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- SATAN
- Security Analysis Tool for Auditing Networks A utility that analyzes security vulnerabilities on the Internet. In April 1995, it was placed onto the Net as freeware by computer...
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- The ugly truth: Satan, social networks and security
- The ugly truth: Satan, social networks and securityLovely Satan !It was around 90's when I 1st used Satan, those days were so much fun to me.Social Networks - Know your poisonI'm afraid that social networks won't do too much to fix their code - They want it as open as...
- Tags: security, SATAN, social networking, network
- Discussion threads 2008-08-25
- YouTube: Too rough for advertisers?
- YouTube: Too rough for advertisers?They can never have enough $$$$These multi-million dollar companies already spam us with their crap on a daily basis on TV. The internet is just as bad, but at least you can block ads with the Firefox browser. If they add commercials before videos on these...
- Tags: Web browsers, Food & Beverage, advertisement, SATAN, YouTube Inc., Internet
- Discussion threads 2006-04-22
- The hunt is on for file format bugs
- The hunt is on for file format bugsTools of SATANSounds like history repeating itself. Every security analysis tool ever -- think nmap, SATAN, cracklib, etc. -- has been a double-edged sword.No doubt someone will get an anal spike over these, too.
- Tags: SATAN, hunt
- Discussion threads 2005-07-28
- A Microsoft-Red Hat warming trend?
- A Microsoft-Red Hat warming trend?In other news...Satan is quoted as saying, "DAMN!!! It is cold in HERE today!"Interesting.It wouldn't be bad for MS to offer RedHat the capability to read and write Office docs. Then RedHat can resell a binary package or rpm to customers. Due to the...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, SATAN, Red Hat Inc., Microsoft Corp., Linux
- Discussion threads 2005-05-10
- Big Brother watches and security companies profit
- Big Brother watches and security companies profitAnother clue – why the government fears you more than terrorists.They are afraid you may figure out that the government ARE those terrorists who they are “trying” unsuccessfully to catch. To make this ugly picture to look good in the eyes of the beholder...
- Tags: Government, security, Skull, Adolph Hitler, SATAN, Moloch
- Discussion threads 2005-04-05
- Apple to slow pace of Mac OS X tweaks
- Apple to slow pace of Mac OS X tweaksGreat quoteTevanian said. "I think most people who take a look and have an open mind will be very pleasantly surprised."finding an open mind in the enterprise will be VERY difficult indeed. It's like convincing Christians to become Muslims.A closed mind...
- Tags: Operating systems, Desktops, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS, S. Baptist, SATAN, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2004-05-18
- Apache zooms away from Microsoft's Web server
- Apache zooms away from Microsoft's Web serverDUHApache is better, more secure, cheaper, and contains no spyware. A rare instance of capitalism @ work in the computer industry. After all the horror stories about IIS, you'd have to have no business sense using it (along with any other M$ crapware!).That must...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, SATAN, Web, server, Apache Software Foundation, Microsoft IIS Server, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2004-01-12
Additional Resources
- I guess Vista isn't so bad
- I guess Vista isn't so badLittle Type-oit actually recognized a [b]Copier[/b] that XP always fussed about printing toNice that you took a level-headed toneNice that you didn't religiously rant. My take is that Vista was more an infrastructural change, for example drivers in protected mode, etc... and therein lies the...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP
- Discussion threads 2008-09-17
- News to know: IE 8; Code name of the day; Facebook security; Office 2.0
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: A Microsoft Codename a day: Rouge Dancho Danchev: Hundreds of Dutch web sites hacked by Islamic hackers Twitter's "me too" anti-spam...
- Tags: Security, Facebook, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Office 2.0
- Blog posts 2008-08-26
- The ugly truth: Satan, social networks and security
- Here's the simplest way to get arbitrary code execution in the browsers of millions of users -- ask for permission. by Jennifer Leggio
- Tags: Social Networking, Black Hat, Network, App, MySpace, SocNets, SocNet, Security, Jennifer Leggio
- Blog posts 2008-08-25
- Black Hat Las Vegas Day 2
- Again, sorry for the late updates. Vegas is the kind of place that demands a lot of a person. Too many parties make it difficult to find time to blog on the conference. Pictures of the even are a bit sparse, due to consistently forgetting to bring my camera, but...
