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- 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
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- 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
- WPA Wi-Fi encryption (partially) cracked
- Rob McMillan at IDG has the scoop on new research that shows it's possible to partially crack the WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) encryption standard. Full details of the theoretical attack is not yet known but McMillan reports that two security researchers -- Erik Tews and Martin Beck...
- Tags: WPA, Router, Encryption, Attack, Tews, Network Security, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Networking, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-11-06
- No longer safe: WPA encryption cracked in 12 to 15 minutes
- It was only a matter of time. Sure, we can all expect that some hacker with enough time and processing power would eventually crack a WPA-protected wireless network to decrypt someone's precious data. But in 15 minutes? Yes sir, according to...
- Tags: WPA, Encryption, Erik Tews, Wi-Fi, Network Security, Wireless, Networking, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-11-06
- MetaSploit launches version 3.1, improves Windows GUI, supports iPhone
- The Metasploit Project released version 3.1 of its exploit development and attack framework. Key additions include a better Windows interface and support for the iPhone. Metasploit, the brainchild of H D Moore, is an open source tool that outlines attack vectors. In a blog post announcing the...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, GUI, Exploit, Microsoft Windows, Hacking, Operating Systems, Software, Security, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-01-28
- Microsoft exec calls XP hack 'frightening'
- Microsoft exec calls XP hack 'frightening'I think they are trying to see that the majority of PCs are setup like thisi disagree. Every business PC i touch has SP2 installed or pre-installed. Its been years since its release.They really should of tested it against an sp2 machine with all...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Desktops, Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows XP, firewall, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-11-13
- German security shop challenges anti-hacker laws
- Fed up with the "ambiguity and confusion" surrounding Germany's controversial anti-hacker laws, a private security research firm has put its hacking tools back online as part of a public test of the interpretation of the new law. n.runs AG, a well-known penetration testing shop that counts Microsoft...
- Tags: Germany, Law, Tool, Phenoelit, Productivity, Security, Hacking, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2007-09-26
- Will German law make security worse or better?
- A new German law that makes it a crime to build, sell, distribute or obtain so-called "hacking tools" went into effect over the weekend, InfoWorld reports.The new law defines hacking as penetrating a computer security system and gaining access to secure data, without necessarily stealing data. Offenders are defined as...
- Tags: Security, Law, Tool, ZDNet Government
- Blog posts 2007-08-13
- Exploits, security tools disappear as German anti-hacker law takes effect
- Security professionals in Germany have started removing exploits and hacking tools from the Internet in response to a new German law that expressly forbids the distribution of any software that can be used in computer/network attacks.Stefan Esser left, the PHP security guru behind the recent Month of PHP Bugs project,...
- Tags: Security, Law, Tool, Security Tool, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2007-08-13
- Gartner: Businesses should be wary of iPhone
- Gartner: Businesses should be wary of iPhoneIn other wordsbusinesses should exercise common sense rather than join a consumer frenzy. I'm so glad we have Gartner to tell us these things.I wouldn't allow an iPhone on my network on day 1 either. But that doesn't mean I'd never do it.Damn ZD...
- Tags: Apple Mac OS X, Operating systems, SECURITY, Third-party application, Gartner Inc., Apple iPhone, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-06-28
- Metasploit 3.0 ships with 177 exploits, 104 payloads
- HD Moores open-source Metasploit Framework has been rewritten from scratch and released with 177 exploits, 104 payloads and new modules to exploit Wi-Fi driver vulnerabilities in the Windows kernel. Version 3.0 of the point-and-click hacking tool, which is used for pen testing and to verify patch installations, is now...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Wireless LANs, Hacking, Wi-Fi, SECURITY, Metasploit 3.0, Meterpreter, payload, Ruby scripting language, plug-in
- Blog posts 2007-03-27
- Wi-Fi hacking, with a handheld PDA
- Wi-Fi hacking, with a handheld PDAall thatand it's still easy to use. take THAT MS apologists ;)ByPass Security ?Does this device bypass WEP security or any other security settings in a WI-FI network? or does this device just scan unsecure WI-FI networks?People running an unsecure WI-FI network, whether home or...
- Tags: Wireless LANs, WIRELESS, Network security, NETWORKING, handheld, PDA, Wi-Fi, network, WEP, Silica, Wi-Fi network, Z4CK, WEP Security, hacking
- Discussion threads 2007-02-07
- Wi-Fi hacking, with a handheld PDA
- SAN FRANCISCO -- The palm-sized PDA tucked away in Justine Aitels pocketbook just might be the most scary device on display at this years RSA security conference. Aitel is roaming the hallways here with Silica, a portable hacking device that can search for and join 802.11 (Wi-Fi) access...
- Tags: Hackers, Zero-day attacks, Vulnerability research, Exploit code, Data theft, Open source, Pen testing, Justine Aitel, Silica
- Blog posts 2007-02-06
- 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
- Cyber crime gangs are learning to work together
- Cyber crime gangs are learning to work togetherHonor among thieves?I doubt it. It may work this time, but sooner or later, somebody's going to cheat, unless, of course, the rules are enforced with firearms, which is traditionally how organized crime works.Linux utilityQuoting:Roger also talks about how they used a...
- Tags: Linux, Operating systems, Cellular phones, High Technology Crime Investigation Association, forensics, Cyber-crime gang, IP, cell phone
- Discussion threads 2006-10-11
- MacBook wireless hack dismissed (Updated 2x)
- Earlier today see below I posted a story about about two hackers from the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas and how they supposedly demonstrated how to exploit a vulnerability in Apple's wireless device driver to remotely access and control a MacBook over a network. The story...
- Tags: Apple MacBook, wireless, wireless device
- Blog posts 2006-08-03
- Top 10 Reasons to Embrace the Rich Internet Application
- Top 10 Reasons to Embrace the Rich Internet ApplicationDon't forget11. Introduce so many dependencies to your system that if anyone from Bangalore to Berlin sneezes, it all breaks.At least with either server- or client-side apps, you only have to track one or the other's update processes. Lock them together...
- Tags: Dot Net, AJAX, rich Internet application
- Discussion threads 2006-07-10
- Fight password cracking, brute-force attacks, and wireless hacking with expert advice from Chris Davis
- In this audio interview, Chris Davis, co-author of Anti-Hacker Tool Kit, Third Edition, provides proven advice for combating common hacking techniques. In this 20-minute, MP3 audio interview, Chris Davis, co-author of Anti-Hacker Tool Kit, Third Edition, explains how and why IT organizations should use common hacking tools...
- Tags: Password, Password Cracking, Co-author, Attack, Wireless, Hacking, Security
- Download resources 2006-03-24
- 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
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