Friday, April 15th, 2011
People wonder if their password is a good password. I often come across two distinct groups of people. The first would fall into a "just use any word" category, which is a very bad practice for picking passwords. The second group will mix in a few numbers in order to ...
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Wednesday, April 13th, 2011
We are today proude to announce the release of RawCap, which is a free raw sockets sniffer for Windows.
Here are some highlights of why RawCap is a great tool to have in your toolset:Can sniff any interface that has got an IP address, including 127.0.0.1 (localhost/loopback)RawCap.exe is just 17 kBNo ...
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Wednesday, April 13th, 2011
Dropbox is a popular tool used to sync files between multiple computers and devices that a user owns. A user installs the software, designates a folder to keep syncronized, and is able to access those files among other machines that they own. The tool was even picked as one of ...
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Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
A new Trojan tries to extort money from users by convincing them to dial international telephone numbers to reactive Windows, a security researcher said today.
Once on a PC, the malware displays a message claiming that Windows is "locked" and must be reactivated, said Mikko Hypponen, the chief research officer of ...
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Monday, April 11th, 2011
Susan Combs, Comptroller for the state of Texas announced a massive data leak that resulted in 3.5 million peoples social security numbers, names, addresses and in some cases their birth date and drivers license number being exposed.
Unlike private companies who have had large releases of PII (Personally Identifiable Information) recently, ...
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