BackTrack 4 Final Released

Sunday, January 17th, 2010

BackTrack 4 Final has now been released and aside from the many bug fixes, this version includes a new kernel, a larger and expanded toolset repository and custom tools that you can only find on BackTrack. Download: http://www.backtrack-linux.org/downloads/

Gmail Now Defaults To Using HTTPS

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

Last night Google started rolling out the change that enables the "Always use https" feature of Gmail by default.  This is a great change to finally see because any little bit helps. Source: http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/default-https-access-for-gmail.html

My Data Backup Routine

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

I wanted to offer my personal backup routine to all those that do not have something in place and not sure where or how to start.  I tried many different methods over the years and so far I think this is the best one for me, my amount of data, ...

Fox Sports Web Site Compromised

Tuesday, December 29th, 2009

Websense Security Labs ThreatSeeker Network has detected that the Fox Sports site has been compromised and injected with malicious code. Fox Sports is a division of the Fox Broadcasting Company. It specializes in the latest sports news and world sports updates. Fox Sports has an Alexa ranking of 330. Our research ...

Microsoft confirms IIS hole

Tuesday, December 29th, 2009

Microsoft has confirmed the security hole in its IIS web server, but hasn't disclosed which versions of the product are affected. According to the finder of the "semi-colon bug", versions up to and including version 6 are vulnerable. The hole allows attackers, for instance, to camouflage executable ASP files as ...