Saturday, June 21st, 2008
Cain & Abel is a password recovery tool for Microsoft Operating Systems. It allows easy recovery of various kind of passwords by sniffing the network, cracking encrypted passwords using Dictionary, Brute-Force and Cryptanalysis attacks, recording VoIP conversations, decoding scrambled passwords, recovering wireless network keys, revealing password boxes, uncovering cached passwords ...
Posted in Internet, Linux, Networking, Privacy, Security, Software, Windows | 1 Comment
Friday, June 20th, 2008
It’s not rocket science, but any time we mingle and intertwine four or five different pieces of technology, there’s always the potential for a mess… or at least a misconfiguration or two along the way. Don’t know what 802.1X is? Check out the recent 802.1X technology primer.
If you’re planning to, ...
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Friday, June 20th, 2008
Tresys Technology has released a desktop virtualisation platform with a difference - it is designed from the ground up for organisations needing tight security, including military bodies.
Tresys, which has a track record of providing military systems, said its VM Fortress can cut costs for organisations which would like to implement ...
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Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
Web traffic volumes will almost double every two years from 2007 to 2012, driven by video and web 2.0 applications, according to a report from Cisco Systems.
Increased use of video and social networking has created what Cisco calls 'visual networking', which is raising traffic volumes at a compound annual growth ...
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Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
An Australian man has discovered security vulnerabilities in his Internet-connected coffee maker that could allow a remote attacker to not only take over his Windows XP-based PC but also make his coffee too weak.
Craig Wright, a risk advisory services manager at professional services firm BDO, found several security holes, including ...
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