Where has all the good software gone?

Once again, I must say, in the words of Mark Twain: rumors of my recent demise have been greatly exaggerated. I’m still breathing (barely, sometimes); I just haven’t posted in a while… Anyway, I recommend you read the following article, even if you’re not interested in InfoSec...

sploit is not spoilt

Attn: Security Wonks If you have not already checked out version 3.0 of the Metasploit Framework, it is high time you did so. It is pretty darn amazing, even just for the fancy interface! To see it, you don’t even have to install: just check out these intro vids at EthicalHacker.net: Part 1 and Part...

BackTrack 2.0 released!

Dang, just in time for my next pen-test: the BackTrack Linux distro v2.0-final has been released. Downloading now. If you’re not familiar with BackTrack, it’s the merger of two older/expired LiveCD security auditing distros, Whax\Whoppix and Auditor Security Collection. I always have a copy in my...

Digital Rights Manglement

If you dataheads haven’t read this already, there are now already 3 parts to Mark Russinovich’s Sony, Rootkits and Digital Rights Management Gone Too Far story.  

You got egg on your face

Sing it with me: “We will, we will hack you.” I know Microsoft “eats thier own dogfood”, but in this case they’re finally tasting it from others. Good learnings here, I’m sure.  

Quantum Cryptography Reading List

Bruce Schneier on Cryptography at Security Focus. Quantum cryptography network gets wireless link at New Scientist magazine. NEC delays quantum cryptography system, saying that the “technology is still years from being ready for commercial use”… but other vendors are already making it...