sqlninja 0.2.3 released – Advanced Automated SQL Injection Tool for MS-SQL

Friday, May 30th, 2008

We’ve been folowing the development of sqlninja since the early days, it’s growing into a well matured and more polished tool with advanced features. Sqlninja is a tool written in PERL to exploit SQL Injection vulnerabilities on a web application that uses Microsoft SQL Server as its back-end. Its main goal ...

Third-party advertisers tracking users in Google ad network

Friday, May 30th, 2008

Google is apparently allowing third-party advertisers to track consumers using the company's ad network, a practice that raised concerns from one privacy advocate. Some of the third-party ad servers and ad agencies that Google has approved to deliver ads through its network engage in behavioral advertising practices that ...

PstPassword Recovers Lost Outlook Passwords

Friday, May 30th, 2008

Windows only: When you dig up that old Outlook PST (Personal Folders) file from years ago you cleverly secured with a hard-to-guess password—and now you can't guess it—you want PstPassword. Turns out that Outlook passwords aren't that difficult to figure out, because this handy utility detects the PST's on your ...

Comcast Hijackers Say They Warned the Company First

Friday, May 30th, 2008

The computer attackers who took down Comcast's homepage and webmail service for over five hours Thursday say they didn't know what they were getting themselves into. In an hour-long telephone conference call with Threat Level, the hackers known as "Defiant" and "EBK" expressed astonishment over the attention their DNS hijacking has ...

Web 2.0 Sites a Thriving Marketplace for Malware

Friday, May 30th, 2008

A wiry young man with his head shaved and wearing a tank top points a handgun straight at the camera in a disturbing YouTube video. The man wears what appears to be a wedding ring, and he gazes vacantly away from the viewer. Though it's an odd image for an advertisement, ...