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Security

How to Encrypt Files using TrueCrypt

October 22, 2009

TrueCrypt is a free open source disk encryption software that works on both Windows and Linux platforms. Data stored on an encrypted volume cannot be read (decrypted) without using the correct password/keyfile(s) or correct encryption keys. TrueCrypt does this by creating a virtual hard drive that will read and write encrypted files on the fly. [...]

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Mozilla Firefox disables Microsoft .NET and WPF addons

October 18, 2009

This morning, I was prompted by Firefox that it had disabled the .NET Framework Assistant and the Windows Presentation Foundation addons. The popup concluded with the message that these addons have been known to cause stability or security issues with Firefox.

This is very interesting with vendors taking a proactive approach with kill switch functionality with [...]

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Dirty Business: What Security and Pen Testers need to know to get the job done

February 19, 2007

This article is part # 3 in the series on Penetration Testing. The first in this series talks about Penetration testing as a profession and a general introduction. The second introduces you to some critical keywords and security tips you need to be aware of before proceeding through the rest of this series.  
When you are performing [...]

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Introduction to Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing

February 18, 2007

An Introduction to Ethical hacking through the eyes of a pen tester and hopefully helps anyone reading this blog on how to protect and secure a network by understanding how a Hacker operates and understanding their tools and methodologies.
Why would I want to publish such a series of articles; because, I did not want to [...]

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Analysis of Spam Thru botnet

January 29, 2007

Mark Sunner, Chief Security Analyst at MessageLabs was among the many security analysts watching one Trojan called “Spam Thru”, a piece of malware designed to send spam from an infected computer, at the turn of last year. Spam Thru represented an expontential jump in the level of sophistication and complexity of these botnets, harnessing a 70,000 [...]

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