Latest Vulnerability Breakdown – 11/07/08
Summary of Updates and Vulnerabilities in this Consensus
Platform Number of Updates and Vulnerabilities
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Third Party Windows Apps [...]
Latest Vulnerability Breakdown – 10/24/08
Ok the big news this week came at the end of the week when Microsoft announced an extra patch to address an RPC problem that affects virtually all of their OS’s. Virtually millions of millions of systems. Also there is a major patch for most Linux based mail applications. Specifically the libspf2 version prior to [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Now the Tools – Pt.3 Hydra
Ok part 3 of the series of tools used for auditors is based around Hydra
Hydra was a software project developed by a German organization called “The Hacker’s Choice” (THC) that uses a dictionary attack to test for weak or simple passwords on one or many remote hosts running a variety of different services. It was [...]
Now the Tools – Pt.2 Cisco Torch
Cisco Torch is a nice tool off that can be found on the BackTrack distro or as a standalone package. The main feature that makes cisco-torch different from similar tools is the extensive use of forking to launch multiple scanning processes on the background for maximum scanning efficiency. Also, it uses several methods of application [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Building upon the Insider Threat
In an effort to reinforce my last blog I tracked down another survey in regards to security in the workplace. This was conducted by RSA/EMC’s Security arm. The results of the survey underscore that the risk posed to data by well-meaning insiders. This group is made up of employees, contractors, suppliers, partners, visitors [...]
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