A summary of the 10 best LiveCD distributions dealing with security (pen testing, forensics & recovery). With links to download and a little information about each one.
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March 14, 2006
March 10, 2006
MSFN's Unattended Windows : Unattended Windows Introduction: "Have you ever wanted a Windows CD that would install Windows by automatically putting in your name, product key, timezone and regional settings? And have it merged with the latest Service Pack to save time? Followed by silently installing all your favourite applications along with DirectX 9.0c, .Net Framework 1.1 and then all the required hotfixes, updated drivers, registry tweaks, and a readily patched UXTheme.dll without any user interaction whatsoever? Then this guide will show you how you can do just that! "
Awesome guide, very detailed, easy to read, tons of screenshots.
February 20, 2006
Checklist: What to do when you've been hacked: "You have just gotten the call from an associate at work that the network you're responsible for has been hacked. You're going to need to make some decisions very quickly as to what needs to be done. Individuals who haven't planned for such an event may actually be thinking, 'Do I have a current copy of my resume?'"
February 19, 2006
Windows XP 15 Minute Tune-Up - Fix Sluggish Performance for Free: "We've seen Pentium II machines with 128 MB RAM run XP faster than Pentium IVs with 4x the clock speed and 4x the RAM - so what gives? This article will help you figure out why your PC is running slow and outline exact steps to fix it quickly, before throwing in the towel with a format, restore, or new PC purchase."
- A bit newbie -ish but could be a decent resource for a poweruser aspiring user.
February 17, 2006
In two days, Ira Wrinkler and Co. not only pwned a multinational Fortune 500 company's data, but also did so while sitting in their offices and wondering around their data center!!
Awesome read.
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February 16, 2006
The focus of this article is on keeping others from intentionally violating your privacy while you use your laptop at a local coffee house, but most of the principles also apply to other wireless networks you may encounter. - A simple (less-technical) explaination...
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February 14, 2006
Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for February, 2006: "Included in this advisory are updates for newly discovered vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities, broken down by severity are 2 Critical and 5 Important"
Only seven this month. Also, due to laziness, I'm just going to link to the Summary from now on.
Tech author extraordinaire Mark Minasi shares a bit over two dozen "rules of network troubleshooting." This will be new for some, a good review for others, and a handy reference for all.
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February 11, 2006
Blogger talks about his experiences in switching from WinXP to Kubuntu linux for his primary desktop. Mentions some great apps you may not have heard of (Katapult), screenshots of Amarok in action etc. He also compares some of the Kubuntu apps to the equivalent app in Mac OS X (he has an iBook too).
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I know China's firewall has been covered extensively before, but this is an interesting article about Bill Xia, a member of a banned Chinese sect Falun Gong, whose mission is to bring banned information to the Chinese masses.
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February 10, 2006
Slashdot | Time Management for System Administrators: "'System administrators have a stereotypical reputation for grumpiness and irritability. Sometimes this misanthropy is a cultivated pose, designed to deter casual or trivial requests that would take time away from more important activities like playing nethack and reading netnews. More often, however, sysadmins are disgruntled simply because they can't seem to make any headway on the dozens of items clogging up their todo lists. If you're an example of the latter case, you may find some help in Time Management for System Administrators, the new book from Thomas Limoncelli (who you may recognize as one of the co-authors of the classic The Practice of System and Network Administration). Read the rest of genehack's review."
February 08, 2006
A tool, known as Krugle, is designed to deliver easy access to source code and other highly relevant technical information in a single, clean, easy-to-use interface for programmers. Krugle works by crawling, parsing, and indexing code found in open source repositories and code that exists in archives, mailing lists, blogs, and Web pages.
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February 07, 2006
New video from IronGeek showing how to add patches and extra modules to the Back|track pen-testing Live CD using MySlax.
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February 03, 2006
Marc Maiffret is a worried man.
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"Today I can buy software, test it and confirm for myself that it's secure for my use. In the new world, even if Live.com is secure today, Microsoft could make changes tomorrow and there's no way to know if I'm secure tomorrow. That's a legitimate concern."
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