Does IE 8 Equal Safer Surfing?

Monday, March 24th, 2008

Microsoft is promising that the upcoming IE (Internet Explorer) 8 will be the safest and most secure version of its Web browser yet. Of course, everyone has heard this song before. Still, with the addition of two significant new security features, it's hard to argue that the new release won't ...

Firefox Web Application Testing Tools

Monday, March 24th, 2008

Exploit-Me is a suite of Firefox web application security testing tools. Exploit-Me tools are designed to be lightweight and easy to use. Instead of using a proxy like many web application testing tools, Exploit-Me integrates directly with Firefox. It currently consists of two tools, one for XSS and one for ...

My First Autopsy

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008

I have a System Forensics class this quarter at ITT Technical Institute and this was my first true lab where I actually got to use the tools and resources against "real" data. We are doing a simulated case from The HoneyNet Project and here was the documented police report: ...

Javascript Malware Source Code

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008

This is how dangerous the web has become. Lately it is estimated that over 10K of websites fell victim to a large attack that included a remote Javascript file into the title tag of a web page. The JS malware exploits vulnerabilities in Windows, RealPlayer, and other applications to break ...

Microsoft Warns of New Attack on Word

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008

Be extra careful when opening documents in Windows, especially if they are Word files. Microsoft on Friday warned that cyber criminals may be taking advantage of an unpatched flaw in the Windows operating system to install malicious software on a victim's PC. The reported attack, now under investigation by Microsoft, involves a ...