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Know The Enemy Within
Have you ever wondered about exactly how much of a threat your users are to your organization? Well, wonder no more, as an in depth study by Queens University, Belfast and …
Preventing Spam with Unique Disposable E-Mail Services
I really don’t need to talk about the current situation with spam on the Internet. I have 10+ mailboxes, all of them receiving at least 50 spam e-mails per day, but I …
Easy Packet Sniffing on Mac OS X
If you have more than one workstation, you administer several machines connected to a network, or just frequently connect to various networks, sooner or later you’ll …
The Evolution of Self-Defense Technologies in Malware
This article explores how malware has developed self-defense techniques and how these techniques have evolved as it has become more difficult for viruses to survive. It also …
Apache Prefork MPM Vulnerabilities
This case study is a result of source code analysis of Apache httpd server MPM modules. The main goal of this document is to show what may be done by an attacker who has the …
Taking Ownership of the Trusted Platform Module Chip on Intel Macs
I have been following the works of Trusted Computing Group (TCG) since their inception. The body, successor to the Trusted Computing Platform Alliance started by such giants …
Cisco IOS Exploitation Techniques
It’s been almost two years since Michael Lynn first demonstrated a reliable code execution exploit on Cisco IOS at Black Hat 2005. Although his presentation received a …
The State of Database Security
Ted Julian is the VP of Marketing and Strategy at Application Security Inc. In this video he discusses the current state of database security and offers some insight on what …
Firefox Security and Privacy Extensions
In the last few years Firefox gained a massive support from surfers worldwide. This is mainly because Internet Explorer, still the biggest player on the market, has proved to …
U3 USB Stick (In-)Security
USB sticks are THE Trend. They combine memory space and high data rates, they are small, lightweight, and are rewritable thousand times. New USB sticks often come with U3 …
Create Password Protected PDF Files On Your Mac
In the office I often use different word processors and text writing software applications. The majority of my output files are generated by the nifty (especially for a long …
The Exploit Development Process
Alexander Sotirov is a Vulnerability Researcher at Determina Inc. In this video, made at Black Hat Europe, he discusses on a general note how exploit writers develop exploits.