Archive for February, 2009
TCP/IP Security Assessment, FreeBSD Telnet 0-Day, RainbowCrack 1.3, Nokia N95 DoS, Bounty for Worm Author
TCP/IP Security Assessment
The United Kingdom’s Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure has just released the document “Security Assessment of the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)”.
I find the document title a little ambiguous, as a security assessment generally refers to active research where from my brief overview, is in fact more of a whitepaper giving an [...]
Hacker News: Backtrack 4 Beta, Web Services Testing, Monster Hacked and More
Backtrack 4 BETA released
The guys at Backtrack have released Backtrack 4 BETA. Cool changes include Kernel 2.6.28.1 with better hardware support, Pico e12, e16 support, better wireless injection support, RFID support and a bunch of new tools.
Fasttrack security tool gets spotlight
David Kennedy’s Fasttrack tool got high reviews after Shmoocon. It provides CLI and a cool [...]
IWAS-P Hero Dies Before Conference
GOLD COAST, Austrailia— Many mourned upon hearing that famous super hacker, Bruce Blubber, 21, had died before giving his his long awaited talk, “He’s just not that into you”.
Close friends made the effort to poke his Facebook profile with messages of love and condoleances to his friends and family. One friend, Kevin, repeatedly superpoked him. [...]
