Monthly Archives: October 2009

Why I avoid Web 2.0 sites like the plague…

In-Q-Tel, the investment arm of the CIA and the wider intelligence community, is putting cash into Visible Technologies, a software firm that specializes in monitoring social media. It’s part of a larger movement within the spy services to get better … Continue reading

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System 7.0

Check this out….. http://www.guidebookgallery.org/screenshots/macos70 Courtesy of Digital-Soul….

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Zeus/Zbot Information and Tracking the Banking Trojan

Zeus is a crimeware kit, which steals credentials for various online services like social networks, online banking accounts, ftp accounts, email accounts and other (phishing). The web admin panel can be bought for $700  and the exe builder for $4000. … Continue reading

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Benchmark your USB drives

Not all USB thumb drives are created equal. If you’re like me you have a collection of USB thumb drives and growing.  Most seminars and conferences hand them out for free because they have become such a commodity.  The problem … Continue reading

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Jailbreak: Export non-exportable Windows certificates

I came across a handy (& free) Windows utility that allows you to export “non exportable” certificates.  Do you want to get at those recovery certificates or private keys? Jailbreak can be snatched here: https://www.isecpartners.com/jailbreak.html

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Assault on PHP Applications

This is a must read if you’re a pen tester or PHP developer.  Some great things on PHP security including file include, upload vulnerabilities, command execution, and of course SQL injection… Assault on PHP Applications Blackhat Forums Author: Aelphaeis Mangarae … Continue reading

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GPS Forensics

There’s a new GPS forensics community starting up here: http://www.gpsforensics.org/  Some additional information can be found here: http://www.forensicswiki.org/wiki/GPS I’m going to examine my Garmin 200W this evening.  It looks like a simple text editor will reveal raw trip data including … Continue reading

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