- Tags: black hat, microsoft corp., applet, image, vegas, nathan mcfeters
- Blog posts 2008-08-09
- Multiple Facebook vulnerabilities reported on Full-Disclosure
- Jouko Pynnonen posted a message to the Full-Disclosure mailing list today, citing multiple "script injection" vulnerabilities within Facebook. I'm not sure if this is a surprise to anybody out there, it's certainly not to me, as numerous web applications have major problems with Cross-site Scripting vulnerabilities, but I think this...
- Tags: Facebook, Vulnerability, XSS, JavaScript, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web Browser, Sandbox, JS, Canvas Page, Web Browsers, Internet, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-07-02
- Planes, trains, and automobiles
- Planes, trains, and automobilesRE: Planes, trains, and automobilesIt's all about fear and control. Since planes can cover a greater distance AND are easier to control points of entry are limited to a plane and fewer connection points they also offer a higher profile of success. The natural fear of flying...
- Tags: Government, train
- Discussion threads 2008-06-16
- Air Force seeks part-time cyberwarriors
- Air Force seeks part-time cyberwarriorsVirus are as old as digital itselfIt could be that some virus are signed by Satan himself.
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, Air Force
- Discussion threads 2008-06-05
- OpenSUSE 11 RC1: The Mercedes-Benz to Ubuntu's Volkswagen
- OpenSUSE 11 RC1: The Mercedes-Benz to Ubuntu's VolkswagenSuSE is the best distro going.Especially if your a Windows person looking for a place to start in Open Source. YAST is the very best configuration interface in the Linux world today. No other distro has anything close.If you want to make the...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, KDE 4, YaST, SuSE, Ubuntu, distro, Novell OpenSuse, OpenSUSE 11 RC1, OpenSUSE 11, Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen AG
- Discussion threads 2008-06-03
- Why Apple must fix Safari 'carpet bombing' flaw immediately
- Why Apple must fix Safari 'carpet bombing' flaw immediatelyThis is what I am talking aboutSo many Apple fans will tell everyone that Apple is the most secure, but then turn to this blog and say "we never said that". I am not a hater, but I do hate when...
- Tags: INTERNET, Tools & Techniques, SECURITY, Apple Inc., Apple Safari, software
- Discussion threads 2008-05-29
- Of course you realize, this means war.
- Fanboys exist for every favored computing platform. When you've been writing about computing for any number of years, such as I have, you are eventually going become the target of kooks – people who post completely random stuff on your blogs, send you crazy and inflamed emails, or write...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, PC, Apple Inc., Macalope, Jason Perlow, Apple Mac OS X, Desktops, Apple Mac OS, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- Blog posts 2008-04-23
- Microsoft starts rolling out new Windows Live platform dev tools, services
- Microsoft starts rolling out new Windows Live platform dev tools, servicesInterestingThis sounds really interesting. Looking forward for the public API's.If I want......rich client on the web, I'll go Flex/Flash. If it'san HTML-based web app, I'll go Java/JSP. Thanks, but no thanks, to your non-standard, M$-locked-in "Live" crapware!non-standard?@techboy_z -...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Scripting languages, Programming languages, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, Microsoft Corp., Flex/Flash, Microsoft Windows Live, tool, new Windows Live platform, JSP, Windows Live Platform, Java, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-02-28
- Can+we+cut+Microsoft+some+slack+here%3F
- Can+we+cut+Microsoft+some+slack+here%3FWho is that loon?That guy in your blog talking about pre-emptively whatever is a kook. They are the ones that act like Microsoft is the great satan. I think Microsoft has done alot to help advance this industry and no one can deny that fact. Its funny how...
- Tags: Government, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-02-21
- Can we cut Microsoft some slack here?
- Larry Dignan nicely summarizes today's news from Microsoft: Here are the four points beaten to death today in the tech press: Ensuring open connections; Promoting data portability; Enhancing support for industry standards; Fostering more open engagement with customers and...
- Tags: Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Competition, Microsoft Corp., Steve, Public Relations, Regulations, Open Source, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Government, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-02-21
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