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Network metering and forensics tool Trisul gets new UI
Trisul is a Linux based application that passively listens to network traffic and tracks a number of traffic metrics across all layers. It correlates these traffic metrics …
WordPress.com servers breached, source code presumed copied
Automattic – the web development corporation behind WordPress.com – has suffered a root break-in and a compromise of several of their servers. “We have been …
Harvest geolocation user info with Creepy
Creepy is an application that allows you to gather geolocation related information about users from social networking platforms and image hosting services. The information is …
PHP 5.3.6 fixes security issues
PHP 5.3.6 focuses on improving the stability of the PHP 5.3.x branch with over 60 bug fixes, some of which are security related. Security enhancements and fixes Enforce …
Wireshark 1.4.4 released
Wireshark is a popular network protocol analyzer. It is used for troubleshooting, analysis, development, and education. Wireshark 1.4.4 fixes the following vulnerabilities: …
Cain & Abel 4.9.39 released
Cain & Abel is a password recovery tool for Microsoft operating systems. It allows easy recovery of various kind of passwords by sniffing the network, cracking encrypted …
Antivirus engine ClamAV 0.97 released
ClamAV is an open source (GPL) antivirus engine designed for detecting Trojans, viruses, malware and other malicious threats. It provides a high performance mutli-threaded …
IronBee: Creating an open source web application firewall
Qualys announced IronBee, a new open source project to provide the next-generation of web application firewall (WAF) technology. Led by the team who designed and built …
Increasing adoption of open source software
A recent survey by Gartner found that more than half of organizations surveyed have adopted open source software (OSS) solutions as part of their IT strategy. Nearly one-third …
Debian 6.0 released
After 24 months of constant development, the Debian Project released Debian 6.0 (code name “Squeeze”), a free operating system, coming for the first time in two …
VLC 1.1.7 fixes security issue
VideoLAN unveiled VLC 1.1.7, a security update on 1.1.6. When parsing an invalid MKV (Matroska or WebM) file, input validation are insufficient. If successful, a malicious …
Cain & Abel 4.9.38 released
Cain & Abel is a password recovery tool for Microsoft operating systems. It allows easy recovery of various kind of passwords by sniffing the network, cracking encrypted …