Browsing Monthly Archive July 2012
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A Review of the eSoft InstaGate UTM Appliance

It can take an organization several years to build out an information security infrastructure capable of providing them with sufficient protection. This is especially true

July 31, 2012 Other
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Defcon 20 Day 2

The talks on Defcon day 2 were scheduled to begin from 10 am. I reached the venue at 8:30 am and decided to use the

July 31, 2012 Other
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Defcon 20 Day 1 Review

This article will discuss about the talks and events that happened on Defcon day 1. Venue: Rio Hotel and Casino We reached Rio Hotel at

July 27, 2012 Other
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Keeping Your Site Safe Online

Why do websites get hacked? Websites get hacked for a bunch of different reasons: To plant hidden links to other sites in an attempt to

July 27, 2012 General Security
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Lifehacking – What It Really Is

Two things made me write this article. The first was a conversation with a friend of mine, Luigi (Thanks Luigi!) The second was a conversation

July 26, 2012 Other
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A Closer Look at WordPress Password Hashes

Wordpress is one of the most popular open source web applications used by major Fortune 500 companies as well as many independent websites and blogs.

July 26, 2012 Hacking
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Interview: Tony Busseri, CEO of Route1

Tony Busseri is the CEO of Route1. He leads the management team in executing Route1’s strategic vision. Mr. Busseri is an entrepreneurial executive with a

July 23, 2012 Interviews
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Interview: Charles Weaver, CEO of MSPAlliance

Charles Weaver is the co-founder and CEO of the MSPAlliance. In addition to running the daily operational operations of the association, he writes and speaks

July 23, 2012 Interviews
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IBM Rational Appscan Part 1

IBM Rational Appscan is one of the most widely used tools in the arena of web application penetration testing. It is a desktop application which

July 23, 2012 Hacking
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Nmap from Beginner to Advanced

Network Mapped (Nmap) is a network scanning and host detection tool that is very useful during several steps of penetration testing. Nmap is not limited

July 18, 2012 Hacking
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Sulley Fuzzing Framework Intro

1. Sulley Fuzzing Framework Sulley is python fuzzing framework that can be used to fuzz file formats, network protocols, command line arguments, and other codes.

July 17, 2012 Hacking
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Wi-Fi Hacking

This tutorial focuses on how to crack Wi-Fi networks that are insecurely Wi-Fi. I am using an External Wi-Fi card (AWUSO36H 802.11 b/g 5db), which

July 17, 2012 Hacking
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Chapter 10 – Virtualization Security

Virtualization brings significant value to business managers and engineers attempting to keep pace with business pressure for additional servers. It enables maximum use of hardware

July 12, 2012 Hacking
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Agile Methodology—How Does it Bite?

This article will provide readers with an introduction to the statistical and dynamic analysis of code. However, before proceeding to analysis, we must first understand

July 12, 2012 Other
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Defending the Internet with Project Meshnet

Introduction Topics related to Internet censorship have been debated frequently in the last few years. The main purpose of most Internet censorship actions is to

July 11, 2012 Hacking
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Make Way for the Sizzling ROOTCON 6 – Hacker Conference

Information security and hacking conferences or gatherings are awesome events where you can hang out with cool people, a good environment where you can listen

July 10, 2012 Other
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System Exploitation with Metasploit

Metasploit is an exploit development framework that facilitates penetration testing of IT systems. This tool initially started off as a game and was taken over

July 09, 2012 Hacking
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WebDAV Application DLL Hijacking Exploitation

In this article, I will explain WebDAV application DLL hijacking exploitation using our all time favorite, Metasploit. Here we will cover the module which has

July 09, 2012 Hacking
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Social Engineering 2—What Do We Have To Watch?

In my previous article we focused on providing an introduction to social engineering. For the purposes of this article, I want readers to consider the

July 05, 2012 Hacking
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Social Engineering – We Start Playing

If hacking is known as entering a computer system through a breach of security, social engineering can be referred to as an intrusion into the

July 02, 2012 Hacking
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