Tags: Hacking, Bomb, Hacking Tool, Terrorism, Web Page, Wikipedia, Richard Stiennon
- Blog posts 2007-09-11
- Hacking tools go mainstream
- Hacking tools go mainstreamLOL - n00bs!People pay for hacking tools?Metasploit, Nessus, Ettercap, nikto, nmap and a ton of others.all excellent tools and all free.RE: Hacking tools go mainstreamHILARIOUS !RE: Hacking tools go mainstreamDoesnt matter. The 'net is not useful for much now anyways. Nearly Every site has some kind of...
- Tags: SECURITY, hacking tool, hacking
- Discussion threads 2007-09-04
- Hacking tools go mainstream
- Hacking isn't what it used to be. These days, you don't have to be a evil genius geekboy to come up with ways to break into systems; hacking tools are offered for sale for those who want hacking made easy, the BBC reports. "They are starting to...
- Tags: Hacking, Hacking Tool, Software Business, MPack, ZDNet Government
- Blog posts 2007-09-04
- Hacking tools don't hack, hackers do
- Hacking tools don't hack, hackers doLaws as ToolsI seem to recall then US Attorney General John Ashcroft constantly use the word "tools" in his sales pitch for the USA Patriot Act. Presumably, he meant tools to be used to go after "bad guys" who couldn't be proven guilty by...
- Tags: SECURITY, Darwin, Notepad, hacking tool, hacking, tool
- Discussion threads 2007-08-14
- Hacking tools don't hack, hackers do
- It is not unusual for society, and particularly law makers, to identify tools with crimes. It is a knee jerk response. If there are a lot of crimes committed with guns, outlaw guns. If a lot of skiers get killed by collisions with trees, cut down the trees! Law...
- Tags: Hacking, Hacking Tool, Hacker, Richard Stiennon
- Blog posts 2007-08-14
- Making progress (Silica -- a wireless hacking tool )
- Making progress (Silica -- a wireless hacking tool )So is the clapDid you get it?Re to Dantheman123You said, "Sweet! This is a GOOD thing! Don't you GET IT??!" My response:No.Sweet!This is a GOOD thing! Don't you GET IT??!SilicaThat's it. I'm changing careers and becoming a potato farmer. Give one...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Hacking, Operating systems, FUD, Silica, wireless hacking tool, security, Microsoft Windows, hacking tool, network, tool, wireless
- Discussion threads 2007-02-07
- Silica -- a wireless hacking tool
- Penetration testing firm Immunity has started shipping Silica, a wireless handheld pen-testing device capable of finding -- and exploiting -- security vulnerabilities.
- Tags: security vulnerability, handheld, tool, wireless, hacking tool, security
- Image galleries 2007-02-06
- Combat password cracking and brute-force hacking tools
- This sample chapter, taken from Anti-Hacker Tool Kit, Third, discusses how to use brute-force tools to crack an encrypted hash. It's important that you understand how and where most passwords are stored so you know what these tools are doing and the method behind their madness.This sample...
- Tags: Password, Hacking, Password Cracking, Hacking Tool, McGraw-Hill Companies, Productivity
- Book chapters 2006-03-17
- Combat wireless hacking tools and techniques
- This sample chapter, taken from Anti-Hacker Tool Kit, Third Edition, discusses wireless hacking tools and techniques. The threats to wireless networks are not just limited to malicious users looking for open networks;anyone could sit in the parking lot and sniff the network's traffic.This sample chapter, taken from...
- Tags: Technique, Hacking Tool, Tool, McGraw-Hill Companies, Hacking, Productivity, Wi-Fi, Security, Wireless
- Book chapters 2006-03-17
- New generation of hacking tools puts many more Wireless LANs at risk
- This week, Michael Ossmann of SecurityFocus released an alarming article on the recent advancements in wireless LAN encryption cracking that put manyWLAN networks once thought to be secure at risk. Even though the WPA standard brought us TKIP encryption in 2003 and the 802.11i standard brought us AES encryption this...
- Tags: WEP
- Blog posts 2004-12-16
- New hacking tool: chocolate
- New hacking tool: chocolateI would sell out my company for a Tic-Tac!I would sell out my company for a Tic-Tac!Since they seem to go out of their way to remind us that our employment is "at will" and can be temanated "at will" I see no reason to to give...
- Tags: hacking tool, hacking, password, USB flash drive
- Discussion threads 2004-04-20
Additional Resources
- What the DoD now says about open source
- I could just see a commander in the field ....having to wait for procurement to get a simple map through bids while his troops are getting shot up even though it is publicly available (oh wait, isn't that how the Chinese embassy got accidentally bombed?)Always use the best tool for...
- Tags: Linux, UNIX, Operating systems, Cyberthreats, SECURITY, Spyware, adware & malware, U.S. Department of Defense, open source, OpenBSD, attack
- Discussion threads 2009-10-28
- Fed's RFIDiocy pwnd at DefCon
- NSA spooks gather for a colleague's retirement party at a bar. What they don't know is that an RFID scanner is picking them out - and a wireless Bluetooth webcam is taking their picture. Could that really happen? It already did. The Feds...
- Tags: Federal Reserve Board, RFID, Wireless And Mobility, Security, Biometrics, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2009-08-10
- Zamzom Wireless Network Tool 01.07.09 (Windows)
- If you are worried about wireless security, new wireless network tool by Zamzom instantly provides users with information on each and every computer that has access to their wireless networks, including authorized and unauthorized users. From computer and user names to Mac and IP addresses, Zamzom wireless networking tool even...
- Tags: Network, Microsoft Windows, Computer, Wireless Network, Wireless, Zamzom, Wi-Fi, Productivity, Wireless And Mobility
- Software downloads 2009-06-22
- Iranian opposition launches organized cyber attack against pro-Ahmadinejad sites
- Approximately 24 hours ago, the Iranian opposition coordinated an ongoing cyber attack that has successfully managed to disrupt access to major pro-Ahmadinejad Iranian web sites, including the President's homepage which continues returning a "The maximum number of user reached, Server is too busy, please try again later..." message. ...
- Tags: Denial Of Service, Web, Server, Web Site, Site, Cyberattack, Distributed Denial Of Service, Tool, Iran, Attack, Presstv.ir, SupportIran.php, Web Site Development, Security, Internet, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-06-15
- National Archives: What, Me Worry?
- National Archives: What, Me Worry?Legitimately do us harm??wtf do u mean"Granular levels of Access" - probably notFor the record so to speak, there is no "National Security Administration". There is the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA - the National Archives) and the National Security Agency (NSA - the communications...
- Tags: Government, Vertical industries, National Security Archive, National Archives
- Discussion threads 2009-05-26
- China's 'secure' OS Kylin - a threat to U.S offensive cyber capabilities?
- China's 'secure' OS Kylin - a threat to U.S offensive cyber capabilities?Interesting! There is no way that you can start from scratch these days and have a usable OS in a reasonable time. Look how long it has taken Linux distros to catch up to Mac and Windows and they...
- Tags: Operating systems, operating system, OS Kylin, U.S, security
- Discussion threads 2009-05-13
- Conficker's estimated economic cost? $9.1 billion
- Conficker's estimated economic cost? $9.1 billionWindows ROI vs. Open SourceThis makes me wonder how people think theywould be out of business UNLESS they useWindows.$9 BILLION DOLLARS, this puts companies OUTbusiness and customers who are furious withservices that are rendered unavailable dueto insecure software......Tell me again, how does running Windows bring...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Patches, Operating systems, Viruses and worms, Conficker, economic cost, virus, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, piracy
- Discussion threads 2009-04-23
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