NetworkMiner packet analyzer

Wednesday, December 10th, 2008

NetworkMiner is a Network Forensic Analysis Tool (NFAT) for Windows that can detect the OS, hostname and open ports of network hosts through packet sniffing or by parsing a PCAP file. NetworkMiner can also extract transmitted files from network traffic. Homepage: http://sourceforge.net/projects/networkminer/ Download: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=189429

Securely Access Email In Various Clients

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008

SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) or TLS (Transport Layer Security) encrypt your email connection so that your password and messages are scrambled to eavesdroppers. If you're only connecting through a wired, office PC, you'll face little exposure with non-encrypted mail. But even with a wireless laptop on a known network--or especially ...

Evolving DNS malware

Monday, December 8th, 2008

Symantec researchers have reported finding a variation on the old DNSChanger trojan that installs a rouge DHCP server simulation on local networks. This means that even uninfected machines on the network can get re-directed to malicious servers. DNSChanger has been present in the wild for some time and was originally designed ...

New trojan in mass DNS hijack

Saturday, December 6th, 2008

Researchers have identified a new trojan that can tamper with a wide array of devices on a local network, an exploit that sends them to impostor websites even if they are hardened machines that are fully patched or run non-Windows operating systems. The malware is a new variant of the DNSChanger, ...

Firefox users targeted by rare piece of malware

Thursday, December 4th, 2008

Researchers at BitDefender have discovered a new type of malicious software that collects passwords for banking sites but targets only Firefox users. The malware, which BitDefender dubbed "Trojan.PWS.ChromeInject.A" sits in Firefox's add-ons folder, said Viorel Canja, the head of BitDefender's lab. The malware runs when Firefox is started. The malware uses JavaScript ...