Firefox 3 RC2 Confirmed

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

On today’s Firefox 3 status meeting, the need for a second release candidate was confirmed and it has been tentatively targeted for early June. RC2 will fix about a couple dozen bugs including some top crashers, some affecting performance and localization related. Most of the bugs already have patches waiting for ...

10 essential security downloads for Windows

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

To use an Internet-connected computer is to be insecure and place your privacy in danger. Spyware, viruses, Trojans and assorted malware are everywhere on the Net, trying to hop onto your PC and cause damage. Snoopers want to get at your personal information for nefarious purposes, such as identity theft. Operating ...

Less is more (secure)

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

Complexity is the enemy of security. Simple systems are inherently more secure than complex solutions. We see this idea validated again and again in security. Unfortunately, our IT systems are getting more and more complex as we depend on technology to fuel business growth and innovation. But do we really need ...

fgdump 2.1.0 and pwdump 1.7.1 Released – Dump LanMan & NTLM Hashes

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

The major change is both tools now support 64-bit targets! Good news for us. pwdump6 is a password hash dumper for Windows 2000 and later systems. It is capable of dumping LanMan and NTLM hashes as well as password hash histories. It is based on pwdump3e, and should be stable on ...

Cisco IOS Rootkit Demonstrated

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008

Last Thursday at the EUSecwest conference, security researcher Sebastian Muniz of Core Security Technologies demonstrated a proof-of-concept rootkit for Cisco's IOS router operating system.A root kit consists of one or several related applications designed to give the program user root or administrator privileges on a given computer, whether or not ...