If you lose a Windows password, or you buy a system that has an OS on it, but you don’t know the password, what are you to do? The best thing to do would be to throw in a Linux CD, format the drive, and install the Distro. But, what if you want to boot [...]

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In Part 1, Intro to Reverse Engineering - No Assembly Required, we extended the series of coding articles for non-programmers with an area of high interest in the infosec community. We’re proud to be able to bring you the highly anticipated follow-up complete with screen shots, sample code and applications. This one is long and [...]

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Dark Reading covers the upcoming release of free Firefox plug-ins that test common web application vulnerabilities. As with most security tools, they could be used for good or ill. “The ExploitMe tools — which are in currently in beta form — include SQL Inject-Me, which lets you right-click on an HTML field [...]

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Last time we went over the C programming language in an introductory article specifically focusing on getting the security professional on the road to coding (or at least the road to understanding). This time around we extend the series of coding articles for non-programmers with an area of high interest in the infosec community, reverse [...]

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So you are trying to drop that MS Office habit but find yourself struggling thanks in part to features missing from Open Office (Oo) such as a solid grammar check feature. As it turns out, there is a solution for Oo users looking for this kind of functionality, be it about as ‘craptacular’ as the [...]

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The Ethical Hacker Network (EH-Net) proudly releases the only Official Version of BackTrack 2 that not only adds Metasploit 3 to the toolset but is also packaged as a VMware Virtual Appliance. Here are just a few of the features added by the projects lead developer, Mati Aharoni, specifically for the EH-Net Community:

Metasploit updated to [...]

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Here is how you can backup files from dead Windows using either SLAX, Knoppix and Ubuntu.

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The most important issue to young people in the 2008 campaign is one that no presidential candidate will discuss. In fact, even touching on this subject is taboo for anyone with aspirations to Congress or the White House. Anyone who has the temerity to mention this political third rail will almost certainly lose the campaign.

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Russian outfit Elcomsoft has just filed for a US patent which leverages GPUs to crack passwords. Their approach harnesses the massively parallel processing capabilities of modern graphics cards to make minced-meat of corporate-strength password protection.

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VMware is indispensable for software testing that I do - and it’s a solid tool for freelancers as well. If you’ve never heard of VMware, it’s simply an application that lets you run a virtual computer inside your regular “host” computer … and you can do anything you want to the virtual machine without hosing [...]

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The servers of OiNK.cd - one of the most popular private BitTorrent trackers - are raided and the admin, a 24-year-old man from Middlesbrough, is arrested.
The British and the Dutch police both contributed to the investigation that was initiated by the IFPI and the BPI, two well known anti-piracy organizations. The operation was supported by [...]

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Chief of Absolute Poker site says ‘consultant’ developed method to look at others’ hole cards without their knowledge
OCTOBER 22, 2007 | The controversy has been swirling in online poker forums for a few weeks, but now it’s official: Absolute Poker has been hacked.
In a letter to regular players, Absolute Poker owner Joe Norton conceded that [...]

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As privacy experts, we are frequently asked about “opting out,” and which opt outs we think are the most important. This list is a distillation of ideas for opting out that the World Privacy Forum has developed over the years from responding to those questions. The list below does not contain all opt outs that [...]

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Magician is target of mysterious raid that collects computer drive, computer chip, and $2M in cash
OCTOBER 19, 2007 | A dozen FBI agents stormed a warehouse owned by famed magician and illusionist David Copperfield last night, coming away with evidence for an investigation that apparently reaches all the way to Seattle.
According to a report broadcast [...]

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